Artist Information:
Mary Jarvis
Shreveport, LA
United States
Member Since: Sep 2000
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Artist Statement:
Mary Jarvis
Glass Bead Artist
“I make glass beads from
imported, Italian glass. The
glass comes in the form of
rods of dozens of different
colors. The glass is
transparent, translucent, or
opaque.”
HOW
“I slowly heat the glass rod
until it melts in 1700 degree
heat over the flame of an
oxygen/butane burner. The
molten glass, like thick
honey, drips onto a mandrel, a
stainless steel rod. The
mandrel with glass on it, is
twirled in the flame until the
desired shape is formed, using
gravity to help shape it.
Different colors and designs
can be added to the bead at
this stage. Each bead can take
from 10 - 45 minutes to make,
depending on the complexity of
the bead.
The completed bead is put into
a kiln or oven, heated to 950
degrees. There it sits while
other beads are being made,
or, for at least 30 minutes.
Then the bead is allowed to
cool, undisturbed, for 8 - 10
hours in the kiln. This
cooling process is called
annealing, which makes the
glass strong and sturdy to
last for centuries, just as
beads made by people thousands
of years ago.
The bead is removed from the
mandrel, ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Juried Arts Festival:
Red River Revel
Shreveport, Louisiana
October 2 - 5, 2002
You can purchase and view more
of my beads by visiting
www.bayoubeads.homestead.com
-OR- by going to www.ebay.com
and search for Bayou Beads....
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Artist Galleries:
Beadazzled - 1507 Connecticut
Ave. NW in Washington, D.C
The Gallery - Creations of Art
and Glass - 3912 Youree Dr.
Shreveport, Louisiana 71105
318-865-5572...
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Artist Reviews:
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Collections:
Handmade glass beads by Mary
Jarvis are in private
collections in 28 states of
the U.S.A., Canada and
Denmark....
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Commissions:
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Mary Jarvis's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Mary Jarvis's Portfolio. Browse Jarvis's body of work: Mary Jarvis
Glass Bead Artist
“I make glass beads from imported, Italian glass. The glass comes in the form of rods of dozens of different colors. The glass is transparent, translucent, or opaque.”
HOW
“I slowly heat the glass rod until it melts in 1700 degree heat over the flame of an oxygen/butane burner. The molten glass, like thick honey, drips onto a mandrel, a stainless steel rod. The mandrel with glass on it, is twirled in the flame until the desired shape is formed, using gravity to help shape it. Different colors and designs can be added to ... |
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