Literally, hot off the press:  Jim Kervin's latest booklet, the twelfth in his  "Beadmaker Series" which complements his comprehensive text: More Than You Ever Wanted to Know About Glass Beadmaking.

Go step-by-step with the bead duo, Carol Fonda and Monty Clark, as they show you how to create intricate glass beads by lampworking, fusing and carving beads made of dichroic glass. Learn some of their secrets for creating their signature beads, along with exciting information on how to give your pieces more pizzazz!

These exciting beadmakers, will walk you through a number of different bead styles, types, and techniques. Carol & Monty start by showing how they form their extensively fanned sculptural lampworked pieces from the more viscous Schott and Bullseye glasses.  The greater viscosity of these two glasses lend themselves to the sculptural effects demonstrated in this booklet.

Also ... after reading this booklet you will gain an appreciation for how versatile tweezers, as a tool, can be!  Then ... Carol & Monty top it off by showing you how deep to carve fused dichroic pieces, along with a number of ways to etch images into dichroic coating.  These techniques can be used in lampworked or fused beads to make them more interesting!

Lots of photos will inspire you to explore the techniques necessary to add dazzling detail to your beads!