Past Classes
Next Steps in Soft Glass Work: Hollow Beads
$98.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 07/11/2016 from 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Wendy Ford
Prerequisites: Flame I or equivalent
Take your soft glass skills to the next step. This workshop will focus on making hollow beads. If there is time, we may try to make a bead inside a bead.
Gyrls Night Out: Beaded Eye Glass Holder
$48.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 07/15/2016 from 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience necessary.
Learn how to use flexwire and crimp beads by making an eyeglass holder. The design considerations for how this is different than the strategy for a necklace will be discussed. Create your piece with seed beads and Czech pressed glass pieces. You’ll be able to make bracelets and necklaces with your new skill.
Beaded Fan Pendant
$78.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 07/16/2016 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Cubed Right Angle Weave--see CRAW pendant class on July 2, 2016
Use your cubed right angle weave skills to make a curved and embellished pendant. Make a match to use as earrings. This workshop uses three sizes of Toho seed beads and Fireline or Nymo.
Wire Wrapped Bracelet
$68.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 07/23/2016 from 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Cheryl Weatherford
Prerequisites: No previous experience necessary.
Learn wire-wrapping techniques using copper wire. Participants will make a very smart looking undulating bracelet with copper wire and beads.
Herringbone Stitch Techniques
$58.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 08/06/2016 from 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
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Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: This class serves as a prerequisite for the Herringbone Flower Earrings that same afternoon.
Herringbone is a basic and versatile beading stitch that is utilized in many contemporary projects found in beading magazines.Learn flat and tubular herringbone and how to use more than one size bead within a project.
*Note:Take both Herringbone classes on August 6 for double rewards points.*
Herringbone Flower Earrings
$58.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 08/06/2016 from 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Tubular Herringbone—see Herringbone Techniques early that day
Use your herringbone skills to make a flower that can be used as an earring or a beaded cap for a multistrand project.You will learn to increase to form your flower shape.
*Note:Take both Herringbone classes on August 6 for double rewards points.*
Free Soft Glass Tutorials
Read MoreDate and Time: 08/11/2016 from 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
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Instructor: Wendy Ford
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For those with basic glass skills through our classes or other sources. Tap into Beadology Iowa instructor Wendy Ford’s expertise to expand your skill set.These tutorials are not free intro classes. They are meant to help those wanting to get help starting or finishing a project, to perfect technique, or how to better use tools.$15 lab fee to use the studio. Conversation is free.
Jazzy Linked Wire Bracelet
$68.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 08/13/2016 from 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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Instructor: Cheryl Weatherford
Prerequisites: No previous experience is necessary.
Learn to create consistent wrapped loops and link them to form your own beaded chain long enough to wear as a bracelet. This bracelet class will incorporate a variety of materials into each bracelet.Walk away with a jazzy new piece to add to your collection.
*This class serves as a prerequisite for the Dragonfly Pendant class on August 20. Sign up for Jazzy Linked Wire Bracelet and Dragonfly Pendant for double rewards points.*
Gyrls Night Out-Chenille Stitch Bracelet
$58.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 08/19/2016 from 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
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Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No previous experience is necessary
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. Optional dutch treat cocktail somewhere downtown after class.
Cubed Right Angle Weave Pendant: An Introduction to CRAW
$58.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 07/02/2016 from 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No previous experience necessary
Cubed Right Angle Weave (CRAW) is a fun and fascinating stitch. It is hard to learn from video or written instructions. In this class you will learn CRAW with larger beads to create a pendant. Move on to embellishing the piece by “stitchin’ in the ditch”.
Note: This class serves as the prerequisite for the CRAW Fan Earrings class on July 16.