| HI! I am Jodi Hesting of Beadworx.com. I am a hot glass artist living in Arizona. I have two children that keep me pretty busy and fill my life with joy and adventure! I love spending time with my family and friends, camping, and anything outdoors, and I love to PLAY WITH HOT GLASS, (I have a family of pyromaniacs)!! I started beading about eight years ago, making jewelry and many other beaded items. In the fall of 2001, this love of beads eventually led me into finding the wonderful world of... I began my online business with my glass art shortly afterward and have been melting glass ever since! I am completely addicted to this art of hot glass. I hope to be playing in front of the torch for the rest of my life! You can check out my "Galleries", (which include some of my past work), some of my poetry, and some pictures of my family by using the links to the left. You can also check out some more fun facts about my business down below. And of course you can view all of my current available glass creations on the "Lampwork" link(above)! |
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| The whole family loves to play with fire! |
| I have met such wonderful people and made some great friends through this art of hot glass. |
| This is a few of our members of the Arizona Society of Glass beadmakers at my home! If you are intested in joining our group you can visit the website |
| I love having a personal atmoshphere on my website and I even love meeting my customers! Some of them have even become my very good friends! |
| I am always willing to help out those who are interested in getting started melting their own glass! I have encouraged and helped family members as well as friends, and even neighbors to get into this art! Several have gone on to start their own business! I have provided "tutorials" and "how to get started lampworking" pages on my website. I know how frustrating it can be when you are first starting out and have so many questions...I was just like you! |
| A few times a year I participate in local art shows! It is always so fun to meet new people and "spark" their interest in hot glass! |
| I love learning where my glass creations end up or what my customers make with them! My favorite so far is from a customer "Maddox", who takes adventures inside of Volcano's around the world! Rain water creates small lakes inside of each volcano and he uses my lampwork vessels to collect and store water from each volcano he visits! |
| You can check out the jewelry creations that my customers have made with my glass art in the |
| Feel free to send me pictures of your creations using my art and I will gladly post them into this gallery! |
| I belong to the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. To learn more please visit www.lds.org by clicking on the picture above. |
| I hope you have fun and enjoy your visit to my website! Always remember to love, laugh, and never take life to seriously! Oh yah, and HAVE FUN SHOPPING! |
| That's really him inside the volcano, and he assures me my vessel is hanging around his neck! Isn't that awesome???!! |
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(Click on the children's pictures to view their creations!)
| My artwork is featured in the book "Glass Bead Workshop" by Jeri Warhaftig. Spring 2008 |
| My wire wrapping tutorial appears in Australia's "Beading" magazine in the December 2007 issue. |
| My tutorial on vessels appears in Passing the Flame "Spotlight on Hollow Beads and Vessels" |
| I was the featured artist on "The Beading Times" online magazine in the July 2003 issue. Click HERE to see the article. |
| I have an online gallery at GlassArtists.org |
