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Eye Glass Holder
$60.00Date and Time: 06/12/2021 from 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Alyssa Jakowchuk
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Learn how to use flexwire and crimp beads by making an eyeglass holder. Design your piece with Toho seed beads and Czech pressed glass pieces. You’ll be able to make bracelets and necklaces with your new skill.
Fireline
$13.00Date and Time: 01/01/1970 from -
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Fireline is wonderful for off loom seed bead weaving. It has the strength to handle beading with crystals, 2-hole beads, and rougher edged glass. It can bring stiffness if you are new to beading or bead loosely. It comes in the colors Crystal and Smoke, both of which come in 6lb and 8lb varieties. Each spool is 50 yards.
Make 2 Bracelets: Intro to Stringing through Kirkwood Community College
Date and Time: 05/09/2024 from 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Capacity: 7
Instructor: Alyssa Jakowhcuk
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
This class places a focus on professional stringing and design techniques. You will make two bracelets using Czech Republic glass beads and sterling silver. Two different stringing strategies will be taught: nylon finished with bead tips and flexible wire finished with crimp beads. Both bracelets will be secure and beautiful.
Registration is through Kirkwood Community College. Register at: kirkwood and go to Continuing Education and then search for Beadology Iowa under instructor in the advanced search. On site registrations will be taken if registration through Kirkwood meets minimum requirements of two participants.
$30 instructor fee/$35 materials fee.
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.
Make 2 Bracelets: Intro to Stringing–only 1 seat left!
$60.00Date and Time: 02/01/2025 from 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Capacity: 6
Instructor: Emma Folsom
Prerequisites: No experience needed.
Stringing beads is a fundamental jewelry making skill. This class places a focus on aesthetics, functionality, and security. You will make two bracelets using Czech Republic pressed glass beads and sterling silver spacers. One bracelet will be made strung on nylon and the second on flexible wire. Both bracelets will be beautiful and secure.
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.