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Make 3 Pairs of Earrings: Intro to Wirework through Kirkwood Community College
Date and Time: 05/09/2025 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
This is a great introduction to wirework. Two skills are learned and practiced—making a closed wrapped loop and making this loop into another closed loop. This set of skills allows you to make secure earrings, pendants, and chains. You will make earrings from Czech pressed glass, stone, fresh water pearls, and Swarovski crystals. No previous experience is necessary.
This class serves as the pre-requisite for many Beadology Iowa classes.
Registration is through Kirkwood Community College. Register at:
kirkwood.edu On site registrations will be taken if registration through Kirkwood meets minimum requirements of two participants.
$35 instructor fee to Kirkwood and $35 materials fee at Beadology Iowa.
Make a Mala with Optional Guided Meditation
$52.00Date and Time: 10/15/2022 from 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Alyssa Jakowchuk
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Make your own prayer bracelet, called a Mala, using elastic, beads, and a tassel. Prayer beads are a traditional tool used to count the number of times a mantra is recited when praying or meditating. Many religious practices use a form of mala. This mala will be in the Buddhist/Hindu tradition of 27 beads. For those who choose to participate, a guided meditation using your newly constructed mala will take place at the end of class.
Make a Stone/Glass and Metal Ring to Size
$105.00Date and Time: 03/24/2019 from -
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Kelly Kinser
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Learn to make a ring band to size. Then add a stone or glass bead as the focal. This is a way to learn and enhance your metal working skills and to learn tricks to size a ring professionally.
In person classes will resume when it is safe to do so.
Date and Time: 01/01/1970 from -
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Make Glass Beads: Intro to Lampworking–This class is full. Call to get on waitlist!
$120.00Date and Time: 06/15/2023 from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Capacity: 5
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.*
This class is full. Call 319-338-1566 to get on the waitlist. When there are two people on the list we will work to schedule another class.
Make Glass Beads: Intro to Lampworking through Kirkwood Community College
Date and Time: 07/11/2024 from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience necessary.
This class will teach you the art of lampworking, a technique of using a torch and melting 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. No previous experience needed.
NOTE: Participants must be at least 15 years old.
Registration is through Kirkwood Community College. Register at:
kirkwood.edu On site registrations will be taken if registration through Kirkwood meets minimum requirements of two participants.
$50 instructor fee/$80 materials fee.
Make Glass Beads: Intro to Lampworking through Kirkwood Community College–only one seat left!
Date and Time: 08/23/2024 from 5:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience necessary.
This class will teach you the art of lampworking, a technique of using a torch and melting 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.
Registration is through Kirkwood Community College. Register at:
kirkwood.edu On site registrations will be taken if registration through Kirkwood meets minimum requirements of two participants.
$45 instructor fee/$80 materials fee.
Make Your Own Ear Wires
$72.00Date and Time: 07/06/2025 from 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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.
Making Textures in Metal Clay
$105.00Date and Time: 09/23/2018 from -
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Kelly Kinser
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
This techniques class will leave you with samples of BronzClay with varied textures made from embedding objects into the clay. Bring sticks, wood, wings, leaves, buttons or any other objects with an intriguing texture. Some will be provided in class. Samples will be fired and tumbled the next day, so students will have to come back to pick up their pieces.
Note: Take Making Textures in Metal Clay and Textured Metal Clay Earrings October 14 for double rewards points.
Marilyn Moore Wire Twining Class–details TBA
Date and Time: 02/18/2018 from -
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Instructor: Marilyn Moore
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Save this date for Marilyn Moore’s every other month class in our Bead Lab. Details will be announced soon.
Masking in Glass–Next Steps in Lampworking
$120.00Date and Time: 08/09/2025 from 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Intro to Lampworking or equivalent skills.
Learn to “mask” with glass. This is a process where you layer glass in a way to create more intricate design elements. A great intermediate soft glass class.
Metal Bezels–only 2 seats left!
$98.00Date and Time: 11/19/2017 from -
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Kelly Kinser
Prerequisites: simple soldering, see Soldering Sampler class earlier on November 19.
Use your soldering skills to make a bezel around a stone cabochon. Participants will make a simple pendant as a vehicle for learning metal bezeling skills. Students will be using a butane torch, so please wear natural fiber clothing.
Take both Soldering Sampler and Metal Bezels for double rewards points.
Metal Chain Making and “S” Hook
$105.00Date and Time: 06/24/2018 from -
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Kelly Kinser
Prerequisites: Soldering skills--see Soldering Sampler on June 10.
Learn to form, cut, and close your own jump rings that are consistent in size and shape. Then use your soldering skills to make them into a chain. You will also learn to make an “S” hook clasp for your chain.
Metal Working 201: Earrings in Motion
$128.00Date and Time: 04/14/2019 from -
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Kelly Kinser
Prerequisites: Basic soldering skills--see Simple Soldering on April 7.
Move your metal working skills to the next level by using a variety of techniques to make a pair of earrings. Learn how to create movement and depth by linking and layering elements. Explore a variety of cold connections and advanced soldering techniques, as well as making ear wires in sterling silver! Learn how to work in multiples to make the most of your creative time and increase your results.
Mini Pine Basket–only 1 seat left!
$138.00Date and Time: 08/18/2024 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 7
Instructor: Marilyn Moore
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
This little jewel of a basket incorporates a coiled beginning and chain and wheat stitches, all held together with artificial sinew. Explore shaping with the coiled technique to produce the perfect basket to hold your favorite earrings or rings. To finish the basket, make a lid that fits perfectly and features a bead of your choice on top.
Make 2 Bracelets: Intro to Stringing through Kirkwood Community College
Date and Time: 05/09/2024 from 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 7
Instructor: Alyssa Jakowhcuk
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.
Registration is through Kirkwood Community College. Register at: kirkwood and go to Continuing Education and then search for Beadology Iowa under instructor in the advanced search. On site registrations will be taken if registration through Kirkwood meets minimum requirements of two participants.
$30 instructor fee/$35 materials fee.