Wire Wrapped Ring–this class is full. Call to get on a waiting list!
Date and Time: 05/21/2022 from 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Victor Schmidt
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Use wire to capture beads by wrapping them strategically. Learn to fit your ring to size. Participants will make up to 3 rings. 21
Please call 319 338-1566 to get on a waiting list. When we have 2 people on the list, we will schedule another session of this class.
Registration is $60 and includes all materials and instruction.
New Class! Wire Clasps
$68.00Date and Time: 05/24/2022 from 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Zanetta Hoehle
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Make a variety of clasps using copper wire. A woven hook clasp, work and flatten wire for a few more hook clasps, and a toggle clasp. With these skills, you can make a clasp to match your wire work pieces.
Soldering Sampler
$88.00Date and Time: 05/27/2022 from 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Lonna Keller
Prerequisites: No experience necessary.
This workshop involves the fundamentals of soldering. Learn and hone a variety of soldering skills—connecting an open jump ring, adding a ring to another piece, and more. Practice both sweat and spot soldering. Leave with a variety of samples and a new set of skills.
This class serves as a pre-requisite for many metal working classes.
New Class! Next Steps in Lampworking: Shaping Beads–FULL–Get on the waiting list!
Date and Time: 05/28/2022 from 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Basic lampworking skills. See Make Glass Beads on May 21.
This workshop will focus on using tools and gravity to shape beads. Participants will focus on making a bicone and vase shape. Lots of practice will lead to consistent results.
This class is full. To get on a waiting list, please call 319-338-1566. When we have 2 people on the list, we will schedule another session.
Russian Leaf Pendant
$60.00Date and Time: 05/28/2022 from 2:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Basic peyote skills. Call for a private tutorial.
Use your peyote skills to learn diagonal peyote with Delica seed beads. Embellish your leaf with Toho round seed beads. These leaves are wonderful as a pendant, earrings, or a branch full of them cascading down a lariat. Modifications to make them thinner, wider, and longer will be discussed.
Linked Triangle Earrings
$72.00Date and Time: 06/04/2022 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Basic peyote skills. Call for a private tutorial.
Follow instructions created by Laurel Kubby using a combination of peyote stitch and herringbone to make a beaded triangle with crisp corners. Then make a triangle within the triangle so the two are linked. These beaded earrings have lots of movement and are very light weight.
Pride Point Pendant
$68.00Date and Time: 06/05/2022 from 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Cheryl Weatherford
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Wrap a double terminated glass point with wire. Learn to embellish it. Add a bail. Wear your new pendant with Pride.
Snake Weave Earrings
$68.00Date and Time: 06/10/2022 from 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Capacity: 4
Instructor: Zanetta Hoehle
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Students will use three base wires and one weaving wire to create the snake weave pattern. Learn to shape your weave and attach an ear wire.
New Class! Pride Flags Cuff Bracelet
$78.00Date and Time: 06/11/2022 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Alyssa Jakowchuk
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Use a metal cuff like a loom and create a Pride Flags bracelet just in time for PrideFest on June 18. Flags included are the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender flags.
Metalwork Buffet Pendant
$88.00Date and Time: 06/12/2022 from 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Lonna Keller
Prerequisites: Soldering Sampler or equivalent skills (spot and sweat soldering).
Join UI Adjunct Professor Lonna Keller in this buffet of metal working classes. You will spot and sweat solder, saw, and texturize and/or stamp metal to make a pendant. These are all the basic skills of metalworking all in one project.
Roaring Twenties Beaded Bracelet through Kirkwood Community College
Date and Time: 06/13/2022 from 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Capacity: 4
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Discover an easy to learn seed bead netting stitch from the Roaring Twenties. No book or magazine uses this stitch in a project—it is an exclusive Beadology Iowa stitch. You will create a graceful bracelet in no time at all.
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.
$30 instructor fee/$30 materials fee.
Herringbone Flower Earrings
$72.00Date and Time: 06/18/2022 from 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Basic herringbone skills. Call for a private tutorial.
Use your herringbone skills to make flowers that can also be used as cones. You will learn to increase and add different sizes and shaped beads to your tubular herringbone. Add Czech pressed glass and Swarovski crystals in the middle of your flowers to make a lovely pair of beaded earrings.
Wire Wrapped Ring 2.0
$60.00Date and Time: 06/18/2022 from 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Victor Schmidt
Prerequisites: Basic wire wrapping skills.
This is the second in a series of workshops on making wire wrapped rings. This class will show you how to use two or more beads in one ring. Perfect your wrapping skills and make your ring to size.
KICK Camp for Kids through Kirkwood–Make Bracelets: Intro to Stringing
Date and Time: 06/20/2022 from 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Alyssa Jakowchuk
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Do you love jewelry and jewelry design? Become an expert beadologist using Czech Republic pressed glass beads and sterling silver spacers to make one-of-a-kind bracelets. Learn different bead stringing and finishing techniques to make beautiful creations. Each person will make a bracelet using flexwire, nylon, and elastic! Register at: Kirkwood.edu. For kids 12-15 years old.
$30 instructor fee/$30 materials fee.
KICK Camp for Kids through Kirkwood–Upcycle Bouquet Creations
Date and Time: 06/21/2022 from 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Alyssa Jakowchuk
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Have you ever dreamed of taking old objects that would normally be thrown in the trash and making them beautiful and functional? In this camp, we’ll be making bouquets of flowers out of aluminum cans. Learn aluminum cutting techniques and how to layer and bind them to create dazzling bangles for pendants, earrings, backpacks or headbands! Turn your creations into a piece of jewelry during class. Register at: Kirkwood.edu. For kids 12-15 years old.
$30 instructor fee/$30 materials fee.
KICK Camp for Kids through Kirkwood: Mug Rug Coaster Creations
Date and Time: 06/22/2022 from 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Capacity: 4
Instructor: Alyssa Jakowchuk
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Learn methods of bead stitching and design while creating a one-of-a-kind coaster. Campers will design their own patterns out of perler beads and bring their creation to life using the peyote stitch and a big eye needle. Make a second mug rug from glass beads. Show your creative expression and create your own Mug Rugs! Register at: Kirkwood.edu. For kids 12-15 years old.
$30 instructor fee/$30 materials fee.
KICK Camp for Kids through Kirkwood–Beaded Bugs
Date and Time: 06/23/2022 from 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Alyssa Jakowchuk
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Learn methods of 3-D glass bead design to create a scary, yet fun spider! Campers will use Czech pressed glass beads and wire and follow a tutorial to make their own sculpture. Then design your own bug—real or imagined. Become an expert beadologist creating one-of-a-kind art pieces! Register at: Kirkwood.edu. For kids 12-15 years old.
$30 instructor fee/$30 materials fee.
Make Glass Beads: Intro to Lampworking through Kirkwood Community College
Date and Time: 06/24/2022 from 5:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience necessary.
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. No previous experience needed.
NOTE: Participants must be at least 15 years old.
Registration is through Kirkwood Community College. Register at:
kirkwood.edu and go to Continuing Education and then search for Beadology Iowa under the instructor search. On site registrations will be taken if registration through Kirkwood meets minimum requirements of two participants.
$45 instructor fee/$80 materials fee
New Class! RAW Frame Bracelet
$68.00Date and Time: 06/25/2022 from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Create a base using right-angle weave Toho seed beads and bugle beads. Embellish each frame in multiple ways using Czech druks, Chinese crystals, fire polish beads, and/or seed beads to create a fun beaded bracelet.
New Class! Finishing Cord Ends
$60.00Date and Time: 06/25/2022 from 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Alyssa Jakowchuk
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
It can be challenging to know how best to finish a cord. This workshop will cover using crimp ends, slip knots, and macramé knots. A great primer on cord ends.
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 cash refund.
Make Glass Beads–Intro to Lampworking. This class is full. Please call to get on a waiting list.
Date and Time: 05/21/2022 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.
Call 319 338-1566 to get on a waiting list. When we have 2 people on this list, we will set up another session.