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Flower Power: Glass Flower Disks
$105.00Date and Time: 08/10/2019 from -
Capacity: 7
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Intro to Lampworking or equivalent skills.
Learn to make a disk with layers of colors. Spot heating will allow you to use tools to manipulate the glass into a flower. These beads are great for making pendants, earrings, and can be used as a clasp.
Free Soft Glass Tutorials
Date and Time: 08/11/2016 from -
Capacity:
Instructor: Wendy Ford
Prerequisites:
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.
Free Soft Glass Tutorials
Date and Time: 10/13/2016 from -
Capacity:
Instructor: Wendy Ford
Prerequisites: Basic lampworking skills
For those with base soft 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.
Wire Cloth Jewelry with a Flare
$156.00Date and Time: 11/05/2023 from 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Marilyn Moore
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Participants will receive 3 different 3” squares of wire cloth, copper, bronze and stainless steel. Learn how to cut, hem, corrugate and stitch on the wire cloth and see how to receive amazing flashes of color with a torch. Each 3” square can be cut to produce at least a pendant PLUS a pair of earrings. It’s a day of fun and creativity.
Fundamentals of Borosilicate Glass Work
$98.00Date and Time: 09/10/2017 from -
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Benjamin Revis, UI Scientific Glass Blower
Prerequisites: No experience necessary.
Learn how to manipulate solid borosilicate glass. Participants will make a pawn, basic marble, and an icicle pendant.
Fundamentals of Hollow Glass
$105.00Date and Time: 09/15/2019 from -
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Benjamin Revis, UI’s Scientific Glass Blower
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Learn how to manipulate borosilicate glass tubing. Participants will learn to stretch, blow, and embellish tube glass.
Fundamentals of Metal Working
$128.00Date and Time: 01/12/2025 from 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Maggie Joynt
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
In this full day metalworking class, learn the fundamentals of metalworking: sawing, filing, drilling, riveting, and stamping. Then design your pendant and put your newfound or refreshed skills to work.
This class serves as a prerequisite for many classes in our metalworking series. No soldering involved in this project.
Glass Owl Bead–What a Hoot!–2 seats left!
$105.00Date and Time: 04/16/2019 from -
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Wendy Ford
Prerequisites: Make Glass Beads or equivalent skills.
This class is for the advanced beginner/intermediate lampworker. Expand your skills by learning embellishment techniques to add wing patterns, ears, eyes, and beak to a core barrel bead to make your personalized owl.
Glass Owl Beads: What a Hoot!
$98.00Date and Time: 02/11/2018 from -
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Wendy Ford
Prerequisites: Make Glass Beads or equivalent. See class on Jan. 12.
This class is for the advanced beginner/intermediate lampworker. Expand your skills by learning embellishment techniques to add wing patterns, ears, eyes, and beak to a core barrel bead to make your personalized owl.
Graduate Hotel Drop-in: Make-n-Take Bracelets–family friendly!
$15.00Date and Time: 09/10/2018 from -
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Instructor: Kaami William
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
At this drop-in event, learn how easy it is to use flex wire to make a fast and fun bracelet. Finish your piece professionally, get a coupon for a free drink, and enjoy the company of others in the lobby of this refurbished downtown hotel. Register in advance or on site.
Graduated Prismatic Bracelet
$72.00Date and Time: 08/20/2022 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Cubed Right-angle weave skills.
Put your cubic right-angle weave and peyote stitch skills to work in this PRAW bracelet. Learn to transition from PRAW to peyote stitch and back to PRAW again. Decrease your peyote to graduate down to fewer stitches per round. Embellish with Swarovski crystals.
Gryls Night Out: Wine Charm Sets–great Holiday/Hostess Gift
$48.00Date and Time: 11/10/2017 from -
Capacity: 12
Instructor: Cheryl Weatherford
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Learn to make wine charms sets that help guests mark their glasses (or bottles) at your next social gathering. Use memory wire and a variety of Czech pressed glass and Toho seed beads to make themed sets. Wine charm sets make great holiday and host gifts. Wine, beer, and non-alcoholic beverages will be served. Must be 21 years old to have alcohol.
Gylrs Night Out: Sterling Earring with Pearl Dangle
$60.00Date and Time: 09/21/2018 from -
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Kaami William
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
In this class, your ear wire is the core of the design. Practice your shape with copper. Create your final piece in sterling and dangle a pearl from the end. Simple, clean, elegant, easy.
Gyrls Night Out: Bezel a Rivoli with 2-hole Beads
$58.00Date and Time: 09/15/2017 from -
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Any seed bead weaving experience.
Learn to use 2-hole Superduos and Toho seed beads with netting stitch to bezel around a Swarovski rivoli. This is a fun and fast technique to capture a focal bead to create a pendant or earrings.
Gyrls Night Out: Centerline™ Adjustable Scallop Cuff
$68.00Date and Time: 08/23/2019 from -
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Use a new product out on the bead market—an adjustable cuff bracelet. Learn to weave Miyuki Delic 11/0 beads into the cuff. This is a beautiful, fun and fast weaving project. No experience needed. Option dutch treat drinks and snacks in downtown Iowa City after class.
Floral Embellished Dutch Spiral Bracelet–this class is full, please call to get on the waiting list.
Date and Time: 07/03/2021 from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No previous experience is necessary.
Dutch spiral is a variation of tubular peyote stitch. Add drops and multiple beads per stitch to add color and texture to create an undulating tube of beads for use as a bracelet or lariat. Embellish with lucite flowers, Czech pressed glass flowers, and/or Swarovski crystals.
Registration is $68 and includes all materials and instruction.
When we have 2 people on the waiting list, we will schedule another session of this class.