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Lampwork Bead Artist

British Lampwork - Some great beads by British Artists.

Tuffnell Glass - Martin and Teresa are Wonderful people who not only make beads, but supply all (yes all) of my glass and other lampworking gadgets!

Flame Born Beads - My friend Lesley sells her beads, jewellery and other hand made gubbins here plus it's well worth taking a looksie at the Urban Bead Co-operative page for a swopsie or two.

Moogin - Beautiful beads by Mindy Macgregor.

Aardvark Art Glass - By Cathy lybarger. Simply Brilliant art glass. Check out the fish in top hats, Genius! Oh and the masks..oh and her fun focals LOL I could go on and on. Check it out!

Spheres of Glass -Sandy makes very pretty Bead sets and focals, but my very faves are on her 'Signature Beads' page. Awwww look, the cutest baby beads! I am now the proud owner of two and I suspect that's just the beginning of my collection!

Crystal Garden - 'Ohh ahh' Pretty floral beads by Jan Jennings. From the day I first saw Jan make a bead, I knew she had a gift for detailed delicate floral beads.

Tillerman Beads - You will be amazed at the colour and detail in the beads Mike creates. Lots of lampwork, bali silver beads and jewellery always in stock( I know these guys are in the British lampwork link, but they have a special place in my heart and deserve more than one mention.......Thanks Su and Mike!).

EJR Beads/Emma Ralph - A natural talent with Art beads both in lampwork and in Polymerclay. Emma has a great on-line shop filled with lots of beads,findings, and even some of her own Polymer clay books. Yep she is one cleaver lady!

RedHotSal/Sally Carver - Colourful and happy beads by one of my fave bead artists!

Beads by Laura /Laura Sparling- Beautiful, shiny, freshly baked beads plus a wonderful article on how laura got started lampworking.

Beads on toast - Some lovely beads and jewellery and she seems to be developing a great touch for sculptural beads too.

- by Isabelle Anderson. Izzy makes beautiful pebble like beads, in very subtle, very wearable colours that you just want to pick up and touch. They make me wanna take my dogs to the beach and hunt for fossils:D.

Beady Bugs - by Helen prole. Helen makes the most adorable beady bugs and beads. For something different check out her Silver core beady bead.

Earth and Fire - Beautifully made beads by Rachel Dawes.

- Words fail me....Beautiful!!!

- Check out the tree beads in the 'Focals' section-wow!

SmartAssGlass/Sharon Peters - My Hero, my inspiration! When my beads grow up they wanna be like Sharons.

Baubles By Nancy- Lovely lady with what looks to be a promising website. I just love her Xmas tree light beads! Check out the Artist-tutorials page. YAY my Plop tutorial is on there:D!

Glass Tales - By Joanne Rohrer. Wonderful,very usable glass beads.Click HERE to go to Jo's e-bay store.

BeadySam Glass - Sam makes beads and jewellery,plus she makes yummy Frit blends. Can't wait to try them out, Yay!!

HippKittyBeads - Vickie makes wonderful beads. My very fave are her handbag beads.....WOW I just loves them!

Crafty Clare - Clare sells her own bead and jewellery designs. Plus you can watch her make a bead!

 

- Lots more bead artists here. If you like my site please rate it. Oh and leave a nice comment too if you like.

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Jewellery Designers

Check out 'MY SPACE' for some pictures of my jewellery designs - Emma xx

Clasicat Designs - by Claire Doherty. You can also see Claire on my Customer Gallery page.

Crystal Velvet - Karen Clark creates bespoke Tiara and jewellery designs plus some pretty funky hats and bags that I just love! A girl can never own enough hats and bags in my opinion :-)

Unique Jewellery for You/Beverley Abbott - Beverley makes bright, happy and unique jewellery using lampwork Glass beads. A big support to UK beadmaker, Beverley's designs have style and class with a little touch of fun!

Hebble Creations - by Joanne Robinson. Jo makes all her own Polymer clay beads for use in her jewellery designs. Making them beautiful and unique.

Little Creations Jewellery - Funky jewellery and accessories for the fun in you. I just love Heathers work. Unique and well designed. Just check out her new Donut range mmmm yum 'n' Fun!

Gem Kist Jewellery - by Hilary Milne. Hilary uses Gem stones and Artisan Lampwork to make stunning one of a kind bespoke jewellery.

Kate at Beginners Beads - Follow Kate's Jewellery Making Journey, with some great articles and tutorials.

Buzzy Bead Jewellery - Clair balances the best of British Lampwork with Hill Tribe and Sterling silver beads. Her creations are beautiful and very wearable!

Lush Lampwork - Handmade in Malvern

Treasure Craft Jewellery - Nan and Colette offer you a beautiful array of beaded jewellery, plus Colette makes and sells Lampwork beads.

Chaotic Rainbow - Fab Dichroic jewellery and you gotta love those Bugs!

Plastic Bat - Why this designer? Just take a look at her Lego bracelets. Oh the joy love em, love em, love em!

Designed for you - Designed for you is where you find jewellery that breaks free of the
crowd. Individual creations and designs, each one unique, provide a
wealth of handcrafted treasures. Commissions welcome.

Bags2riches - This lady not only makes fab jewellery, but she helps save the planet with it! Not in a Wonder Woman, bullet repelling, cuff bangles kind of way, but she does recycle Plastic bags and other found elements and makes them into some super cool objects. A must visit site!

Funky Jewellery and fun Gecko's - Check out Alene's website, you will love the Geckos!

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Other Useful Bead & Findings Stuff

The Dragonfly Company - chain maille supplies and chain maille kits from the lovely Lynne

Cooksongold - Manufacturer and suppliers to the jewellery trade. Cookson Precious Metals offer a choice of supplies from over 10,000 products for jewellers, jobbers, craftsmen and students.

Tryacs treasures - A treasure trove of beading supplies.

C J Bead Works - Specialise in selling all Products produced by Beadalon, including Beading Wire, Beading Tools and Findings.

BeadSite - The aim of this site is to provide unusual quality beads to beaders in the UK and beyond. Some very unusual beads and findings in this store. My faves are the metal fused ceramic beads. Check it out, you'll be glad you did.

Lanula - Silver(sells very good strong Sterling Silver Headpins. Great for wiring pendants!),Pearls and Gemstones

Internet Craft Fair - Internet Craft Fair contains details of hand-made craft products and gifts available from UK craft workers and artists. This link takes you straight to what matters, BEADS!

Craft Links - all manner of crafty things.Yep that means hand made beads too!

Find Beads - Great on-line bead directory

Glass Artist.Org -a wonderful place to see lots of great glass bead artists, with plenty of eye candy and inspiration.

Cauldron Creations - Lots of fab tutorials. Check them out and try something new!

Dr. Sooz's Infamous Beady Links List - a wonderful place filled with useful links related to all things beadie. Looking for something or someone bead related? Check in here first.

K&M Beadshop - Has an ever expanding range of unusual beads and findings, plus some super cute metal charms.

Destiny-uk - Beads in all the colours of the rainbow, plus a link to an amazing ebay store packed full of goodies from a power seller you can trust!

Wires.co.uk - Wire, wire everywhere.Yep a great site filled with every wire you can think of.

Walsh brothers - a great site with lots of lampworking related links to follow.

- er...what it says on the tin ;-)

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Some of the Best Lampwork & Jewellery Makers Forums

- A super friendly forum full of beaders of all levels from beginners to advanced. You would struggle to find a more helpful bunch of folks ! 

- Fun Forum for lampworkers and other glass artists based in the Uk. Hopefully this will become a community run forum, full of useful information about bead making and happy, helpful people.

Glass Line Magazine - Not just lampwork, but beaders, marble makers and glass blowers.

Lampwork etc - A huge forum packed with glass addicts. Lots of brilliant tutorials!

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Other Cool Handmade Stuff

- My home :-)

 

I Took The Handmade Pledge! BuyHandmade.org

Alex Original Handbags - Every single bag is a one of a kind, all of them are made
> by me, Alex! I take the time to make each one original and unique! Emma says "
Unique and original bags by Alex. Cuz a girl can never have enough bags to carry her beadie stuff in" ;-)

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Other Fave websites for when I'm not beading!

(These probably reveal more about me and my beads than anything else on my site.)

 

Springer Spaniel Rescue Centre - This bead was based on my Oldest Spaniel Gem.Mother and daughter team Gem and Saffi came to live with me 5 years ago. They were both rescue dogs and they've given me and my family so much pleasure and happiness. If you like lots and lots of exercise, have loads of space and love to give, Spaniels are the dogs for you.

 - I love my Wii and Xbox 360!

Bill and Ted - Party on dude!

Red Dwarf - Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast. Website for Smeg Heads.

The Mighty Boosh - This is an outrage!!!!!!!

The Mighty Boosh, BBC Page - Finish quests and get freebies including a Dancing Hitcher screen saver Brilliant!

Eddie Izzard - I'm covered in Bees!

 Chicken Out! Campaign Sign-up

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Bead Envy At The Stained Glass Centre,
Killerby Lane, Cayton, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO11 3TP
Tel: +44 (0)1723 581236 • Fax: +44 (0)1723 585465
e-mail: emma@beadenvy.co.uk