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De Medici Heirloom Pendant
$88.00Date and Time: 07/31/2021 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Basic peyote stitch skills. Call for a private class or tutorial.
Using instructions from beadwork designer Gianna Zimmerman-Lammering, make a beautiful pendant. The centerpiece is a Rivoli that is highly embellished with seed beads and Swarovski crystals. Then add an innovative herringbone technique that ends with a Swarovski dangle. Participants must download and print the instructions ($5.09) and bring them to class. Beadology Iowa will offer a supplement to enhance the instructions.
New Class! Netted Cabochon Pendant
$78.00Date and Time: 08/01/2021 from 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Cheryl Weatherford
Prerequisites: Ability to make a wrapped loop. Call for a private tutorial.
Take your wirework skills to the next level with this project. Capture a stone pendant in a web of wire and smaller beads. Make an intricate bail on top.
Gyrls Night Out: Chevron Beaded Bracelet
$68.00Date and Time: 08/06/2021 from 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Capacity: 6
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.
Ruffles Galore Earrings
$88.00Date and Time: 08/07/2021 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Any seed bead weaving experience.
Participants will use brick stitch round a metal base of their making to create these exquisite earrings. The flatness of the Delica beads help create contrast to the round beads that make the ruffles.
New Class! Spiral Pendant in Metal
$88.00Date and Time: 08/08/2021 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Kendra Brockmann
Prerequisites: Ability to sweat and spot solder. See Soldering Sampler on July 25, 2021.
Layer sterling wire onto brass and copper disks to make a pendant. This is a great “next steps” metal working class that has you soldering, texturing, and drilling.
Herringbone & Swarovski Earrings through Kirkwood Community College
Date and Time: 08/10/2021 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 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.
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. Instructor: Karen Kubby.
Saturn Beaded Bead
$72.00Date and Time: 08/14/2021 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Tublular Peyote Stitch--call for a private tutorial.
Use peyote stitch to cover a wooden bead. Learn to decrease with peyote stitch by using different bead sizes and by reducing the number of beads in each row. Embellish around the equator of bead to form the “Saturn” rings. These beads make wonderful focal pieces for a necklace and a smaller version is great for earrings.
Fundamentals of Hollow Glass
$120.00Date and Time: 08/15/2021 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Benjamin Revis, UI Scientific Glass Blower
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Learn how to manipulate borosilicate glass tubing. Participants will learn to stretch, blow, and embellish tube glass.
Note: This class serves as a prerequisite for the Implosion Pendant class on August 29.
Roaring Twenties Beaded Bracelet
$60.00Date and Time: 08/21/2021 from 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Capacity: 6
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.
Recycled Blooms–Fun Family Class-Great for Adults and Kids!
$38.00Date and Time: 08/21/2021 from 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Alyssa Jakowchuk
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Reuse clean and empty beverage cans and get ready to make a bouquet of flowers. Cut into the aluminum cans, cut out flowers and layer them using brads and eyelets to make dangles for pendants or earrings. Bring your own or use our large stash of cans.
Great class for families, adults and very kid friendly!
Star Light, Star Bright Earrings through Kirkwood Community College
Date and Time: 08/27/2021 from 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
This star pattern component can be used as earrings or a pendant, beaded together for a bracelet, and hung from a window or tree as an ornament. Use a combination of 2-hole beads, Czech pressed glass, and Toho round and Demi seed beads for this fast and fun project. This pattern is by TrendSetter Olga Haserodt.
Registration is through Kirkwood Community College. Register at:
www.kirkwood.edu On site registrations will be taken if registration through Kirkwood meets minimum requirements of two participants.
$30 instructor fee/$30 materials fee.
New Class! Diamonds & Bell Pendant
$72.00Date and Time: 08/28/2021 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Any brick stitch experience. Call for a private tutorial.
Use Delica beads to make 6 diamonds sewn together. 3 for the top and 3 for the bottom. Insert a bell and sew your halves together. This is a great project to hone your patterned brick stitch skills.
Next Steps in Hollow Glass: Implosion Pendant
$120.00Date and Time: 08/29/2021 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Benjamin Revis, UI Scientific Glass Blower
Prerequisites: Intro to Hollow Glass Work on August 15 or equivalent.
Learn to manipulate and embellish hollow glass to make a floral implosion pendant.
New Class! Filigree Wire Earrings
$68.00Date and Time: 08/31/2021 from 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Capacity:
Instructor: Zanetta Hoehle
Prerequisites: Any wireworking experience.
Practice your wire work skills with this fun and fast filigree earrings class. Use copper wire to secure 4mm beads in just the right places.
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.
Gyrls Night Out: Exploring Resin
$60.00Date and Time: 07/30/2021 from 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Victor Schmidt
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
This pendant will incorporate a found object, that participants will bring, into a resin pendant. Learn how to mix and apply clear resin in a pendant. Objects should be no larger than ½” x 1 ½” and be flat. Paper items can be cut to fit. Flat bugs and wings are great for this project.