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Large Beaded Bead
$72.00Date and Time: 11/05/2022 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Cubed Right Angle Weave Skills--call for a private tutorial.
Use your CRAW skills to make a large hole beaded bead. Then transition to even count peyote stitch to make fluted ends on your beaded bead. Embellish your creation with two kinds of beads.
Layered Metal Earrings
$88.00Date and Time: 09/14/2021 from 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Kendra Brockmann
Prerequisites: Ability to sweat and spot solder.
Linked Triangle Earrings
$72.00Date and Time: 06/04/2022 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Basic peyote skills. Call for a private tutorial.
Follow instructions created by Laurel Kubby using a combination of peyote stitch and herringbone to make a beaded triangle with crisp corners. Then make a triangle within the triangle so the two are linked. These beaded earrings have lots of movement and are very light weight.
Magnetic Wrap Bracelet through Kirkwood Community College
Date and Time: 08/07/2023 from 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Design a wrap bracelet using magnetic hematite and a variety of other materials. No clasp needed. Once you set your pattern, repeat it, string it, and wear it. This piece can double as a necklace, name bag holder, or glasses holder.
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.
$30 instructor fee/$38 materials fee.
Magnetic Wrap Bracelet through Kirkwood Community College
Date and Time: 05/16/2023 from 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Design a wrap bracelet using magnetic hematite and a variety of other materials. No clasp needed. Once you set your pattern, repeat it, string it, and wear it. This piece can double as a necklace, name bag holder, or glasses holder.
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.
$30 instructor fee/$38 materials fee.
Make and Take Bead Buffet Bracelets
Date and Time: 12/23/2023 from 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Capacity:
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
Make-n-Take Beaded Bookmark
$15.00Date and Time: 04/16/2022 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity:
Instructor:
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.
KICK Camp for Kids through Kirkwood–Make Bracelets: Intro to Stringing
Date and Time: 06/20/2022 from 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Capacity: 5
Instructor: Alyssa Jakowchuk
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Do you love jewelry and jewelry design? Become an expert beadologist using Czech Republic pressed glass beads and sterling silver spacers to make one-of-a-kind bracelets. Learn different bead stringing and finishing techniques to make beautiful creations. Each person will make a bracelet using flexwire, nylon, and elastic! Register at: Kirkwood.edu. For kids 12-15 years old.
$30 instructor fee/$30 materials fee.