Price: Half Day £120 / Full Day £240
Duration: Half Day 3 hours / Full Day 6 hours
Location: Red Flower Glass, Oaklea, Maldon Road, Stanway, Colchester, Essex, CO3 0SJ

Workshop Description:
Join me in my flameworking studio for a one-to-one lesson where you will learn how to make your own glass beads. Using soft glass rods and a flameworking torch, you’ll create round beads, gravity beads, add decorative dots and pull stringers. This workshop is perfect for beginners or anyone wanting to try their hand at glass jewellery.

What’s Included:

• All tools, safety equipment and materials

• Safety glasses

• A pack of helpful course notes to take home

• Your beads annealed for strength and posted to you after the session

What to Wear:
Long-sleeved cotton or natural fibre clothing, closed-toe shoes, and tied-back long hair. Avoid polyester, shorts, open necklines or open-toed sandals.

Refreshments:
Tea and coffee provided. For full-day courses, please bring your own lunch.

Receiving Your Work:
Beads will be annealed overnight for strength and posted to you after the course.

Booking & Arrival:
Please arrive 5–10 minutes before the start time. Please get in touch to book a date.

About Your Instructor:
Elena Fleury-Rojo is a British flameworker and glassblower based in Essex, UK. She specialises in natural, organic forms such as coral structures, has been awarded grants including the DYCP from Arts Council England and a training bursary from Heritage Crafts, and is a Trustee of the Contemporary Glass Society.

Cancellation Policy:
Please contact me at least 7 days in advance to cancel or reschedule. Cancellations within 7 days of the lesson will not receive a refund.