{"product_id":"collectable-packed-glass-bead-by-patrick-stern","title":"Collectable Packed Glass Bead by Patrick Stern","description":"I will be presenting beads for sale here from my private collection and will try to give you as much information as I can about the artists...\n\nThis bead is made by the amazing Patrick Stern. He and I were teaching at the 1998 Sunderland Glass Conference at the National Glass Center. Actually he was demonstrating and there is no one who does it his way. He pre-makes the canes for his beads in a most fascinating way, flattening glass, layering in the colors and then sort of rolling it together the way a baker might! He makes beads by packing the canes around a mandrel and melting them together in a large kiln. He and his brother had in those days, a glass studio in Brixton, England and made large pieces. \nI bought this bead from Patrick in Sunderland I think... I met him first when we were also both showing at the 2nd International Bead Conference in Washington DC, Dec 1990.\n A lovely gentle and modest artist is Patrick!\nThis is how he described his work at the 6th Annual Stourbridge Bead Fair in 2008.\n\" Beads made in the course of exploring bead making at the furnace, rather than the torch.These include drawn and mosaic beads and disks in distinctive patterns.\" \nI will be presenting beads for sale here from my private collection and will try to give you as much information as I can about the artists...","brand":"KateDW Designs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39348610072599,"sku":"","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2418\/9807\/products\/il_fullxfull.764907047_319r.jpg?v=1626746576","url":"https:\/\/katedrewwilkinson.com\/products\/collectable-packed-glass-bead-by-patrick-stern","provider":"KateDW Designs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}