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Glass Bead Necklace

$95.00

These necklaces are crafted from handblown furnace-pulled glass beads by Cedar Creek Gallery studio artist Lisa Oakley. Necklace chain is an adjustable 18-20" long.

Lisa gathers molten glass on the end of a long pipe, adds colored glass in layers, and then blows air through the center of the entire long bead, creating the hole. In what is part of a long and exacting process, each bead must be cooled, cut, and polished before Lisa even begins combining the differently shaped and colored beads into the beautiful jewelry she creates.

Details

  • Necklace chain is an adjustable 18" - 20" long
  • As with all handcrafted jewelry, no two bracelets are exactly alike. Expect to find slight variations in size, color, and design

About Lisa Oakley

Lisa Oakley began blowing glass in 1994 when she immediately fell in love with the heat and fluidity of molten glass. She knew that glass was the creative outlet for which she had been searching and went on to build the first hot glass art studio in eastern North Carolina.

Much of Lisa's inspiration comes from the complexity of colors and patterns found in nature. Her work conveys a feeling of organic movement and texture, both visual and tactile.

Her work includes both decorative and functional vases, bowls, platters and ornaments. She is also one of the few American glassblowers making furnace-pulled glass beads, which she then uses to create her own original line of jewelry.

Lisa Oakley's hot glass studio is nestled between a forest and group of buildings housing both glassblowers and potters on the grounds of Cedar Creek Gallery in Creedmoor, North Carolina. Her parents, Sid and Pat Oakley, both potters, started the gallery with their own work in 1968. Over the last fifty-three years it has grown to support more than ten resident artists and over 250 regional and national craftspeople. Lisa splits her time between blowing glass and operating the gallery.