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Make-n-Take Beaded Bookmark
$15.00Date and Time: 04/16/2022 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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Prerequisites: No experience needed.
In coordination with the Iowa Youth Writing Program’s “Bookmarks Challenge”, come to Beadology Iowa to make your own bookmark. These are functional pieces of art and make great gifts. This project is kid-friendly. Make as many as you like. Staff will be on hand to help you design and finish your bookmark. Lots of bead choices will be available. Register in advance and walk-ins welcomed.
Metalwork Buffet Pendant
$88.00Date and Time: 06/12/2022 from 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Lonna Keller
Prerequisites: Soldering Sampler or equivalent skills (spot and sweat soldering).
Join UI Adjunct Professor Lonna Keller in this buffet of metal working classes. You will spot and sweat solder, saw, and texturize and/or stamp metal to make a pendant. These are all the basic skills of metalworking all in one project.
Friday Night Out: Pop-up Card with a Twist
$68.00Date and Time: 12/13/2024 from 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Alyssa Jakowchuk
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Learn the art of folding paper to create an unusual pop-up card that twists upon opening. Choose from lovely and fun paper. Create a matching envelope. Get ready for holiday season.
Click on the video below and watch it in fullscreen to see how cool the card is when it moves.
Netted Cabochon Pendant
$78.00Date and Time: 03/03/2024 from 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 7
Instructor: Cheryl Weatherford
Prerequisites: Ability to make a wrapped loop. Call for a private tutorial.
Looks are deceiving in this design; it’s a great project for beginners getting curious about wire work. The materials used in this class include copper wire, hematite beads and a natural gemstone cabochon to create an intricate-looking pendant.
Netted Earrings
$68.00Date and Time: 01/27/2024 from 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Use circular netting techniques to make a pair of earrings from small stones or crystals and seed beads. These earrings are quick, beautiful, and make great gifts. Make a drop at the bottom or not.
New Class! 12-Strand Kumihimo Sampler Necklace
$126.00 – $144.00Date and Time: 10/08/2022 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Laurel Kubby
Prerequisites: Any kumihimo experience.
This necklace is an introduction to 12-strand braiding. It is made of 5 different patterns, 2 of them involve the same braid made both clockwise and counterclockwise. One is a rectangular braid. The class will include how to transition from one braid to the next.
Tools needed to bring or purchase include a kumihimo disk or marudai and 12 70 gram weighted tamas or thread lockers. If you already have these tools, please choose the corresponding drop down choice.
Call 319-338-1566 to sign up for all three of Laurel’s classes for $315, or $333 if you need tools provided.
New Class! Amazonia Bracelet
$72.00Date and Time: 12/10/2022 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Any seed bead weaving experience.
Using a pattern by Debora Hodoyer, Use SuperDuos and a host of pressed glass and Toho seed beads to make a wide component. Connect components together and finish your bracelet off with a lovely toggle clasp. The instructions are top notch with great illustrations.
New Class! Basket Beauty Twined Wire Pendant
$156.00Date and Time: 01/29/2023 from 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Marilyn Moore
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Join award winning and nationally recognized local artist Marilyn Moore in a twined wire project.
Learn to twine and make miniature baskets on these little “Beauties”. Shaping and blending colors with fine colored wires is the focus of this class. Attach your favorite beads to dangle beneath the discs and make a very wearable pendant.
New Class! Branched Fringe Slide
$72.00Date and Time: 02/18/2023 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Basic peyote stitch skills. See Peyote Bracelet in Color Gradient on Feb. 11.
Make a flat peyote band and then zip it up into a tube. Learn to make branched fringe using seed beads, magatams, and Czech pressed glass beads to form a graduated and fluid design. You can then decide if you bead a lariat or put the slide onto a scarf, leather, chain, or anything that will fit into your tube.
New Class! Calla Lily Earrings
$78.00Date and Time: 05/14/2022 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Basic flat peyote stitch skills. Call for a private tutorial.
Combine seed bead weaving and simple wire working skills to make these lovely earrings. Make a hi-lo cone with peyote stitch for the flower petals. Embellish the inside with a cascade of dangles using wire work and a bit of metal pounding.
New Class! Celtic CRAW Flower Pendant
$72.00Date and Time: 03/19/2022 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Cubed right-angle weave skills. Call for a private tutorial.
Make a long CRAW chain and connect it to make this lovely pendant. This is a great project for getting into a good rhythm with cubed right angle weave and for getting comfortable with making connections with this stitch and embellishments. This pattern works for earrings, too.
Constellation Pendant
$68.00 – $78.00Date and Time: 07/20/2024 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Basic peyote skills. Call to schedule a private tutorial.
This design by Cathy Edwards is a combination of circular peyote stitch and circular herringbone stitch. The result is a lovely pendant combining seed beads, fire polished beads, Czech and Swarovski crystals and pearls. An innovative design. Registrants can pay for us to download and print a copy of the instructions, or download a copy of the pattern ($7.99) themselves.
New Class! CRAW Bell Earrings
$68.00Date and Time: 07/08/2023 from 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Basic CRAW skills.
Hone your cubed right angle weave skills by changing directions, adding units, and making connections. These bell earrings are fast (for CRAW!) and have lots of negative space.
New Class! CRAW Checkerboard Bracelet
$78.00Date and Time: 02/26/2022 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Basic cubed right angle weave skills. Call for a private tutorial.
Alternate colors of 8/0 Toho round seed beads to make a wide and thick checkerboard bracelet. Learn to create a beaded toggle clasp that does not break with your pattern. The bracelet has a slight concave curve to it.
New Class! CRAW Horseshoe with Pearl Dangles
$72.00Date and Time: 11/19/2022 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Cubed Right Angle Weave skills--call for a private tutorial.
Using varied sizes of Toho seed beads, make a horseshoe shape. Insert dangles in the negative space and another on the bottom, and you have created an unusual lightweight earring with high impact.
Make and Take Bead Buffet Bracelets
Date and Time: 12/23/2023 from 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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Instructor: Beadology Iowa staff
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Select beads from our extensive bead buffet and create an elastic bracelet of your choice. This is a fast and fun experience, great for families and friends to do together. Make as many bracelets as you want. No appointment necessary.
$15/bracelet