Lampwork Beads, The History of Glass Making from Mediaeval Times to the Present day, from The Stained Glass Centre, Nth Yorkshire

Lampwork Beads


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The Exhibition of Stained Glass in the Studio charts the history of the art and craft from mediaeval times to the present day. The stages in making a stained glass window are explained and Emma can often be seen demonstrating Lampworking Techniques.

Emma Green is our resident Lampwork glass bead artist.

She makes and sells jewellery at the Stained Glass Centre using her own unique glass beads.

Emma also specialises in unusual critter beads and sells them to other jewellery artists via her website.

Click on the logo below to see more of her work.

What is Lampworking?

Lampwork is a glass forming technique that uses the process of melting glass rods over an open flame(originally it was the flame of a gas lamp). Once the glass is molten, the Lampwork artist wraps it around a metal rod called a Mandrel. Then with the help of various tools and techniques they further shape and design the glass; often adding other colours of glass to create elaborate decorations.