Hayley currently teaches two workshops:

Explore the Magic of Silver Glass with Hayley

In the two-day workshop, you will explore the many facets of working with silver glass. For reducing silver glass you will learn how to work with different reduction flames, varying length of reducing time, and changing placements and positions of the bead in the flame, to achieve various results. For striking silver glass you will learn how to achieve and recognize the "first strike," thus enabling you to duplicate the striking sequence on your own.

Once the basic technique of working with silver glass is achieved, you will learn the different ways of using silver glass to expand your repertoire. Some of the techniques we will cover include encasing silver glass, surface decoration with silver glass, silver glass twisties, and using silver glass in gravity swirls. In addition to how to achieve the best results with this mysterious glass, special emphasis will be placed on design and perfect bead shaping. With the exception of the initial instruction on how to strike and reduce spacer beads, you will be making large bicone/tubular shaped beads.

Students should be at an intermediate skill level and comfortable working on a fuel/oxygen mix torch.

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Explore the Magic of Silver Glass II: Texture and Murrini

In this one-day workshop, you will learn Hayley's approach to adding surface texture to silver glass using enamels and other embellishments, including murrinis. Students will start with making their own silver glass murrinis and learn step by step how to create one of Hayley's Flora Series beads. Starting with a base using both striking and reducing silver glass, we will add surface texture and stringer work and finally finish by applying your own murrinis. If time allows, Hayley will share how she encases murrinis deep within the beads yet retaining the silver glass effects.

Students should be at an intermediate skill level and comfortable working on a fuel/oxygen mix torch and can work with a large amount of molten glass.

Pre-requisite: Explore the Magic of Silver Glass with Hayley or same skill equivalence