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Make Glass Beads–Intro to Lampworking. This class is full. Please call to get on a waiting list.
Date and Time: 01/11/2025 from 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
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.
To get on the waiting list, please call 319 338-1566. When we get 2 people on the list, we will schedule another session.
This is a prerequisite for second steps glass classes, such as Bonita’s Nebula Beads on Feb. 22.
Tubular Herringbone Bracelet through Kirkwood
Date and Time: 01/29/2021 from -
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Learn or hone your tubular herringbone skills to create this slightly undulating bracelet. Varied sizes of Toho beads and colors will be stitched to accentuate the ins and outs of the pattern. Your beading will go faster than you think, as you will be stitching 2 beads at a time.
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.
Triple Treat Herringbone Bracelet
$72.00Date and Time: 01/30/2021 from -
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Any seed bead weaving experience.
This herringbone bracelet helps you learn how to move from a larger base to three individual strips of beading. Connect these three strips back into a larger base on the other end. The clasp will be a perfectly matching vintage button or a handmade glass piece. This bracelet can be worn as a flat three stranded bracelet or twisted for a different look.
Superduo Leaf Earrings
$68.00Date and Time: 08/26/2023 from 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Any seed bead weaving experience.
Use a two-needle beading technique and 2-hole Super Duo beads to create a beaded leaf. Pull tight for more dimension to your leaf. Add an ear wire and you are ready to go. This is a challenging, yet delightful and very doable project. You will love the results.
Wire Heart Pendant–Just in time for V-Day–this class is full–call to get on a waiting list.
Date and Time: 01/23/2022 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Zanetta Hoehle
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Participants will learn to weave three stands of copper wire together, bending them into shape and anchoring the ends. A simple bail will also be created bending wire. Variations to this pendant and ways to approach different shapes will be discussed. Just in time for Valentine’s Day.
This class serves as a great intro to this technique for other wire weaving classes by Zanetta, including Prong Set Pendant on Sun., March 20.
Call 319 338-1566 to get on a waiting list. When we have 2 on the list, we will schedule another session.
Netted Helix Necklace
$72.00Date and Time: 02/06/2021 from -
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Any seed bead weaving experience.
Learn to use Toho seed beads and Toho bugle beads to make this elegant helix necklace. Based on knowledge of other beading stitches, participants will choose how to finish the necklace by stringing beads, using Ndebele (herringbone), or cubed right angle weave (CRAW).
Kumihimo Beaded Bracelet
$98.00 – $116.00Date and Time: 10/07/2022 from 5:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Laurel Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience necessary.
Learn beaded kumihimo or expand your finishing skills beyond glue-in endcaps. Learn how to finish your Kongoh Gumi (round braid) bracelet with cones, a wire wrapped loop, and a lobster clasp. Tools needed to bring or purchase include a kumihimo foam disk and 8 weighted thread lockers or a marudai and 8 70 gram tamas.
This class serves as a prerequisite for the Saturday’s class. If you take both Friday and Saturday classes and don’t have tools, you just need to purchase one set of tools.
Call 319 338-1566 if you want to sign up for all three of Laurel’s classes for $315, or $333 if you need tools provided.
Friday Night Out: Wire Bail Techniques–only one seat left!
$60.00Date and Time: 08/11/2023 from 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Ability to make a wrapped loop. Call for a private tutorial.
We don’t mean hay bales when we are talking wirework. Learn to make bails using a variety of top drilled shapes. Wrapped bails will also be taught. You will get a chance to practice your wrapped loops in this class. Walk away with a small cache of dangles and pendants. This is a technique, not a project class.
Make a Pendulum
$72.00Date and Time: 06/12/2021 from 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Alyssa Jakowchuk
Prerequisites: Ability to make a wrapped loop. Call for a private tutorial.
What better way to celebrate the upcoming Summer Solstice than to make a pendulum? Using stone, chain, and wire, students will create beautiful hanging points. Students will utilize a sampling of important fundamental skills–stringing, crimping, wrapped loops, and wire bails–and learn to use them together to make a swinging pendulum. It can be used for metaphysical practices, play, or simply as a pretty sun catcher. A discussion on how to use them will follow.
Clover Earrings
$68.00Date and Time: 02/20/2021 from -
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Any seed bead weaving experience.
Learn and hone your herringbone skills in this project that utilizes various sizes of Toho round see beads to make curves. Surround a glass bead with seed bead weaving and make these lovely clover earrings.
Beadazzled Face Shield through Kirkwood
Date and Time: 02/23/2021 from -
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Alysaa Jakowchuk
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Everyone needs a variety of masks and shields to protect themselves and each other and remain fashionable. Make a blingy and colorful shield by beadazzling colorful and sparkly jewels onto the top. Shields are made locally at the Iowa City Fab Lab.
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/$25 materials fee.
Gyrls Night Out: Flapjack Earrings with Chain–only one seat left!
$72.00Date and Time: 02/26/2021 from -
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Ability to make a wrapped loop. Make 3 Pairs of Earrings on Jan. 16 or call for a private tutorial.
Hone your wire working skills to make a wire link to connect chain to a handmade glass disk. These earrings have great movement and pizazz.
Copper Chandelier Earrings
$68.00Date and Time: 02/27/2021 from -
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Alysaa Jakowchuk
Prerequisites: Ability to make a wrapped loop. Make 3 Pairs of Earrings on Jan. 16 or call for a private tutorial.
Use a chandelier armature to hang wrapped loops of increasing lengths to make a pair of dangly earrings. You will get lots of practice with your wire working skills.
Tubular Herringbone Bracelet through Kirkwood Community College
Date and Time: 03/05/2021 from -
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Learn or hone your tubular herringbone skills to create this slightly undulating bracelet. Varied sizes of Toho beads and colors will be stitched to accentuate the ins and outs of the pattern. Your beading will go faster than you think, as you will be stitching 2 beads at a time. No experience needed.
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.
Seed Bead Weaving 101
$98.00Date and Time: 03/06/2021 from -
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. 2 fundamental stitches will be explored: peyote and, herringbone. Both stitches can be done flat or tubular. This class will be a supportive emersion into this slightly addictive art form.
Peyote Stitch Bracelet with Peanut Beads through Kirkwood
Date and Time: 07/20/2023 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Learn the peyote stitch, a fundamental off loom weaving technique used in many projects in contemporary beading magazines and books. Participants will create a bracelet with peanut beads, which is like making something two layers thick with only one layer of actual beading. The bracelet is a substantial piece of jewelry that looks great on your wrist. Learn how to finish an edge and add a clasp.
$30 instructor fee/$38 materials fee.
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. Instructor: Karen Kubby.