Classes
Seed Bead Weaving 101
$105.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 01/12/2019 from 10:00AM to 4:00PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Participants in this full day workshop will learn about the materials and techniques used in off loom seed bead weaving. 3 fundamental stitches will be explored: peyote, herringbone, and netting. This class will be a supportive emersion into this slightly addictive art form.
Make Glass Beads: Intro to Lampworking
$105.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 01/18/2019 from 5:30PM to 9:00PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No 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 Effetre glass rods to create various shapes. Safety and appropriate equipment handling are emphasized. Your handmade beads will need to stay in a kiln overnight to be annealed.
NOTE: Participants must be at least 15 years old.
This class serves as a pre-requisite for Flame II that will be scheduled in October.
Make 2 Bracelets: Intro to Stringing
$60.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 01/19/2019 from 10:00 AM - noon
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Cheryl Weatherford
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
This class places a focus on professional stringing and design techniques. You will make two bracelets using Czech Republic glass beads and sterling silver. Two different stringing strategies will be taught: nylon finished with bead tips and flexible wire finished with crimp beads. Both bracelets will be secure and beautiful.
Note this Bargain: Also sign up for Make 3 Pairs of Earrings and receive double rewards points.
Make 3 Pairs of Earrings: Intro to Wirework
$60.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 01/19/2019 from 1:00PM to 3:00PM
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.
This class serves as a prerequisite for Delicate Dangle Earrings on Jan. 25.
Fundamentals of Metal Working
$128.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 01/20/2019 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Kelly Kinser
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
This class is for beginners through intermediate metal workers. Learn or enhance your ability to manipulate metals by sawing, filing, and riveting metal to form a pendant. Your skill level will determine the detail of your pendant.
DIY Earrings through Kirkwood Community College
Read MoreDate and Time: 01/24/2019 from 1:00PM to 4:00PM
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Use Toho seed beads in brick stitch with a rubber ring to make a fun pair of light earrings. In this project, the high contrast thread and the ring are part of the design.
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.
$30 instructor fee/$30 materials fee.
Gyrls Night Out: Cosmic Flora Earrings
$66.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 01/25/2019 from 5:30PM to 8:30PM
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Create diamond shaped earrings out of CzechMate crescents, superduos, Delicas, 2 sizes of Toho seed beads, and a Swarovski pearl. This pattern is by Estelita Mayac Chiles and uses circular netting. This session helps people follow the pattern published in the Dec 2018/Jan 2019 Beadwork magazine. Participants must have or purchase a copy of the magazine to register.
If you have the magazine already and wish to register, please call or come in to the store. The registration fee if you bring your own magazine is $60.
Delicate Dangle Earrings
$60.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 01/26/2019 from 10am to 1pm
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Cheryl Weatherford
Prerequisites: Ability to make a wrapped loop--see Make 3 Pairs of Earrings on Jan. 19.
Use your wrapped loop skills to create graduated delicate dangles that are strung between seed beads on a wire loop to create a beautiful pair of earrings. Add a Swarovski crystal on the top and you are ready to wear.
Wire Wrapped Copper and Pearl Bracelet
$68.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 01/26/2019 from 2:00PM to 5:00PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Cheryl Weatherford
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Learn wire-wrapping techniques using copper wire. Participants will make a very smart looking undulating bracelet with copper wire and freshwater pearls.
Wire Wrapping Stones 2.0
$68.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 12/15/2018 from 10am to 1:00PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Cheryl Weatherford
Prerequisites: Wire Wrapping Stones--see class on Nov. 10.
This is the second in a series of wire wrapped stone classes. Use wire to capture a stone using different shapes of wire. Participants will learn to coil and weave wires together for layers of embellishment.