by Tab Berkey

 

I use Moretti glass to make my beads

My torch is a GTT Cheetah

I use 2 O2 concentrators w/propane for my flame. 

There is a glass rod in my left hand and I am melting onto a steel rod called a "mandrel" in my right. I wrap the glass around the rod as it melts it. Once I have the base bead made, I can add colors and shape it.

 

How glass beads are made.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I started making glass beads in 2001. Ginny Sycuro introduced me to lamp-working and has taught me most everything I know about glass. What drew me to glass was how flexable and maliable it was to play with. I have to say I'm very lucky to live in the area I do. We have so many great glass artists in the Denver area and I'm fortunate to have met and gotten to know some of them. Other glass artists I've had classes with are: Cindy Brown, Loren Stump, Kristina Logan, and also I've taken classes at Bullseye Glass in Portland, Or.

My wife Michelene is a silver/goldsmith and she has created my logo tags as well as the silver charms you see in the pictures.

Awards

Honorable Mention in the Evergreen Artist Association Spring Show

Titled: Moments in color

May, 2008
 

My work can seen at:
  • Shadow Mountain Gallery, Evergreen Co.
  • Spirit of the Rocks, Glen Haven Co (Near Estes Park)
 

You can contact me at: tab132@gmail.com

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