Tutorials

A list of tutorials from a wide range of locations that have provided excellent step by step examples of how to make beads.

Tutorials:

• Creating a spacer or base bead
• Placing Cubic Zirconias into beads
• Ideas for using Evil Dark Purple by Lorri Anderson.

Silver Tutorials from other Sites:

• Cuttlebone Casting created by Steve & Susie Wright

Lampworking Tutorials from other sites:

• Basic Round Bead created by Jim Smircich
• Tab Bead by Bill Brach
• Combed and Raised Bead created by Jim Smircich
• Dot placement by Christine of Kiki Beads
• Encasing by Mary Lockward
• Spiral Wrap by Alex & Jocelyn Pappadakis
• Floating Bubble by Alex & Jocelyn Pappadakis
• Plunged Dot by Kimberly Stark
• Leaf Beads by Barbara Caraway
• Striped Beads created by Melinda Melanson
• Subtle Stripes by Corina Tettinger
• Triangle Beads created by Mary Guay
• Triangle Beads by Christine of Kiki Beads
• Harlequin Bead by Melinda Melanson
• The Large Dot Beads by Jodie Price
• Star Bead by Virginia 
• Bird by Mike Marsh
• Copper Foil or Leaf by Mary
• Colour Mixing with Effetre curtsey of Kay Powell
• Colour layering effects with Effetre curtsey of Kay Powell
• Raised Flower Bead by Melinda Melanson
• Flower Beads by Kim Miles
• Ruffle Beads by Jodie Price
• Puffy Hearts by Jinx Garza
• Twisted Heart by Jennifer Geldard
• Blooming Beads by Lauri Copeland
• Kidlet Beads by Lori Peterson
• Fish Beads created by Sharon Peters
• Cat Beads by Bazzie 
• Duck Bead by Lori Peterson
• Hollow Beads created by Andie.
• Sweet Pea Vessel created by Andie
• Vessels by Liz Kuhns and Heidianneliesa Brodersen
• Vessel Beads by Jodie Price
• Wire Wrapping your Vessel Beads by Jodie Price
• Encasing by Mary Lockwood
• Encasing by Christine of Kiki Beads
• Landscape Beads by Mona Gollan
• Ruby Gold and Silvered Beads by Allison Turner
• Silver Tracery Effect by Jim Smircich
• Snakeskin Beads by Lauri Copeland
• Making your own Frit by Arrowsprings
• Making your own Stringer by Kimberly Stark
• Silvered Ivory by Melinda Melanson
• Silvered Ivory by Christine of Kiki Beads
• Twisted Stringer by Corina Tettinger
• Latticcino or Twisted Stringer by Steve & Susie Wright
• Latticcino or Twisted Stringer by Kate Drew-Wilkinson
• Lollipop Stringer by Mona Gollan
• Twisties from Sheet Glass by Linda James
• Pulling Stringer from Reduction Glass Large Chunks created by Valerie Cox
• Flower Stamen Stringer by Bill Brachhold
• Creating Petal Canes by Marie-Claude Chapman
• Simple Flowers by Hillside Garden Art Studio
• Pulling Rods & Stringers from Sheet Glass created by Valerie Cox
• Murrini by Chris and Lissa Juedemann
• Murriniby Corina Tettinger
• Mushroom Pendants by Emily (NZ)
• Implosion Beads by Mary 
• Skull Bead in Boro by Mike Edmondson
• Glass Pens by Arrowsprings
• Fumed Pomegranate by Lauri Copeland
• Zebra Print Bicone Beads by Beth Boal
• Goddess Bead by Sarah Schalken 
• Etching your beads by Etchall
• Electroforming Tips by Kate Fowle Meleney
• Electroforming on Beads by Kate Fowle Meleney
• Enamels and How to Use them by  Laura Brito
• Painting your Beads by Deborah Read
• Lentils by ChristyLDesigns with a bead press
• Lentils by Maureen Kennedy with graphite moulds
• Moretti Colour Combinations by mixed contributors
• Boro Dragonfly by Mike Marsh
• Boro Dragon by Mike Marsh
• Hummingbird by Mike Marsh
• Elephant by Mike Marsh
• Elephant by Mike Marsh  

Warm Glass Tutorials from other sites:

• Turning Beads into Cabs by Bethany Adams
• Enamel Bead Making by Pam East
• Dichroic Pendants by Cil Bullard

Stain Glass Tutorials from other sites:

• Copper Foil Construction by Baubles by Nancy
• Kaleidoscope by Baubles by Nancy

Photography and Other interesting Tips:

• Photographing Beads by Lori Greenberg