Addy DePietro

Addy began teaching at William Holland in 1991 while owning a full service lapidary rock shop that specialized in beading materials, stained glass and all lapidary supplies. Addy and her husband, Joe, won the AFMS "Each One Teach One" national award for the year 1989 when they were workshop directors for their local Gem & Mineral Club. She is a retired special education teacher that has been beading since 1973 and fusing glass since 1992. She has taught at her Rock Shop in Avon Park, FL, the local Gem & Mineral Club, and William Holland and for SFMS both at Wildacres and William Holland since 1988. She began fusing glass nuggets for accent pieces for beading projects. Addy has her GIA certification in Pearl and Bead Design.

Glass Fusing – Addy DePietro

This beginner class will cover a detailed explanation of glass compatibility and COEs, all firing schedules used in class, the proper and safe use of kilns and tools including grinders, saws, drills, groovers and all related hand tools. For a class fee of $75.00 each student will receive a bag of glass for their first firing and the labeled materials to make one of each of the following class projects: Addy Opal, windows, one decaled piece, one piece with an open channel fused into it, one pair of mille fiore earrings, one embossed piece and the use of all frits, confettis, stringers, noodles and mica to experiment in achieving different effects in making unique glass jewelry nuggets. A large assortment of dichroic, fusable background and cover glass will be available for purchase. All papers needed for glass separation and a fusing manual will be included in the class fee. There will be ample time for the student to reinforce their fusing skills. The average cost of this beginner class is $100--$150 depending on how much glitz is wanted in your finished pieces, which average 40 in number. Raking or hot manipulation will be demonstrated by the teacher. Addy has been fusing glass since 1991 and introduced glass-fusing classes at William Holland in 1997.

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