Ball Chain & Leather Bracelet through Kirkwood
Date and Time: 04/01/2025 from 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Alyssa Jakowchuk
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Use waxed linen to wrap ball chain around a piece of leather. It sounds so easy and looks so good. Add a button clasp on one end and a loop on the other, and you are ready, set, go! Vegan option available.
Registration is through Kirkwood Community College. Register at:
kirkwood.edu On site registrations will be taken if registration through Kirkwood meets minimum requirements of two participants.
$35 instructor fee to Kirkwood/$30 materials fee to Beadology Iowa.
Make Glass Beads–Intro to Lampworking–only 2 seats left!
$120.00Date and Time: 04/05/2025 from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
This class will teach you the art of lampworking, a technique of using a torch and melting glass rods to create various shapes. Safety and appropriate equipment handling are emphasized. Your beads will need to stay in a kiln overnight to be annealed.
NOTE: Participants must be at least 15 years old.
This class serves as a pre-requisite for Stripes & Dots on April 26.
New Class! Peek-a-Boo Cabochon Earrings
$78.00Date and Time: 04/06/2025 from 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Cheryl Weatherford
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Students will use small cabochons in a peek-a-boo pattern fastened with copper wire to make these earrings. This technique is great to add to wire woven jewelry or made with different gauges of wire as bracelets or necklaces!
Friday Night Out: Gemstone Circle Earrings–only 1 seat left!
$68.00Date and Time: 04/11/2025 from 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Tubular Peyote skills. Call 319 338-1566 to schedule a private tutorial.
Use your peyote skills to a make a ring. Combine Toho round seed beads with small gemstone beads to add an extra dimension not frequently found in the bead world. Optional dutch treat snacks and drinks at a downtown venue of the group’s choice.
Zodiac Series: Taurus Braided Leather Bracelet
$68.00Date and Time: 04/12/2025 from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Alyssa Jakowchuk
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
In the fifth of a yearlong series, make jewelry projects that correspond to the current Zodiac sign. Taurus is the sign for those with birthdays April 20 through May 20. In this class, you will design a braided leather bracelet. Tune in each month for the next Zodiac project. Collect them all.
New Class! Spinner Ring
$88.00Date and Time: 04/13/2025 from 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Maggie Joynt
Prerequisites: Basic soldering skills.
Use your soldering skills to make a ring band. Then make a smaller ring that will spin freely around the band. A fascinating piece of jewelry to help you through the stress of the day.
New Class! Beaded Bead on Beaded Chain
$78.00Date and Time: 04/19/2025 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Create a beaded bead with SuperDuos and Toho round seed beads. Then create an interlocking chain that goes through the bead.
Fleur-de-lis Earrings through Kirkwood Community College
Date and Time: 04/25/2025 from 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Using Crescent and Gem Duo two-holed Czech beads and Toho seed beads, create a fleur-de-lis component. Add an ear wire and you are ready to go! This component also makes a great bracelet!
Registration is through Kirkwood Community College. Register at:
kirkwood.edu On site registrations will be taken if registration through Kirkwood meets minimum requirements of two participants.
$35 instructor fee to Kirkwood/$30 materials fee to Beadology Iowa.
New Class! Stripes and Dots
$120.00Date and Time: 04/26/2025 from 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Basic lampworking skills. See the intro class on April 5.
This intermediate lampworking class incorporates many basic skills into one beautiful bead. Create a bicone, make stripes with stringers and add layers of dots. This bead has movement, layers of embellishment, and hones your glass skills.
New Class! Stained Glass Earrings
$68.00Date and Time: 04/26/2025 from 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Use SuperDuos and a variety of sizes of Toho round seed beads to create a beaded bead that looks like a stained-glass window. Then add embellishment beads to a headpin and you have got yourself an unusual pair of earrings.
Solid Boro Pendant
$128.00Date and Time: 04/27/2025 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Tyson Whitehill
Prerequisites: Any boro glass experience.
Using solid clear boro glass, add color to create a design for an implosion pendant. Then learn or practice making a bail for your pendant.
Class Cancellation Policy
Class fees are due at time of registration. Cancellations must be made at least 5 days in advance of class in order to receive store credit. There are no cash refunds for cancellations issued by the student.
If Beadology Iowa cancels a class, the student can choose to transfer registration to another class, receive store credit, or receive a refund.
New Class! Woven Infinity Ring
$78.00Date and Time: 03/30/2025 from 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Zanetta Hoehle
Prerequisites: Any wire weaving (not just wirework) experience.
This ring is a great intermediate wire weaving project. Use different shapes, sizes, and colors of wires to weave a substantial wire ring. Learn to size a ring to fit just right. You’ll want to make one of these rings for everyone you know.