Frit-Happens !

I have put it to the mods in the back office that we are in need of a sticky thread of ALL of the suppliers who visit the forum. Many of the overseas suppliers stock goodies that we just can't get over here.

So,what do we need from you.

Name
Website
Location

A short description of what you carry ie, tools, frit, enamels, glass............

This will be a LOCKED sticky thread, always at the top so members know where to come and can scroll quickly through to pinpoint what they need.

Don't be shy, Don't think this will not apply to you, even if you only use this forum a little bit it does not matter.

If any of you know of a good overseas supplier please post their details here for all of us.

I shall compile the list in the locked thread as we go using cut and paste so make sure EVERYTHING you want us to know is in what you post

Name : Maria Louisa Wessels
Website : www.beadpress.nl
- Beadpresses
- Press racks
- Beadliner
- Silver Tubing
- Burning Brass Shaping Tools
- Carlo Dona Tools
- Microshapers, MegaMicroshapers
- Book : "Glasss"
- Mandrells stainless steel (2, 3, 4, 5mm in 25&30cm and 8 and 10mm hollow)
- Glass: most of the Effetre & all the CIM colours, Vetrofond Clear & Black,
           some Reichenbach 104 & 92 colours, Lauscha clear
- Frit Zimmerman
- Enamels Zimmerman
- CopperMesh, BrassMesh (when back in stock)

George Harper East
http://www.mizgeorge.co.uk
http://www.etsy.com/shop/mizgeorge

Handmade findings in silver and copper
Bespoke findings
Big hole bead bracelets
Maille tuition
Metalsmithing tuition

The Very Small Company
http://www.theverysmallcompany.co.uk
Email: mail@theverysmallcompany.co.uk

Supplying: fine silver beads, charms. pendants and bead mixes (99.5% pure fine silver) - from a Fair Trade Federation supplier, and already here in the UK for fast delivery! Also selling Fair Trade Thai Sterling chains, handmade Fair Trade recycled paper beads and eco beads, and handmade Fair Trade ceramic hearts (great for all sorts of uses!)

Also Beads (metal, crystal, glass pearls, Czech glass bead mixes, Lucite type flower and leaf beads etc), beadable watch faces, Steampunk and vintage-style goodies, and lots of other jewellery-making supplies; ribbons, buttons, unusual fibres and yarns, fabrics; creative textile supplies; and craft supplies including Tando Creative chipboard products (eg Noah's Ark, Home Sweet Home plaques and hangies, Octagonal Adent Calendar and Christmas Countdown kits!)

Leslie Cifelli
http://www.thatfritgirl.com (http://www.thatfritgirl.com)

In my store you can find frits by the ounce and half-ounce amounts in the following (so far) flavours:

    Blends:
    - Iron Mountain 90coe & 96coe
    - Mintleaf 96coe
    - Reichenbach
    - Zimmerman

    Solids:
    - Bullseye 90coe
    - Gaffer
    - Kugler
    - Loetz
    - Reichenbach 96coe & 104coe
    -Zimmerman


You can also find a few handy lampworking tools, containers to keep your frit in, and even a few semi-precious stones!

Karen Baildon
www.cheekycherubdesigns.co.uk
www.kazkebab.etsy.com
Handpulled murrini and blown shards
Tuition and torch time rental

Redhotsal
Sally Carver

based in St Ives, Cornwall

Commission lampwork beads to order,   Tuition, and a large range of lampwork bead making instructional  DVDs

www.redhotsal.co.uk
www.lampworkbeads.co.uk

email: redhotsal@lampworkbeads.co.uk

Warm Glass UK

* Bullseye Glass Preferred Retailer of sheet glass, billet, rods, accessory glasses
* UK sole distributor of Aanraku bails and jewellery findings
* UK Distributor of Skutt, Nabertherm, Paragon and Kilncare Kilns
* Education programme offering classes in fusing, lampwork, casting, coldworking
* CBS Dichroic Glass supplier
* Discounts available and Free Mainland UK shipping on all first orders and orders over £75
* Full support programme available for Schools & Colleges with discounts available

Full details at www.warm-glass.co.uk or call us on 01934 863344 for help and advice.

Thanks, Pippa

MangoBeads

www.mangobeads.co.uk

• UK Sole Distributor for A3 International Professional Japanese Lampworking Tools
• Acrylic Bead Display Racks
  
• Big Hole Bead Mandrels
  
• Tuition from our new workshop
  
  Barnstaple, North Devon
  E:Mail info@mangobeads.co.uk
  
  

Ooops sorry I missed this!

I think we need to be in here too :)

www.tuffnellglass.com

Supplier of
Bead making kits
Glass
Kilns
Tools
and Lampworking equipment
phone 01262 420171

Thanks ;D

Rachel Elliott Glassworks
http://rachel-elliott.com/ (http://rachel-elliott.com/)

Edinburgh, Scotland

Kiln-fired Glass Enamel for Painting & Printing
Tuition & Demos

BavarianBeads

www.bavarianbeads.com

We have:

More than a hundred Tools and Presses for beadmaking.
Fine silver wire
Jewelry making supplies

From time to time we have special offers and reduced prices so be sure to check back every now and then ;)

We are located in South Bavaria near Munich in Germany.
We deliver world wide :)

Hi!
Thank you for this opportunity!

Name: Vetromagic KG (Verena Spitz)
Website: http://shop.vetromagic.at/en
Location: Austria

A short description of what you carry:
We carry our own range of fritblends, all in COE 104 only.

We now also carry findings made of surgical steel, like headpins, peg-bails, snap-on-bails, wire, earwire, earstuds.
Quinton and Griet are our new retailers in Belgium, so there is now an alternative to buying directly in Austria.

Momka Glass Rods and Frit now available at www.meltinglass.co.uk

Thanks for looking :) :)

Hi

Elements Glass
South West of UK

http://www.elementsglass.co.uk/ (http://www.elementsglass.co.uk/)

We carry borosilicate glass and lampworking tools from:
- Glass Alchemy
- Northstar
- Momka
- TAG33 and TAG104
- Schott / Simax tube and rod
- Infinite Rim marble molds

Thanks for looking

Rockin' Beads

www.rockinbeads.co.uk

We have a bricks and mortar shop too where we teach and make lampwork beads. We are based in Devon.
We sell top quality beads, findings and threading materials.
If you can't find it on the website then do get in touch as our bricks and mortar shop is huge!!!  ;D ;D

Well, I think I could be on the list too.

http://www.facet-design.nl/wp/shop (http://www.facet-design.nl/wp/shop)

- color chart posters of 104 COE glass manufacturers

http://www.glasss.eu/shop (http://www.glasss.eu/shop)

- books: Glasss, Glasss 2 and next year Glasss 3 ;-)

Hi

I have a few types of un screwable cutlery, knives, forks, letter openers, bottle openers on my Etsy and on my web site:

www.lampworkglass.co.uk
https://www.etsy.com/shop/oimillie


Thanks for the opportunity ;D

Hi!

DragonBright is a new venture, stocking and making tools and accessories for craftspeople.  Our line-up is limited at present, and we're just getting the various infrastructure together, but we will be carrying extraction systems and some basic hand-tools to start with, with LED work lighting and bead displays in the pipeline.  We're a partnership of two engineers (Alison and Nigel), and we have loads of ideas, but we'd love to hear from actual craftspeople - if there's something that would solve a problem you have, or you've ever thought, "I wish I had a tool that did...", we may be able to help!

You can visit our website at http://www.dragonbright.co.uk - our webshop will be there as well shortly.

Hellow!

We´d like to introduce ourselves, too!

We´re Maku and Jancsi from
www.graphite24.com (http://www.graphite24.com), based in Germany.

We produce customized graphitetools on demand.
All the tools are designd and produced by ourselves.
We have tools for lampworkes, but also for many other kinds of
glassworking ARTists.

*Beadroller* - the "Perlinator :o"
*Paddel*
*Stamps*
*Reamer*
*Rods*
*Plates*
*Ammonite shapes* - +++NEW+++NEW+++NEW++++
*Molds with different motives*
Do not hesitate to contact us if you want to create your own personalized tool!

TOP QUALITY
                TOP PRICES
                              TOP DELIVERY TIME


Cheeers and hope to hear from you soooon!!!

...the graphitegirl
www.graphite24.com

I'd better add a link here since, by a rather circuitous route, I've become a mandrel supplier (see my mandrel research post on this board for more info.)

I'm listing in my Etsy shop a range of sizes of mandrels made from 310 grade stainless steel - better suited to high temperature applications than other commonly available grades - https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/ajdalampwork?section_id=7729921 - At present I have 1.6, 2.4 and 3.2 mm and I will be adding 5 mm in the next day or two. I am still trying to source 2 and 4 mm at reasonable prices and will add those if/when I can.

I am currently working on what I hope will be some slightly superior tools in brass and graphite - if I get as far as marketing them, I'll list them there as well and will post an update here.

Alan Davies

I now have the 5 mm size listed - https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/169697602/ - priced per 4 mandrels, various length options.

Beadables

www.beadables.co.uk

* Offering a large range of beadable items.

info@beadables.co.uk | 07934 268 698

Based in Berkshire

Many thanks, Tony

Montys Beads
www.montysbeads.com

We have a shop in Exeter but you will also see us at many of the UK bead fairs.
We specialise in gemstone beads and freshwater pearls, we also have sterling silver findings and TOHO seed beads as well as tools and stringing materials

Thanks!

thanks  ;D