Graceful Customs Lampwork Glass & Jewelry Studio: October 2014

Friday, October 31, 2014

5TH ANNUAL HOLIDAY BOUTIQUE

Join us for our annual Holiday Boutique show and sell at Graceful Customs Studio, in Gilroy, from 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm, Dec. 6, Saturday, 2014! A variety of vendors will have home-made, hand-made, jewelry, blown glass and other arts. We will have lampworking glass bead making demonstrations as well as rock carving. Free raffle gifts drawn every hour. e-mail Grace@GracefulCustoms.com for details. Vendors welcomed, no charge.

Thursday, October 9, 2014

DOTS, DOTS AND MORE DOTS

Come join us for a one day session learning various techniques in dot placement on Sat., Oct. 25, 2014. Jelveh of Jelveh Designs will be here to share with us some of her innovative and varied techniques in making beads with Dots! This class is for beginners to medium experience, but have taken a beginners class already. e-mail Grace@Gracefulcustoms.com Lunch included.

Friday, October 3, 2014

MEET THE ARTIST! JC HERRELL OPEN HOUSE FRIDAY, OCT. 10

COME MEET JC AND SEE SOME OF HER TECHNIQUES. Open house 3- 6 :00 pm at Graceful Customs Studio, if you haven't been here, call for directions 408 848-5598 or 408 348-9239.

OPEN TORCH DAYS IN STUDIO

Fridays, are open torch days, free use of our torches, fuel and kiln. If you have taken a beginners lampworking class, or have experience to work on your own, you are invited to join us to practice, network, and share techniques, hours are 9:00am to 1 pm, other hours with arrangement with Grace. Bring your own supplies and tools, our torches are Nortel Minors and Mega, with oxygen and propane. You must be able to work independently, only general safety instruction is provided, if you are planning to join us e-mail me at Grace@GracefulCustoms.com. There may be some Fridays we will be closed due to vacations or other commitments, and days available may be subject to change. E-mail us for address and directions

Jennifer Le to teach wire-wrapping here!

Who is Jennifer, you ask? Jennifer lives in Santa Clara, CA, the heart of the Silicon Valley. Her long, successful career in high tech was creative, but not very artistic. Although Jennifer is proficient in many skills, such as cooking & gardening, she never applied herself to art until about four years ago. At that time Jennifer & her husband Jim immersed themselves in rockhounding.

Gems, minerals, specimens and the lapidary arts soon became their passion. After some introduction to the lapidary arts with the help of friends and the local club, they were soon creating cabachons, free-forms, flats and even an attempt at faceting! Those pieces looked just great in a display box, but they needed to be seen more often. Jennifer quickly saw the potential for jewelry! Here was the opportunity to create and enjoy something wonderful. Wire wrap was the best way to bring those bright shiny stones out of the box.

Her favorite subjects are pendants, earrings, bracelets and rings of many varieties, sizes, & colors. One needs only to examine Jennifer's work, her showcase and the jewelry she is wearing to see that this is distinctive art. Jennifer learned the fine art & skill of wire-wrap from her mother only four years ago. Since then she has refined her skill into a signature style that is very clean, elegant & striking. She teaches her skill to others in a straightforward and clear manner. Her teaching style & her patience makes her class a valuable experience!

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