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Dragonfly Pendant
$68.00Date and Time: 08/09/2025 from 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Get creative with right angle weave (RAW) to make the upper body of a dragonfly using Swarovski crystals, Toho seed beads, and pressed glass. The upper body is a beaded bead. String this bead on a headpin with other beads to make the segmented lower body of the dragonfly.
Masking in Glass–Next Steps in Lampworking
$120.00Date and Time: 08/09/2025 from 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Intro to Lampworking or equivalent skills.
Learn to “mask” with glass. This is a process where you layer glass in a way to create more intricate design elements. A great intermediate soft glass class.
Woven Cuff with Middle Stone
$78.00Date and Time: 08/10/2025 from 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Cheryl Weatherford
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Students will use two gauges of copper wire and flame stitch to create a beautiful woven cuff. Use a natural gemstone cabochon to set in the middle of your piece.
New Class! Herringbone Link Earrings
$72.00Date and Time: 08/16/2025 from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Create a circle of herringbone and cinch it together with a ladder stitch band to form a figure 8 link. Add a special bead on the bottom and you have a lovely pair of beaded earrings. Interlock these links to make a beaded chain.
New Class! Sculpting in Boro Glass
$128.00Date and Time: 08/17/2025 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Tyson Whitehill
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Learn to control and manipulate solid boro glass. Make a variety of sculptural pieces-plants and animals. Have a lot of fun exploring and creating unique pieces using heat and gravity.
Swarovski Wrapped Earrings through Kirkwood
Date and Time: 08/22/2025 from 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Alyssa Jakowchuk
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Take sterling wire, Swarovski crystals, and a hammered silver ring to make a pair of earrings. Learn wire wrapping techniques to create this contemporary style of earring. Fast and fun.
Registration is through Kirkwood Community College. Register at:
www.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.
$35 instructor fee/$35 materials fee
New Class! Kumihimo Loop Earrings
$72.00 – $92.00Date and Time: 08/23/2025 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Emma Folsom
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Braid a kumihimo rope and form it into loops that are inserted into a bead cap as the top of the earring. Making an 8-strand braid, called Kongo-Gumi, with varied colored cord really shows off your work. This is a great class for those wanting to learn kumihimo as well as for those who already know how to do this traditional Japanese braiding technique.
Tools needed are a kumihimo disk and 8 weighted bobbins.
New Class! Morning Glory Earrings
$72.00Date and Time: 08/30/2025 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Alyssa Jakowchuk
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
In this blooming herringbone project, students will create a pair of beaded morning glory earrings to represent the late season emergence of the flowers in August, also connected to the zodiac sign of Virgo, the harvester.
New Class! Prong Set Pendant
$72.00Date and Time: 08/31/2025 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Zanetta Hoehle
Prerequisites: Introductory wire weaving (not wrapping) skills.
Take your wire weaving skills to the next step with this new class. Use square wire to capture a bead with prongs versus a bezel or wire wrapping. A simple bail will be constructed to create a smooth line when finishing this delicate pendant. This will increase your wire working skills and you will walk away with a lovely pendant. These skills can be used for smaller and larger objects.
New Class! Scales of Justice Earrings
$68.00Date and Time: 09/05/2025 from 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Alyssa Jakowchuk
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Celebrate the Libra in all of us as you make a scale of justice pair of earrings. Using copper disks, learn to stamp, texturize, and dap them into cups. Use chain to hang balance the scales and you are ready to wear a unique pair of earrings.
Picture coming soon!
Doorknocker Earrings
$72.00Date and Time: 09/06/2025 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Basic peyote skills. Call to schedule a private tutorial.
Make a donut using peyote stitch and 15/0 Toho seed beads. Then, create an embellished beaded bail to form it into an earring. This is a great opportunity to build your peyote stitch skills.
Etched Charm Bracelet
$98.00Date and Time: 09/07/2025 from 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Maggie Joynt
Prerequisites: Basic Soldering Skills
Learn the process of acid etching metal. Each participant will make a set of charms and create a chain with rings from which to hang your charms. This project will hone your spot soldering skills.
New Class! Off Mandrel Mushroom
$120.00Date and Time: 09/13/2025 from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Basic lampworking skills.
In this next steps lampworking class, learn to work “off mandrel”. Use your mandrel as a punty to create a glass capped mushroom with a spike end. You can add your mushroom to a potted plant or your yard. Get ambitious and add a bail to create a pendant.
New Class! Wire Wrapped & Beaded Fan Earrings
$78.00Date and Time: 09/14/2025 from 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Cheryl Weatherford
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Create an armature with a larger gauge wire. Then wrap this with thinner wire and string beads across the armature. Use round seed beads and Czech pressed glass feather beads to create a lovely pair of earrings.
Stained Glass Earrings through Kirkwood
Date and Time: 09/15/2025 from 5:30 PM - 8:30 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.
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/$35 materials fee to Beadology Iowa.
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.
With a completed class, participants will receive a single-use card good for double rewards points on an entire purchase within 10 days of the class.
New Class! Textured Toggle Pendant with Stone–this class is full, please call to get on a waiting list.
Date and Time: 08/03/2025 from 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Maggie Joynt
Prerequisites: Basic soldering skills.
Use many metal working skills to make this highly functional and aesthetic pendant that doubles as a toggle clasp. Saw out a hole, create a rivet, texturize your metal, and create a bezel for your stone. This is a classy piece and you get to hone your skills in the making.
To get on the waiting list, call 319 338-1566. When we have two people on the list, we will schedule another session.
Registration is $98 and includes all materials, instruction, and use of tools and supplies during class.