Friday 3rd July 2009

Hi Everyone - Just to let you know I am taking a weeks break from Saturday 4th July until Monday 13th July. I won't be answering emails during this time. Please look out for new beads to be listed on the website upon my return. Many thanks - Sally xx

I have now listed some jewellery on Etsy - please click here to see

More details on my new DVD: It's called Glass Bead Making with Sally Carver - Vol1 and is now available from this website. The price is £15.00 (plus postage at £1:50 within the UK).

I can take payment by cheque (payable to A Carver) - please email me and I will acknowledge, or if you wish to pay by Paypal just click on the button below:

This is the design for the box cover - thought I'd give you a sneak preview! The DVD covers the following:

Contents: Clothing and Eyewear - Torch Types - Gas connections and Leak Detection - Lighting the Hothead - Lighting the Minor Burner - Tools and Equipment - Kilns and Annealing - Making our first bead - Making a cylinder bead - Stringers and Twisties - Applying decoration - Trouble Shooting

Runtime: 65 minutes
Written and Presented by Sally Carver
Directed and Produced by Jim Huckfield and Sally Carver
Camera and Video Editing by Jim Huckfield
Still Photography by Sally Carver

This DVD is a tutorial on how to make beads from setting up your equipment to making and decorating simple beads. It is the FIRST UK based video which takes you through the whole setting up process and I'm very proud of it! I shall be selling the DVD from this website and other selected outlets.

NEW BEADS??? They're here!

PLEASE HIT YOUR REFRESH BUTTON FOR THE LATEST UPDATE.

Tuition - Please note some important changes to my Tuition page - and NEW MASTERCLASS is now announced

As well as my usual one-to-one classes - I have got together with Diana East for a very special joint teaching course on SATURDAY and SUNDAY 27th and 28th June 2009

This is a Full Professional Grounding Course in making Lampwork Beads. No experience is necessary, beginners particularly welcome. CLICK HERE for more details.

Diana and I are also please to announce a NEXT STEPS - intermediate course at Studio 19 in Enderby on 1st and 2nd August 2009. This is a follow-on course from the Beginners Course. CLICK HERE for more details.

If you fancy something exciting and different I am also offering a mixed media weekend called Redhotminx. This is where I team up with Leigh Armstrong from Magick Minx Productions and we spend a weekend exploring the worlds of Glass Bead Making and Precious Metal Clay. No experience is necessary - bring yourself or team up with a mate and have a wonderful time! NEXT CLASS - to be confirmed

The Venue for all group classes is at Studio 19, Diana's very comfortable and well equipped studio in Enderby, Leicestershire (which is about ten miles from my studio). The course is aimed at beginners and runs for two days. Price is £250 for the two days, where you will have complete access to both Diana and myself as tutors. If you are interested in attending this course, please get in touch with me in the first instance and I can give you more details, check availability and book you in.

TEACHING - as well as the normal one-to-one lessons I can now offer "You and a Friend" lessons at a reduced rate. Please check out the "Tuition" link for more details. Please note - I cannot presently teach at weekends for the one-to-one classes. Please see my teaching page for details and how to book.or email me if you require further information.

Need to know more? Contact me to go on my mailing list - and I will let you know of new RedHotSal happenings.

Thanks for stopping by!

Sally Carver

Incidentally - if you like to buy handmade lampwork beads from Ebay but are put off by having to trawl through acres and acres of listings of cheap and nasty Chinese imports you might like to know about the SRA system. SRA stands for Self Representing Artist. This is a body set up by Melinda Melanson, you may like to check out the website. A self representing artist is someone who creates and sells their or their immediate families work. A self representing artist does not sell mass produced beads under the SRA logo.

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