Classes
Tricks & Tips for Creating Asymmetrical Jewelry
$78.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 02/23/2019 from 2:00PM to 5:00PM
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
This workshop will be a combination of lecturettes, demonstrations, and experiential learning about the various tips and techniques for designing and creating asymmetrical pieces. Participants are encouraged to bring asymmetrical pieces from their collection—those that work and those that don’t—to be incorporated into the conversation.
Kid’s Saturday: Make Paper Beads
$48.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 03/02/2019 from 10am to noon
Capacity: 12
Instructor: Desiree Dahl
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
For kids 8 years old and up–learn to roll paper to make a variety of different shapes of beads. Finish your beads with lacquer to make them sturdy and highly functional. Bring paper samples if you like: magazines, comic books, old wrapping paper. Add some texture with thread. No one will believe these beads are paper.
There are two seats available at a self-determined sliding scale (minimum $5). These discounts cannot be offered online. Please call or come to the store to get these discounts.
Effects on Glass
$105.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 03/02/2019 from 1:00PM to 5:00PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Make Glass Beads or equivalent skills.
This is a fun next steps glass class. Use enamel powders, frit, and baking soda on top of glass beads to create additional effects.
Make 3 Pairs of Earrings: Intro to Wirework through Kirkwood Community College
Read MoreDate and Time: 03/06/2019 from 1:00PM to 4:00PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Cheryl Weatherford
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Learn how to use jewelry making tools to make a wrapped loop. This skill allows you to make dangles for earrings or pendants that are beautiful and secure. A second skill taught is making a closed wrapped loop inside of a closed loop, allowing you to attach dangles to a closed loop such as a chain. You will make earrings from glass, stone, pearls, and Swarovski crystals.
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.
$30 instructor fee/$30 materials fee
International Women’s Day Gyrls Night Out: Make Paper Beads
$48.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 03/08/2019 from 5:30PM to 7:30PM
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Desiree Dahl
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Celebrate International Women’s Day by taking images of strong women and feminist themes and making paper beads. Learn to roll paper to make a variety of different shapes of beads. Finish your beads with lacquer to make them sturdy and highly functional. Bring paper samples if you like: magazines, comic books, feminist poetry, old music sheets. Add some texture with thread. No one will believe these beads are paper.
Beads to the left are from a Wonder Women comic book, a picture of Michele Obama dancing, a drawing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and a mural of a Chicana rally.
Bezel a Stone
$105.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 03/10/2019 from 1:00PM to 4:00PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Kelly Kinser
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Learn to use a bezel cup to set a stone. Learn to set this stone professionally and solder it to another piece of metal to form a pendant.
Make Glass Beads: Intro to Lampworking–only one seat left!
$105.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 03/15/2019 from 5:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No previous experience necessary.
Making glass beads is great fun and an opportunity to play with fire in a controlled and supportive environment. This class will teach you the art of lampworking, a technique of using a torch and melting Italian Effetre 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.*
Chenille Bracelet
$60.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 03/16/2019 from 2:00PM to 5:00PM
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Learn one of the newest stitches to hit the bead world. Developed by a French designer, this stitch is reminiscent of herringbone and netting, yet has a flavor all its own.
Make Your Own Ear Wires
$68.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 03/16/2019 from 10:00AM to 1:00PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Cheryl Weatherford
Prerequisites: Any wire work experience.
Use commons household objects to make templates for three different styles of ear wires in copper. Then chose one to make one again with Argentium sterling wire. You’ll be able to custom make ear wires to match the materials used in your other handmade jewelry.
Peyote Marquise Earrings
$68.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 02/23/2019 from 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Peyote stitch basics.
Make one of a pair of three-dimensional oval-shaped earrings using peyote stitch and Delica seed beads. Embellish the edges with magatamas. This wonderful shape can also be used for a beaded pendant, chains or links.