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Some sellers will only be exhibiting on certain days of the fair, please contact the seller if you require further details.
The following have already booked the fair:
Barbara Mason
Handmade lampworked glass beads and one-of-a-kind bead and sterling silver jewellery
Bead Spider
Unique “Lampwork beads by award winning Australian artisans”. Silver and vermeil beads and findings, plus “Instant lampwork bead” silver findings. Please visit our website for more information.
Beverley Hicklin
Handmade lampwork glass beads.
Beverley will also be launching an exciting new product range at the show
Celtic Glass
Ray Skene - www.CelticGlass.co.uk
This year I'm bringing exciting new designs to Stourbridge using some of the sexy new colors exploding out of "Double Helix Psyche Glass" a rainbow garden in a bead. Don't miss me or you'll be sorry you missed out on my beads.
Chrystal Rose Designs
Handcrafted lampwork beads, with a selection of cords, ribbons, sterling silver and Tibetan silver beads and charms.
Please check out the website for more.Clearly Glass
Alison Ford - www.clearlyglass.co.uk
Cancelled due to illness
DS Glasscraft
Duncan Smith - www.dsglasscraft.com
Dunc Smith combines his passion for wildlife with his 30 years lampwork experience to create individually handcrafted lampwork birds and animals, thoughtfully mounted on sliced agate - every one unique!
Dora Schubert
Flamework glass beads available as loose beads - both sets and focals - and handmade glass cabochons set into finished jewellery
Please note there is a vacancy on Doras course at Plowden and Thompsons prior to the fair
Francesca Cerreta
Lampwork beads, glass jewelry and objects with a humorous twist.
Gallowglass
Roy Ayre - www.gallowglassbeads.co.uk
Unique lampworked and fused pendants and jewellery, lampwork beads, vintage/antique beads and beadwork and findings, ribbons
Glass Tales
Jo Rohrer - www.glasstales.co.uk
Handmade lampwork beads, in a variety of intriguing colours, shapes and textures. For use in your own jewellery design and creative work
Halfpenneys
Coming down from Lancashire to Stourbridge for the Sunday with a wide range of beads, findings, and accessories. Also a few novelty items?
Jazzy Lily
Pauline Holt - www.jazzylily.com
I have always been thrilled by the colour and texture of glass. It seems to have a special magical quality. My jewellery is very tactile, the contrast of the glass and the textiles I use in my in the macramé cords is an unusual but effective combination
Joan Gordon and Lesley Rands
Beads and Beyond magazine
Lampworked beads and jewellery
Judith Johnston
Kate Drew Wilkinson
Kate will be presenting her jewelry and lamp work beads, many of which are made with recycled stained glass remnants. She will also offer her instructional DVDs on Bead Making and the construction of Jewelry with Lamp Work Beads.
Sadly, because of the dreadful problems in the United States, Kate will be unable to travel to the fair this year, we will miss her, but we look forward to seeing her next year
Lesley McFarland
Nadine Piskadlo and Frederic Marey
No longer able to travel to the fair
Niki Guy
Sea tumbled glass is my inspiration and all the glass used in my work has had a previous life before being transformed into my unique jewellery,buttons and beads
Oak Tree Crafts
Lorraine Whitehouse - www.oaktreecrafts.com
Patrick Stern
e:mail@patrickstern.co.uk
" Beads made in the course of exploring bead making at the furnace, rather than the torch.These include drawn and mosaic beads and disks in distinctive patterns."
Petra Janssen
There is so much more, we don't see....! I like to think outside the box and love to make eyes think - create beads who are touching your soul.
Plowden & Thompson
Your No.1 UK Glass Manufacturer, supplier of equipment, tools and glass to artists and beadmakers. Enjoy lampworking and associated courses in our Studio
Please contact Plowden & Thompson to find out what is happening in their glass works both prior to, and over the weekend
Purple Beech
Jane Pierce - www.purplebeechdesigns.com
Myriad colours of furnace glass beads, sterling silver, gold filled chains and findings, necklace and bracelet kits. Silk cord and stringing. Introducing Kazuri ceramic beads and filigree brass findings
Red Hot Sal
Sally Carver has beads for wearing or admiring. Bright cheerful beads live harmoniously with more quirky experimental glass. Beads for jewellery makers, collectors and tuition offered for the glass-curious.
Sabre Gilmartin
Lampwork beads; semi-precious bead jewellery; verre eglomise and unusual enamels. All the pieces are handmade and almost always one-off
Sandra's Accessories
Suppliers of quality Czech glass beads and jewellery
Sarah Downton
Contemporary lampworked beads, jewellery & tuition. Sarah's glass beads are individually created in luscious toning colours, inspired by the sea a nd the rich array of colours and textures in nature
Spangles
Carole Morris - www.spangles4beads.co.uk
Wide variety of loose beads, threads, tools and beading equipment; the largest selection of BOOKS on beads, beadwork, jewellery-making and glass-beadmaking in the UK, all available Sat and Sun
SR Beads
Sharon Reynolds - www.srbeads.com
Unique & individual hand crafted glass jewels for the collector, jewellery designer and creative mind. Finished jewellery pieces also available.
The Crafty Owl
Elise Mann - e: craftyUk@aol.com
Hand made fused glass pendants, beads and cabouchons plus finished jewellery using the pieces. Every piece is different, so you can have something totally unique
Tillerman Beads
Totally Beads
Simon Robinson - www.totallybeads.co.uk
Large selection of glass beads and crystal beads in a variety of shapes and colours. Shell, pearls, haematite and much more. Findings, stringing materials. visit our website for all your beading needs
Tuffnell Glass
The main supplier in the UK for beadmaking tools, supplies and glass rods -
Beadmaking demonstrations throughout all three days of the fair.
Catering by Derek Nolan of Nolana Catering - menu available nearer the date of the fair.
The third International Festival of Glass
22 – 25 August, 2008
Glass dresses, glass music and international glass artists all feature in the festival programme taking place throughout Stourbridge’s Glass Quarter during this great four day event. There are over 15 exhibitions including the British Glass Biennale, the UK’s largest selling exhibition of contemporary glass in the UK.
Plenty of opportunities to buy glass with four different fairs; the Bead Fair in the Bonded Warehouse, the glass market in Stourbridge town centre, a major antique glass fair in the Crystal Leisure Centre, Stourbridge and the Glass Emporium at the Ruskin Glass Centre.
Plus loads of lectures, heritage walks and talks, Romans, Egyptians, archaeologists, physicists, sculptors, actors, performers, musicians, dancers, demonstrations, workshops, ceilidh, narrowboat rides, taster sessions for anyone who missed out on the masterclasses preceeding the festival and a spectacular finale.
This is not just any festival, this is the UK’s greatest glass gathering! For details please go to: www.ifg.org.uk
The International Glass Festival will be taking place over the same weekend as the Bead Fair. For details of all the exhibitions, events etc. in Stourbridge please go to
