Monique Fryer is the owner and creator of ‘Monique Fryer
Glass Artisan’. She creates beautiful, one of a kind glass beads by hand and
takes great pride in her unique pieces, selecting only the best to be sold in
store here at M Group Retail.
While Monique began her career working with special needs
students at Anson street School, she now creates beads full time in her
workshop at home.
Each rod of glass, shipped in from Italy, is heated to
molten temperatures and continuously turned through a 6 step process, changing
each time, and can take anywhere from 5 to 20 minutes.
When asked why Monique continues to create such intricate
and at times, very time consuming pieces, with some necklaces taking a week and
a half to complete, she says she “loves the texture and feel of glass and just
loves seeing the end result. You never know what they’re going to look like at
the end!”
Monique is self-taught and began her journey
with glass bead making 8 years ago. She says she continues to learn new
techniques and discover new things about her art, with her new range of
Jewellery including pressed beads, leather and wooden touches available now in
store.
