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Elevate: Coring Glass Beads
with Sterling Silver Tubing and Handcrafted Caps 

Elevate your glass beads with metal! Elevate – Coring Glass Beads with Sterling Silver Tubing and Handcrafted Caps is the first of the Metal for Lampworkers series where Hayley shares how she takes her beads to a new level by coring them in sterling silver tubing with metal bead caps.

Elevate

Utilizing many of your existing tools and equipment – as well as common household items – Hayley takes you on this endeavor step by step using four different coring tools with additional lessons on texturing metal, creating the caps (from simple to more complicated), adding patina, and finishing tips. This course concentrates on beads made on 3/16" / 5mm mandrels (but may be adapted for other sizes).

Sample Class Projects

  • All About Caps

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    All About Caps

  • Texture

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    Texture

  • Patina

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    Patina

Registration

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Access – two-year access from date of purchase

What you need – material/tool list may be requested before signing up.

Prerequisites

No prerequisites except access to a device (computer, tablet ) with high-speed internet and basic understanding on how to work the virtual platform

The Fine Print

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Please review the free Basics course before signing up for this full workshop. Due to instant access to the course materials, once transaction is complete, there is no refund.

Table of Contents

Welcome

MUST READ: Waiver of Liability, Release, and Indemnity
Course Description
Introduction and Material/Tool List (PDF)
Selecting the Right Coring Tool for Your Needs (PDF) 

Module 1: All About Caps

Marking Center of Purchased Discs
Cutting Center Hole on Discs
Dapping (Doming) Washers
Creating Caps from Sheet Metal 

Module 2: Textures

Annealing Using Lampworking Torch
Pickling Using Household Supplies
Stamping Texture + Cutting Washers
Hammering Subtle Texture
A Few Words on Additional Texturing Tools 

Module 3: Finishing/Polishing

Adding Patina
Polishing with a Brass Brush
More Finishing/Polishing Tips
A Few Words on Tumbling, Pin Finishing, and Using a Fiber Wheel 

Module 4: Preparation

Why Bead Caps?
Preparing the Glass Bead
Auditioning Bead Caps
Sizing and Cutting Tubing 

Module 5: Capping/Coring with The Bead Riveter

The Bead Riveter Intro
Capping+Coring with The Bead Riveter
Initial Flaring with a Plumb Bob 

Module 6: Capping/Coring and Dapping with a Press

Jim Moore Press Intro and Custom Dies
Capping+Coring with a Press
Dapping (Doming) Washers with a Press 

Module 7: Capping/Coring with the Beadliner – Model BM3 – perlenpresse.de

Beadliner – Model BM3 Intro
Capping+Coring with Beadliner – Model BM3 – perlenpresse.de
Finishing with a Rawhide Mallet 

Module 8: Capping/Coring with the Impress Beadliner

Impress Beadliner Intro
Capping+Coring with the Impress Beadliner
Refining with a Rawhide Mallet 

Bonus

Ensuring the Fit for the Popular European Charm Bracelets
Split Tubing During Coring
Using the Retro Capping Tool
Capping+Coring and Refining Encore
Homemade File Stick