Coiling a Cabochon
$98.00Date and Time: 03/02/2025 from 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 4
Instructor: Cheryl Weatherford
Prerequisites: Any wireworking experience.
This intricate-looking project is great for wire weaving beginners and focuses on the coiled wire decoration that sits along the edge of a gemstone cabochon. Students will get a fundamental understanding of weaving with decorative bands, create a double spiral and learn how to use household tools to make the wire weaving process easier. A multi-speed drill demonstration will be provided during class on how to pre-coil wire for future projects.
Make 3 Pairs of Earrings: Intro to Wirework through Kirkwood Community College
Date and Time: 03/03/2025 from 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
This is a great introduction to wirework. Two skills are learned and practiced—making a closed wrapped loop and making this loop into another closed loop. This set of skills allows you to make secure earrings, pendants, and chains. You will make earrings from Czech pressed glass, stone, fresh water pearls, and Swarovski crystals. No previous experience is necessary.
This class serves as the pre-requisite for many Beadology Iowa classes.
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 and $35 materials fee at Beadology Iowa.
GoldCap Education–Beadology Blooms! Kid’s Day Camp
Date and Time: 03/07/2025 from 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Alyssa Jakowchuk
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
This collaborative workshop combines sustainability with artistry, guiding participants in transforming aluminum cans into stunning floral creations. Using paper punches, you’ll craft unique flower shapes, then stack, rivet, or connect them with brads to bring your designs to life. Celebrate upcycling! The adventure continues with GoldCap exploring the PedMall and local businesses with a scavenger hunt and other fun activities on the move (weather pending).
Registration is $85 for the full day through GoldCap Education.
Friday Night Out: Herringbone & Swarovski Earrings
$60.00Date and Time: 03/14/2025 from 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Create a herringbone graduated tube using 3 sizes of Toho round seed beads. Add Swarovski crystals and the herringbone tube on a headpin and make a wrapped loop. Optional dutch treat snacks and drinks at a downtown venue of the group’s choice.
New Class! Pinwheel Bracelet & Earrings Set
$88.00Date and Time: 03/15/2025 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Learn to make a pinwheel component with 2-hole SuperDuos and Toho round seed beads. Link them together to form a bracelet. Add a bauble on the bottom of one to make an earring.
Metal Bezel Pendant
$88.00Date and Time: 03/16/2025 from 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Maggie Joynt
Prerequisites: Basic soldering skills.
Hone your soldering skills by capturing and securing a stone cabochon with a metal bezel. Learn how to size your bezel, solder it into position, and make sure that cab stays in place! Clean everything up and complete your pendant.
Fleur-de-lis Earrings through Kirkwood Community College
Date and Time: 03/20/2025 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 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.
Chevron Beaded Bracelet
$60.00Date and Time: 03/22/2025 from 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Use Toho seed beads to learn ladder stitch and chevron stitch to make a quick and simple bracelet that has high impact. You will use one color of larger beads for the base and then embellish it with slightly smaller beads in three colors. The “V” shape is stunning.
New Class! Zodiac Series: Aries Horn Curl Bracelet
$60.00Date and Time: 03/22/2025 from 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Alyssa Jakowchuk
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
In the fourth of a yearlong series, make jewelry projects that correspond to the current Zodiac sign. March’s sign is Aries. In this class, you will design a multi-strand memory wire bracelet to symbolize the curling horn of a ram. Tune in each month for the next Zodiac project. Collect them all.
Intro to Solid Borosilicate Glass
$128.00Date and Time: 03/23/2025 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Tyson Whitehill
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Learn how to manipulate solid borosilicate glass. Participants will make a variety of shapes that create glass skills of pushing, pulling, adding color, and making a bail. Shapes worked on in class include a pawn, basic marble, icicle pendant, and a mushroom pendant.
This class serves as the prerequisite for other Boro classes.
New Class! Pine Needle Tray
$156.00Date and Time: 03/29/2025 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Marilyn Moore
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
This tray begins with a center of Teneriffe embroidery in artificial sinew, the lacy embellishment used in pine needle basketry. Then using the swirling wheat, wheat, and fern stitches, attach pine needles and explore coiling and shaping. You will have a lovely little tray to use for a special ring or pair of earrings.
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.
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.
Macrame & Beaded Bracelet
$72.00Date and Time: 03/01/2025 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Emma Folsom
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
In this repetitive project, you will use clove hitches, Toho seed beads, and Chinese knotting cord. Create a sliding closure using a series of square knots for an adjustable fit.