jewelry making class
International Women’s Day Gyrls Night Out: Make Paper Beads
$48.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 03/08/2019 from 5:30PM to 7:30PM
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Desiree Dahl
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Celebrate International Women’s Day by taking images of strong women and feminist themes and making paper beads. Learn to roll paper to make a variety of different shapes of beads. Finish your beads with lacquer to make them sturdy and highly functional. Bring paper samples if you like: magazines, comic books, feminist poetry, old music sheets. Add some texture with thread. No one will believe these beads are paper.
Beads to the left are from a Wonder Women comic book, a picture of Michele Obama dancing, a drawing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and a mural of a Chicana rally.
Tricks & Tips for Creating Asymmetrical Jewelry
$78.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 02/23/2019 from 2:00PM to 5:00PM
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
This workshop will be a combination of lecturettes, demonstrations, and experiential learning about the various tips and techniques for designing and creating asymmetrical pieces. Participants are encouraged to bring asymmetrical pieces from their collection—those that work and those that don’t—to be incorporated into the conversation.
Gyrls Night Out: Byzantine Dangle Earrings
$60.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 02/15/2019 from 5:30PM to 8:30PM
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Using silver plated textured open jump rings, learn byzantine—a fundamental chain maille weave. Make a short length of byzantine, add a pewter charm and a sterling ear wire, and voila, a lovely dangle earring.
Herringbone Beaded Bead Earrings
$60.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 02/09/2019 from 2:00PM to 5:00PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: Herringbone stitch basics.
Use herringbone stitch using Miyuki Delica cylinder seed beads to make beaded beads. Use these beads along with Swarovski crystals to make a pair of earrings.
DIY Earrings through Kirkwood Community College
Read MoreDate and Time: 02/08/2019 from 5:30PM to 8:30PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Use Toho seed beads in brick stitch with a rubber ring to make a fun pair of light weight earrings. In this project, the high contrast thread and the ring are part of the design.
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.
Trillium CRAW Earrings
$68.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 12/08/2018 from 10:00AM to 4:00PM
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: basic CRAW skills--see intro class on Nov. 10
Make these three-sided beaded earrings with Toho round beads using cubed right-angle weave. Get lots of practice changing direction and joining ends of CRAW together. Then embellish the outside edge for an extra degree of lovely.
Wire Wrapping Stones 2.0
$78.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 02/16/2019 from 10am to 2:00PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Cheryl Weatherford
Prerequisites: Pre-requisite: Make 3 Pairs of Earrings, Wire Wrapping Stones, Copper and Pearl Wire Wrapped Bracelet, Tree of Life, or equivalent.
This is the second in a series of wire wrapped stone classes. Use wire to capture a stone using different shapes of wire. Participants will learn to coil and weave wires together for layers of embellishment.
Roaring Twenties Weave Bracelet through Kirkwood Community College
Read MoreDate and Time: 10/25/2018 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Discover an easy to learn netting stitch from the Roaring Twenties using Toho seed beads. No book or magazine uses this stitch in a project—it is an exclusive Beadology Iowa stitch. You will create a graceful bracelet in no time at all. No previous experience necessary.
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.
Braided Leather Bracelet
$78.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 10/20/2018 from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Cheryl Weatherford
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Learn to incorporate focal beads into a double 5-strand braid. Techniques for keeping the work tight and under control will be emphasized. Binding the ends for insertion into glue on clasps will finish the bracelet. Vegan options available.
Make Your Own Ear Wires
$68.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 03/16/2019 from 10:00AM to 1:00PM
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.