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Learn how to design beaded necklaces for balance & beauty. A great class for restringing vintage or heirloom pieces. You may also choose to use your own hand made glass beads. Learn appropriate stringing materials, how and when to knot, properly apply clasps for a professional finish. Please indicate if you'll be stringing pearls, crystals, glass and/or stone beads when you register....and potential color family so we can be sure to provide the appropriate stringing material.
Class Meets: Thursday from 10am to 1pm
Class Starts: November 20, 2008
Cost: $38.00+
student's work (bracelets in right photo include their own lampwork beads)
Just in time for holiday gift making!
Immerse yourself in 3 days of introductory level bead stringing and head pin wrapping techniques to get a jump start on your new found addiction....beads!!! This class will start you off with the bare-bones basics via single and triple strand beading projects and progress you into more challenging, larger work. Five to six different projects (suitable for gift giving!) will be possible (some evening homework may be required) so that each student can learn professional finishing methods that are often overlooked by other "quickie" class structures. The projects are not cookie cutter style, which means each student will also be learning to coordinate and design their own work from scratch. Students will learn about the different types of beads, stringing materials, findings and tools available on the market (available for purchase from us) and which combination is best suited to different beading art projects. Students will use design center tools during the class.
Class Meets: Mon, Tues, & Wed from 10am to 3:00pm (1/2 hr lunch)
Class Meets: December 15, 16 & 17
Cost: $175+ supplies (bring your own beads or purchase from us)
Beads, tools and books are available for purchase from the design center. (students will receive a 10% discount on items purchased during the 3 day class)
bracelets by instructor
Instructor: Julie Rose of Taos, New Mexico
This class adds an artistic twist to the traditional design found in boutiques. Students will make their own unique bracelet which may include one-of-a-kind lampwork beads, Bali silver beads, charms and Swarovski crystals. This is an excellent class for beginning beader as the technique of twisting wire, head pins and eye pins into drop units is the emphasis. The bead obsessed will enjoy this class since we put a heavy dose of design strategy into our beading classes that will take students beyond the "cookie cutter" approach and challenges each participant to create their own wearable art. We will be working straight through....so feel free to bring snacks to keep your energy up. Great class for Gift making!
Class Meets: Saturday from 1pm to 6pm
Class Date: December 20, 2008
Cost: $58.00+
This class may be scheduled
one-on-one or for a private party with your friends!
**misc. beads and findings are available in our
"bead store drawers"
samples by instructor
A great class for the beginning beader....this is your basic bead bracelet class with the emphasis being focused on durable, professional assembly. Learn how to apply a variety of clasp styles. This class will focus (as in all our classes) on design and balance in the creation of artistic, unique pieces. Lampwork students are encouraged to bring their stash of lampwork beads. Supply list provided upon registration.
Class Meets: Tuesday from 6:30pm to 9pm
Class Date: December 16, 2008
Cost: $38+
(or schedule this class with your group of friends!)
Instructor: Patty Pulliam
A great class
for the beginning beader....this is another basic bead bracelet class with the
emphasis being focused on durable, professional assembly. Learn
right angle weave while creating this version of the classic diamond tennis
bracelet. Using seed beads and bi-cone crystals, you'll quickly stitch up a
sparkling bracelet suitable for the tennis courts or a night out on the town.
Supply list provided upon registration.
Class Meets: Monday from 6pm to 9pm
Class Date: December 15, 2008
Cost: $38+
bracelets
by instructor
Beading Arts: Beginner's Designing in the round / Memory Wire Bracelets
If you are just getting started in your beading obsession, this is a great class for you. Bring a stash of your own glass, semi-precious or crystal beads (or buy some from our Bead Store in the Drawers). Julie Rose will teach you several special tricks specific to using memory wire and how to design for a bracelet that wraps several times around the wrist. Memory wire and the use of our tools is supplied through your class fee. If time allows... go on to create a pair of matching earrings. 1 session. This is a great class for moms and daughters to take together or scheduled as a separate party for your group of friends (phone or e-mail us).
Class Meets: Monday from 6pm to 8pm
Class Date: tba
Cost: $38.00+
Instructor: Patty Pulliam
This technique creates a great, contemporary looking rope suitable for necklaces as it is quite supple and strong. Great for a lariat, choker or bracelet, it has a little give to it due to the crochet stitches. Lampworkers love this rope to showcase special beads and pendants. Once finished, you can hardly see the thread! Students will learn on a gentle spiral pattern which makes it easier to see the stitches. Other design variations will be discussed. Students must already be very comfortable with basic crocheting stitches when they take this class (learn how to crochet in our beginner's class). The materials are simple: size 6 seed beads (size 10 seeds make a finer rope) and crochet cotton thread. Bring your reading glasses and, if you have them, magnifying glasses to this class since the beads are tiny!
Class Meets: Tuesday from 6pm to 9pm
Class Date: December 2, 2008
Cost: $38.00+
Instructor: Patty Pulliam
A fun and quick project to learn basic flat peyote stitch and have a finished piece at the end of the session. Students will create a beaded band adorned by a lampwork daisy bead and accented with a Swarovski crystal. Materials supplied via the class fee. Students choose from several different color palettes. Great class for your party of friends....makes a great gift item, too!
Class Meets: Friday from Noon to 3pm
Class Starts: November 28, 2008
Cost: $45.00
Instructor: Patty Pulliam
The very basics of flat peyote stitch for beginners. 1-drop and 2-drop Flat Peyote makes a great bracelet or strap for a beaded amulet bag. We'll show you how to work up a pattern and select colors as well as choose between regular seed beads and delicas. Techniques on how to read from a flat peyote pattern will be discussed as well as finishing techniques for a bracelet. Students will get a good start on a bracelet or finish a small sampler. A very small selection of fancy Japanese delica beads will be available for this class. Students will need 3 to 4 colors of delicas, size "B" Nymo floss and a rigid beading needle.
Class Meets: Saturday from 10:00 to Noon
Class Starts: tba
Cost: $38.00+
Instructor: Patty Pulliam
Create a beautiful and unique bracelet or necklace using
a stone or fused glass cabochon or your own polymer clay, hollow beads. Peyote stitch bead
weaving is used to surround your focal piece. Bring a couple choices of cabochons or hollow polymer clay focal beads with coordinating hanks of matching size 10 seed
beads or delicas, a handful of crystals or other coordinating 4-6 mm beads, your
rigid beading needle and matching Nymo. Miscellaneous beads and clasps are available in our "bead store drawers"
Knowledge of Peyote stitch a must. Please take our Beginning Peyote class
scheduled earlier in the day and practice until this class comes up on the
schedule next time.
Class meets: Saturday from
1:00 to 6:00
Class date: tba
Cost: $58+
Instructor: Julie Rose of Taos, NM
This class is a fun way to learn flat peyote stitch with a simple variation that creates a complicated looking scallop in the finished piece. Change your beads...get a different look! This technique works with any size and type of bead. Students will complete a bracelet in this class. Great for Holiday Gift Making!
Class Meets: Wednesday from 6pm
to 9pm
Class Date: tba
Cost: $38.00+
Instructor: Patty Pulliam
This is not a cookie cutter class! All students will come out with a completely different piece of art. Peyote stitch beadweaving can create wonderful, tidy, geometric forms. But did you know that you can use the same stitch to make a freeform, undulating shape as well? This technique uses small amounts of several sizes of beads to create a one-of-a-kind bracelet. Students will start out by developing a theme and design rather than following a pre-existing pattern in a different color palette. We’ll discuss how to choose beads that compliment each other in palette and texture. Student will be encouraged to add in found objects as well as fibers. Great for using up odd lots of beads. Some bead stitching experience is preferred,, so consider taking our our basic peyote stitch class. Students should bring basic beading tools & supplies to class including 8-12 different kinds of beads: sizes from 8-11 plus a few accent beads, Cabochons or fused glass pieces, a button or larger bead for a clasp.**
Class Meets: Saturday from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm
Class Date: tba
Cost: $75+
**misc. beads and findings are available in our "bead store drawers"
bracelets by instructor
In this 2 session class. Students will learn how to create an elegant bracelet using a basic bead lattice technique. You can make a bangle and incorporate your own lamp work focal bead or just add a fun clasp. During the second session you learn an embellishment technique that will take your bracelet from wonderful to WOW! Students will learn two embellishment variations, as well as, professional finishing methods. Students will also receive a hand out detailing methods to modify the project for the creation of necklaces.
Class Meets: Wednesday from 10:00
to Noon
Class Starts: TBA
Cost: $70.00+
bracelets by instructor
Instructor: Julie Rose of Taos, NM
We've often heard that this is a difficult stitch to learn from a book. In a class, it is extremely simple! This stitch has also been referred to as the "African Stitch". You may combine multiple sizes and shapes of beads very easily. The piece worked on in class will be for a flat bracelet which can serve as a great support for showcasing lampwork beads! Materials list provided upon registration.
Class Meets: Wednesday from Noon to 3pm
Class Date: tba
Cost: $38+
**misc. beads and findings are available in our "bead store drawers"
Instructor: Julie Rose of Taos, NM
Now that you understand the Flat Herringbone, here's a little tweak that creates an elegant undulating piece. It's the specific combination of different sized beads that makes the magic happen. The piece worked on in class will be for a flat bracelet which can serve as a great support for showcasing lampwork beads! Materials list provided upon registration.
Class Meets: Thursday from Noon to 3pm
Class Date: tba
Cost: $40+
**misc. beads and findings are available in our "bead store drawers"
1 session of 3 hours. Students will learn how to set up, follow a pattern and bead weave a flat bracelet. Finishing techniques will be covered. Other projects will be discussed such as: chokers, trims, belts, head or hat bands. Beading materials for a bracelet and the bead loom provided through class fee.
Class Meets: Monday from Noon to 3pm
Class Date: December 8, 2008
Cost: $40.00 (price includes bead loom & beads for 2 projects)
**misc. beads and clasps are available in our "bead store drawers"
bracelets
by instructor
This is 1 session class is good for intermediate/advanced bead weaving students. (Take our Bead Weaving Basics Class to ready yourself) The first hour is generally spent with Julie guiding you as you pull your beads together and map out your project. (This is not "cookie cutter" classes) You will learn how to embellish the simple bead woven base which creates the firm foundation for this lush bracelet of beads. Supply list will be provided upon registration. This is a great way to showcase lampwork beads and use up your odds and ends at the same time!
Class Meets: Friday from 11am to
5pm (1/2 hour break)
Class Starts: tba
Cost: $75.00+
Learn how to create an elegant beaded chain using 4 stitches and your basic knitting skills. Great technique for making elegant bracelets, necklace base or even a purse strap for an evening bag. Looks like a beaded, twisted ribbon or a beaded tube. Sample on display in our gallery. Supply list provided upon registration. 1 session
Class Meets: Friday from 2pm to
4:30pm
Class Date: July 18, 2008
Cost: $35.00+
Sample
by Hannah Rosner
This class is a great introduction to bead knitting for students that already know very basic hand knitting stitches and how to cast on/off (take our knitting I & II classes). On day one, students will get a great start toward making their own heirloom quality knitted, beaded "mad money" purse based off of Victorian designs. On Day two, students will shape the flap, sew the seams, create the neck-strap and embellish....with more beads, no doubt! The great thing about these is that they look hard but are actually very simple and students would still have ample time to create several more in time for gift giving. Samples can be viewed (or purchased) in our gallery. Supply list available upon registration.
Class Meets: Saturdays from 2:00
to 4:00 pm (2:00-4:30 pm on day two)
Class Dates: TBA 2008
Cost: $55.00+
necklace by instructor
Learn how to create a complex looking....elegant...spider web of beads in this 1 session class. The project is a bracelet, but this technique can be expanded into a beautiful necklace like those available in our gallery. Julie will give students a heavy dose of color/design emphasis to help build student's confidence in the exploration of new combinations in future projects. Our goal is to encourage original interpretations of the techniques we teach. Supply list provided upon registration. Feel free to bring snacks to keep your energy up.
Class Meets: Friday from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
Class Date: postponed / tba
Cost: $50.00+
**misc. beads and findings are available in our
"bead store drawers"
This lavish but easy seed bead project is perfect for the beginning beader as well as the bead obsessed. Looks really complicated, but wait until you see how quickly it works up, and how strong the finished piece is! May even be used for a purse handle. Make a bracelet in class, or begin a necklace using a handmade glass lampworked bead as the centerpiece! Materials list provided upon registration***.
Class Meets: Sunday from 4pm to 6:30pm
Class Date: tba
Cost: $40.00+
**misc. beads and findings are available in our "bead store drawers"
Instructor: Betty Burian Kirk
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Learn how to add sparkle to your kumi himo braids! Is it a beading technique or a "special interest" technique? We don't care....it's fabulous. These braids can serve as a lariat, hat band, rope belt, purse strap or stand alone as a necklace. Students must know how to wind a warp and how to set up a maru dai. (consider taking our Basic Kumi Himo class found in the "special interest" section of our class list) A list of supplies and advanced prep directions will be provided upon registration. Students should bring their own supplies to class along with their maru dai (or rent one from us for $5).
Class Meets: Saturday from 1:00 to 3:00
Class Date: tba
Cost: $40.00+
bracelet
by instructor
Instructor: Hannah Rosner of Taos, NM
Learn the same techniques used for large macramé with miniature threads for a more elegant and versatile look. Students should feel free to use treasures from their own collections including coins, fossils, lampworked beads. A complete class list will be sent out in advance of the class so you can have a chance to collect trinkets for your creation. We will focus on a bracelet in class, but students may opt to extend their piece into a necklace.
Class Meets: Friday from 6pm to 9pm
Class Starts: tba
Cost: $60.00+
bracelet
by instructor
Instructor: Hannah Rosner of Taos, NM
Use Swarovski rivolis and bicones to create a 3d beaded bead that can be used in a bracelet or necklace. Students need to have taken a beginning peyote stitch class before they come to this class. Project is kitted to make the full bracelet as well as an extra bead to wear.
Class Meets: Saturday from 10am to 5pm
Class Starts: tba
Cost: $90.00+ $40 crystals and beads kit ($130)
bracelet
by instructor
Instructor: Hannah Rosner of Taos, NM
This lovely tube has a spiraling ridge around it. Easy to learn, easy to work, looks lovely with a random mix of colors or a preplanned pattern of 4-6 different colors of beads. Hannah's demo piece is on display in the gallery. This piece can be made with smaller beads, for a more delicate look. Material list provided upon registration.
Class Meets: 5 hour class
Class Starts: TBA
Cost: $70.00+
samples
by instructor
Instructor: Hannah Rosner of Taos, NM
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The wire wrapped beads take no time at all, even though they look highly complicated. The wrapped wooden bead, a great project for the beginning beader, can either use a single type of bead, or can use all your odds and ends. For students who prefer a more arranged-looking bead, the peyote covered bead can be either left with a smoothly beaded surface, or beads can be sewn onto the beaded bead for a little bit of overkill. We have to warn you that you might stay up all night doing these, and the possibilities can look highly arranged or very random! Material list provided upon registration**.
Class Meets: TBA
Class starts:
Cost: $85.00+
Instructor: Hannah Rosner of Taos, NM
This class uses both seed beads and larger beads and a variety of stitching techniques to create a netted "bezel" over a cabochon. Learn how to professionally capture stones and things that don't have holes. You will learn how to create patterns, textures, and designs, to turn your piece in to a focal pendant. Learn how to add beaded fringe and create the beaded necklace the pendant hangs on. Handmade and stone Cabochons will be available the day of the class, or you can create your own "cabs" in our fused glass or polymer clay classes! Materials list provided upon registration**.
Class Meets: TBA
Class starts:
Cost: $80.00+
**misc. beads and findings are available in our "bead store drawers"
necklace
by student
Instructor: Hannah Rosner of Taos, NM
This technique will show a quick and easy way to cover a form with a pretty beaded netting. Use the tiny beaded bottles you create in class to hold perfume a favorite essential oil. The same techniques can be adapted to cover larger bottles or even glass ornaments. Small bottles can be purely decorative or strung on a necklace with fringe all around the neck of the bottle. Good for both the beginning beader and the bead obsessed. 1 session.
Class Meets: 2.5 hours
Class Starts:
Cost: $38.00
amulet
bag by instructor
Instructor: Hannah Rosner
Students new to Peyote stitch should sign up for the beginning class held the same day in the morning. During Session I, you will work up a pattern for a small amulet bag to be worked "in the round" or adapt an existing pattern, and order beads for your bag. Session II will cover round peyote stitch and some increasing/decreasing techniques to use on a possible flap or the bottom of the bag. Since reading from the round peyote pattern is tricky, Hanna will spend considerable time with that.
Class Meets: Day One: from 1 pm to 2:30 pm Day Two: from
10:00 am to 2:30
Class Starts: TBA
Cost: $80.00
Instructor:
Because we sometimes get requests for a class just on finishing, this class can be taken separately from the others. Students will learn all techniques for finishing bags including closing the bottom of the bag with a flat or tapered bottom and 3 different straps and how to attach them securely. We will cover straight, looped, branched and twist fringes. Be sure to bring your Peyote Tube ready to finish. Like the other classes, we will only have a limited selection of delicas to purchase, but we will have lots of great accent beads available. Feel free to use your own lampworked glass beads as accents!
Class Meets: Sunday from 10 am to 1 pm
Class Starts: TBA
Cost: $38 ($5 discount if have taken parts I and II with Hannah)
An introduction to the Stitch / Focus on Leaf Shapes
Students will learn the basics of this stitch in a small sampler that can become a triangular beaded earring. Then, we’ll move onto making leaves and petals by learning to increase stitches in the row. Hannah has found that students who have learned the Ndebele (Flat Herringbone) stitch will find this stitch extremely easy to learn. Keep the brick stitch components you've made to use in our felted/beaded sculpture class the following week!
Class meets: Thursday from
11:00 to 4:00
Class Date: TBA
Cost: $70+
instructor's
sample
Over Four Thousand Years Ago, an Egyptian goldsmith produced a lovely and unusual necklace made entirely of wire. Ornaments based on the same design have been found in the tombs of the rulers of such unrelated regions of the world as Peru and Persia. Now it’s your turn to make this elegant ancient design! Add bead embellishments in your own version of the bracelet. Students should have taken our Techniques in Wire Working Class (or have similar experience).
Class meets: Monday from 2pm to
5:30pm
Class Date: July 28th
Cost: $60+
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