Professional Lampworking / Beadmaking / Flameworking Courses & Workshops

About

Tim James a glass bead maker and instructor. Together with jewellery-designer wife Lily Morda, he owns and operates the Beaded Lily Glass Works studio, as well as its associated websites.
Originally from the US, Tim and his family moved to Italy in 2001. He began making glass beads in 2002 after a week-long course taken in a small village in Umbria. He had no idea at the time that it would go on to change his career and his life forever.

In 2004, Tim began to realize that learning the art of glass bead making need not be the arduous process that he endured, that it was possible to impart the knowledge in a more efficient manner than was his experience. It was at this point that he began teaching this ancient craft and has since had satisfied students come from literally all over the world to take his course.

Besides creating handmade beads for the couple's store, websites and jewelry lines, he has made glass beads for a number of design houses, both big and small. Chanel featured his beads in their summer and fall 2006 line, as well as in spring 2011. He also received commissions from the famous Italian design houses Ferragamo and Escada, as well.

Currently, he continues to supply a myriad of smaller designers, in Europe, North America and as far away as Australia and Japan, with his ever-expanding line of hand-made glass beads.

At the end of 2011, after more than a decade living in Italy (4 years in the Tuscan town of Lucca and 8 in the heart of the Florence artisan district, the Oltrarno), Tim and his family made the decision to relocate their lives and business to Brighton UK.

Below is a brief promotional video created in Florence, Italy by Lily & Tim for their Beaded Lily studio:

Tim James Bead Making Courses & Workshops