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Jenny Newtson has been playing with beads all her life, and always wanted to play with glass. When she got to
the University of Oregon in the early 1980�s, there was no glass program so she learned metalsmithing and jewelry
making. Following up on a tip from a friend, she took her first workshop on glass beadmaking at the Pratt Center
for Fine Arts in Seattle, Wa., in 1991. At the time, Jenny thought she would switch from jewelry making to glass
beads � but hasn�t been able to give up stringing the beads. Now, Jenny�s jewelry line is sold under the name
Firebrand Beads at art galleries on the Oregon coast, fine jewelry stores, and at high-end craft shows. Jenny is
a member of the International Society of Glass Beadmakers, and follows the ISGB�s teaching guidelines in her
classes and workshops.
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