Glass Bead Fairies

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Working on a special Glass Bead Elves set.

Busy finishing a special, one time only, glass beads display set. The set includes three Glass Bead Elves and a Lantern, which can be taken from the base. Fixed to the display are a Barn Owl, a European Badger, two Mice and two Fly Agarics.

Last weeks Fairies and Elves

A little update. Last week I made these Fairies and Elves amongst others.

New sets in the making for tomorrow’s listing

A little preview of what we are going to list in our Etsy shop tomorrow

Glass bead sets

Many of our customers make jewelry themselves. So we thought about and Iris set out making glass bead sets with complementary beads to the Fairy and Elf designs.

Upcoming work

Here is a little preview including a Japanese Elf bead set with beads in the style of the glass bead Elf. Also a Barn Owl pendant and some Forest Elves, made for a big special set.

Elf studying Puffins on Rock Island

The first bigger display set this year, featuring a glass Elf and three glass Puffins.

Happy New Year!

We wish all visitors a happy New Year! We will do our best this year to come up with entirely new designs. Iris has been making some glass (tiny) birds over the last weeks. We will feature those in new glass bead sets soon.

Owls and more

We could not spend as much time as we would like on our creations last week. But there is some new stuff in the making. Iris made some glass birds this week Barn Owls and a Crow. Also a load of new glass bead displays.

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About us

Iris Francissen

Eleven years ago Iris started lampworking. Developing skills rapidly with a keen eye for detail she soon made beads in her own unique style. at first Iris made beads for necklaces and other jewelry but soon after that magical little fairy folk bead figurines. The figurines are very detailed being about 2,5 to 3,5 cm. Some even with flower petals of a single millimeter incorporated into their designs.

Marcel Grotens

Working as an illustrator and graphic designer Marcel soon became involved with Iris’ work, suggesting glass fairies and fantasy creatures. He draws and sculpts bead designs, makes display bases and photographs the bead figurines in a natural environment. Marcel also tends the Etsy shop Glass Bead Fairies and is currently designing a book showcasing the work of Iris.

We started designing Fairies, Elves and other Little Folk in 2009. Iris has been making lampwork art in our home studio since 2007. Many designs are inspired by nature, which we care hughly about. The forests and riverside’s near the village where we live and the garden surrounding our house are the places where our designs begin really. These locations also provide the decor for the photographs.

Iris started making glassbeads to make her on jewelry, funny part being she never wears jewelry herself. Here are some samples of her jewelry using braided cotton and glass only.