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We have developed a set of questions for the beginner to ask of potential instructors / class sponsors.

We want to give the prospective beadmaker insight into what you should expect to learn in a comprehensive course in beginning beadmaking. Members of our committee have pooled their knowledge and many years’ experience as instructors, to develop guidelines that we hope will set a standard (and perhaps, raise the bar) for beginning beadmaking instruction. Current issues in beadmaking instruction are discussed, and participants receive a resource notebook with curriculum outlines, student handouts, and current safety, glass and tool information. To this end, the Educational Resources Committee of the ISGB has developed an Instructor’s Seminar, which is presented each year at its international convention, The Gathering. Unfortunately, there are no “industry standards” that specify what a good beginning beadmaking class should include. What was once an art form, requiring an apprenticeship of many years to learn closely guarded techniques and color formulas, is now a popular, openly shared passion, being taught by glass beadmaking enthusiasts all over the world. Glass beadmaking is enjoying an enormous rise in popularity in the United States and internationally. Recommended Teaching Standards for Beginning Beadmaking Classes