Corina & her class were Awesome....

Here is the group from the first class, one of the ladies had to leave for her flight by the time this photo was taken, the nice lady sitting down is Grace of Graceful Studios, she did so much work to get the studio & these classes off the ground, she is awesome & great to work with & be friends with... Here is a photo of the second group of great students watching Corina make and explaine how she made that particular design...

Hi all, long time no talk, been really busy with the two sold out classes that Graceful Studios held with the world known lampwork artist, the very talented & sweet Coring Tettinger...both classes were great, we had so much time, I am just really tired, I will have more information and photos for you later, here are a couple from the different classes...I was the assistant for both classes, I learned all kinds of cool new ways of playing with glass from Corina, she was great and so was the whole class experience at the new studio...

I will pick the winner for the beads and catch up with all the bead listings by Wednesday this coming week...I have to change one of the bead giveaways, as i gave the one on the rigth to Corina as a gift and forgot I had posted it for a giveaway here, sorry all...will try and make anothe one like it... Thanks again for stopping by...

Jelveh

Peace

Picking up Corina....

Well I had hoped I would have some time to list some beads by today, but I ran out of time sometime a month ago & have not been able to catch up with it since...today I am off to the airport in about an hour to pick up Corina Tettinger for her teaching visit to our studio & town. Graceful Customs Studios is happy & lucky to be having her teach here & I am so excited that after many years of talking to Corina on the phone & email we finally get to meet...The first two day class Corina is teaching on Sat & Sun 24th & 25th is full, the second class she is teaching on Wed & Thurs the 28th & 29th of this month has 2 spaces left...let me know if you want to join this class...

The beads above are both for giveaway this week, two people will win, one each, I pick who gets what, but you can try & let me know why you should get the one you want, enter to win them by making a comment on my blog...I made them while teaching class in Turkey at the awesome Glass Furnace.

The Photos below are of the studio all polished & ready to go, Grace & her hubby did such an awesome job getting the place together & have gone all the way with the new torches, glass & venting systems, not to mention all the yummy foods & goodies Grace has placed in the studio...if you are in area & would like to visit send me an email, we are located at 10730 Center Ave, in Gilroy.

I will try & list some yummy beads I have made both in Turkey & here since I have back in the next few days when I get a chance, but it will be late in the night when I have a chance so we shall see if sleep is more important...lol

Thanks for stopping by...Life is good...

Jelveh

Peace

Back from Turkey...

Hi all, I am back from Turkey, I had the most fun in one of the best classes I have had in a long time...the Glass Furnace & all of its staff were as nice as ever. Although the weather was colder than the last few times I was there, the grounds & the river were still very lovely to visit...in my two week class I had 4 great students, Aybuke, Elif, Nasrine & Gozde, my class assistant & translator Gunay was with us the whole time too (thanks for all the work girl). In the first 3 day class we also had my new boy friend Alten & his assistant in real life Gulsan in the class as well, then on the last 3 days we had a total of 14 students in class with me & Gunay (16 of us in total) which made for a fun busy room full of glass bead makers...we had so much fun, the picture above was taken on the second day of the advanced class...

This past Saturday was graduation, many of the students got their certificates the day before after class ended, only the original four & Meneske were able to stay for the ceremony & exhibition day.

I will never forget the amount of fun we all had in the past two weeks...we made so many beads & had a great adventure...I so miss everyone & wish to see them again very soon. my next class at the Glass Furnace is scheduled for May 30th to June 12th of 2010. As usual I will have the two week class, plus two 4 or 5 day advanced classes as well...

Below you will find some random photos of our time at the Glass Furnace...

some of the beads I made while in class... Here we all had fun trying on my sun hat, sadly not too much sun for me to wear it...Gozde had the best hat attitude... After everyone got their certificates, our class photo...we had all cried a bit at this point... Aybuke's Exhibit... Nasrine's exhibit... Gunay's Exhibit... Menekse's Exhibit... Elif's Exhibit... Gozde's Exhibit... Gunay, Fulya (last year students, life time friends) & me... The Bee Kingdom doing their magic...awesome that we got to see them... Need I say more...I mean Really??? Nasrine plays pool, rather well...my student who came from Iran for the class... My new friend Gaye, whom I met through my old friend Pinar Hakim, Gaye was the reason we had 10 students for the advanced part of the class, thanks a bunch girl, see you next year... Student from last year & this year & friend forever Mari-Liis who came from Estonia to have some fun with us... another shot from Istanbul, this one from the ramp while waiting for the next train to come, watching the big cruise ships on the Bosphorus sea...Turkey is so lovely & did I mention I love the people & the food...

Thanks for stopping by...life is good...will have beads for you next week...

Jelveh

Peace

Beads & other Goodies from Turkey...

These are a few of the beads Nasrine's made...first time on the torch. Here are some photos of the last couple of day's adventures...first some photos of the students beads...they have lots more, but I only have so much time to take photos & blog, we have been rather busy making beads pretty much everyday & most nights till 10pm...we went to Istanbul on Friday & had some fun, I bought all the silver findings they had in the city & Nasrine bought everything else...we must have shopped forever...did I mention Istanbul is a city of 22 million...???

also The Bee Kingdom, an amazing trio of glass artists from Canada & Feleksan Onar an awesome glass artist from Turkey, had two days of glass blowing & presentation here at the Glass Furnace. We were rather awed & very lucky to get to see them do their magic...the students & I made some beads that looked like Bee Kingdom's art & gave them a few as gifts...we are working on making some beads that remind us of Feleksan's art... These are a few of the beads Gunay made...the lovely Gunay was in my class last year, she has only torched a few times since then, this year she is my assistant & translator in class, she is doing a lot of work free of charge...she is amazing, we could not have had the class without her... These are a few of the beads Aybuke made...first time on the torch. These are a few of the beads Elif's made...first time on the torch. These are a few of the beads Gozde made...first time on the torch. Driving in to Istanbul...not much traffic that day, which is odd...

Thanks for stopping by...Life is good in Turkey...

Jelveh

Peace