Freya Adelle Read Handmade Lampworked Glass Beads & Jewelry All my beads are properly annealed for durability. adelle@adelleread.com
Artist Statement
ADELLE READ
My love of glass
began early through the influence of my father, who was a stained glass
craftsman from the early 1970’s through 2005. In the early 1990’s he introduced
me to fused glass and from that luck led me to lampworked glass beads. It was
while visiting my folks in Chattanooga, Tennessee that I met Donavan Boutz, a 3rd
generation glass artist. Trained under his father Eugene Boutz and Harvey
Littleton, he has played a crucial role in the beadmaking movement that we see
now. I would never have tried it if not for him opening that door for me. I sat
and watched him work for months before he made me take his class.I never dreamt that I could actually do it.
I was working with metals at the time but glass filled me with an excitement that
I had never felt before. The magic when heat is applied to the glass, seeing it
become more liquid, watching how the colors emerge and blend. The depth of each
application can change the look and feel of the glass.It is like waking up on Christmas morning
and finding that gift you never dreamed you would receive.In my work I incorporate metal elements,
gemstones, and my father’s tumbled glass pieces.My beads are made from borosilicate glass, which is a hard form
of glass, like Pyrex.They are kiln
annealed for durability and safety.
Memberships
International
Society of Glass Bead Makers
Glass Art Society
Precious Metal Clay
Guild
Glass Training
Donavan
Boutz and Suzan Benzle-Boutz
Bernadette
Fuentes
Doni
Hatz
Ellie
Burke
George
O’Grady
Carol
Moore
Pati
Walton
John
Olson
Christian
Luginger
Wil
Menzies
Metalsmith
Training
Leonard Chee,
Elizabeth Knodle, and Michelle Lawrence
