Beadoire Glass
Website: http://www.beadoire.com Etsy Store: https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/Beadoire Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Beadoireglass Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com.au/beadoire Email: info@beadoire.com Achievements to Date 2019 Festival of Glass: Winner – Wearable Art Category Beads Etc. Magazine 2008 Australian Designer of the Year September 2008: ‘A Grain of Sand’ 2 week solo exhibition. The Manly Gallery, Brisbane January 2009: Profile Beads Etc. Magazine How long have you been making your product? My career in lampwork beadmaking began in Melbourne in 2005 after retiring my Ceramic’s studio of 14 years, a natural transition at the time. How did you get started? I was in introduced to Lampworking by my sister, and, after a quick ‘test drive’ was hooked. I knew immediately that I was about to be ‘consumed’ by this amazing craft. And I was and I still am ....... What is your greatest inspiration? Dale Chihuly - the master of big glass objects! With access to the most amazing graphics via the web, I find inspiration is everywhere. Wallpapers, fashion, nature, all of these things can be transferred into a design on a bead. What is the greatest challenge to owning and operating your own business? Competing with cheap imports and a saturated jewellery market. And because of the intensive amount of labour that goes into each piece of jewellery, creating large volumes of product becomes restrictive. What is the best thing about owning your own creative business? Working my own hours, doing what I love, having free reign over my designs and being able to share this incredible craft with customers and other glass artists and collectors. And did I mention the therapeutic effect a day on the torch brings! |
My name is Maureen Nugent and I am a self taught glass 'beadist'.
Lampwork glass beadmaking is one of the oldest human arts dating back 3,000 years, so it is no wonder that even today, we are mesmerised by the process and ultimately the end result a day on the torch brings. My love of vibrant colour, whimsical patterns and eclectic pairings have become the trademark of the beads and jewellery that I now sell across the globe. Big, big beads are foremost on my mind when I enter my studio each day. With a basic hothead as my heat source, I love the challenge of creating a large, tactile slab of glass that can be strung up into a piece of statement jewellery. I am an educator and teacher of lampwork, and design, create and embrace the art of beadmaking from my studio situated in Wynnum, Brisbane. The Process Lampwork is the art of melting glass rods over a fixed directional flame then building up the bead in glass layers, melting in after each addition. Handcrafted lampwork beads are the most labour intensive of all glass techniques, as each bead is individually created. The end result being unique, one of a kind, tangible keepsakes. |