jewelry making
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.
Textured BronzCLay Earrings
$105.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 11/11/2018 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Kelly Kinser
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Bring sticks, wood, wings, leaves, buttons or any other objects with an intriguing texture. Some will be provided in class. Learn to create textures in BronzClay. Manipulate the clay to form earring components. Piece will be fired and tumbled the next day, so students will have to come back to pick up their pieces and assemble their earrings on their own.
Gyrls Night Out: Flip It! Earrings
$60.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 10/12/2018 from 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Many want to flip the House of Representatives to Democratic Control. We want you to learn to use brick stitch, Toho seed beads, and a rubber ring to make a pair of earrings that use two high contrast colors that are “flipped” on each half of the earring. Optional dutch treat cocktails and snacks after class.
CRAW Chain with Beaded Toggle
$68.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 09/29/2018 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: CRAW skills--see intro class on September 1.
Use your CRAW skills to make an embellished chain with Toho 11/0 seed beads. Create a round CRAW toggle clasp, so it flows naturally from the chain.
Gylrs Night Out: Sterling Earring with Pearl Dangle
$60.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 09/21/2018 from 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Kaami William
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
In this class, your ear wire is the core of the design. Practice your shape with copper. Create your final piece in sterling and dangle a pearl from the end. Simple, clean, elegant, easy.
CRAW Hawk “I” Pendant
$68.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 09/08/2018 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 8
Instructor: Karen Kubby
Prerequisites: CRAW skills--see intro class on September 1.
Use your Cubed Right Angle Weave (CRAW) skills to make a pendant to show your school spirit. Make your black and gold pendant in the shape of an “I” using Toho seed beads. Create a bail using peyote stitch to fit a chain you may already own.
Catch of the Day–Twined Fish Pendant
$128.00 Add to cartDate and Time: 08/26/2018 from noon to 4PM
Capacity: 12
Instructor: Marilyn Moore
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Using multiple strands of super thin wire, twine around armatures to create your “catch of the day”, a fish pendant. This twining technique can be adapted to many shapes. Learn to add wire and to color grade the wire for an ombre effect.
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.