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- One half of the workshop cost is due with registration although you may pay the full amount. Final payment is due no later than two months before the workshop. Reminders will not be sent. If the final payment is not received on time, the space may be filled from the waiting list and the down payment may be forfeited.
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- Workshops are for adults, 18 & over, unless specifically stated. Children are not permitted.
- Confirmation and a supply list will be sent about 10 weeks before the workshop. This will serve as a reminder of final payment due date. Your canceled check serves as acceptance in the workshop. In addition to the supplies listed, it is a good idea to bring a lamp, whatever extra beads and/or supplies you think you might need, a tray or towel for a work surface, lunch and a pillow for your tush.
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One scholarship place is held for a member in each workshop for up to two months before the workshop. If you wish to apply, please compose a brief statement as to how the particular workshop for which you are applying would benefit the work you are doing or would like to do. Also indicate in general terms why the full cost of the workshop would be difficult to incur. Specific financial information is not required and all information will be kept confidential. E-mail your request to info@bsgc.org or mail it to our POBox: Click here for a printable workshop enrollment form. A separate form and separate check must be used for each workshop.
She is also the author of "Bead Crochet Snakes: History and Technique". The book is a gold mine for beaders, scholars, and antique collectors. It is the only book to offer an extended, illustrated history of bead crochet snakes as well as five patterns for beaders who want to make their own snakes.
"Bead Crochet Snakes" illustrates how these beautiful, shiny serpents fit into the rich tradition of bead crochet as practised in Turkey and other parts of the Ottoman Empire. The book also explains how the snakes were constructed, the fascinating story of snakes made by Turkish prisoners of war during World War I, and the subsequent craze for bead crochet snake jewelry.
Dress a Doll by David Dean is an opportunity to create an authentic Native-American doll from scratch with a kit. The $95 required kit includes a doll that is ready to decorate, a pre-cut buckskin dress, belt, moccasin leggings, choker, beads and complete instructions on how to build the doll. Using lane stitch you will bead a cape, put together the belt and work on the dress and leggings. Though you won't finish the project in two days, you will have a great start and all the information you need to finish.
All levels. Supply list will be sent.
Members $125, non-members $150.
Introduction to Triangle Stitch by Laura Shea. This new stitch is worked on the same principles as the right-angle stitch but results in a triangular and a hexagonal pattern rather than a square. She will teach both a single-bead and a three-bead pattern. Students will learn how to work this stitch in horizontal rows, in the round, in tubular form, and covering a large round bead. She will cover increasing and decreasing. Students will work with Delicas and seed beads. This is a techniques class.
Intermediate to advanced levels. Knowledge of right-angle stitch is helpful but not required. Supply list will be sent. Members $115, non-members $140.
Using Photographs to Increase Sales and Improve your Career by Steve Meltzer. This lecture/demonstration's goal is not to make people into photographers but to have them understand how to make photography work to their advantage. He will cover such topics as: why do you need to photograph your work anyway; whether to shoot photos yourself or go to a pro; how to select a photographer; putting together a jury entry; using photos for marketing and promotion and many more. Steve will present examples of photos for ads, promotion and jurying as well as providing a handout guide to marketing your work.
All levels. Members $75, non-members $100.
Bead Stringing Clinic by Jamie Allen includes design theory, cord theory and knotting theory. This technique-oriented hands-on workshop begins with the basics and works up to complicated knotting techniques. He discusses basic approaches toward designing with beads and talks about integrity, balance, esthetic and universality. He discusses various fibers, their differences and uses, needles and a variety of knots. His exclusive booklet detailing in clear illustrations and instructions how to do all this work and a variety of fibers are included.
All levels. An additional supply list will be sent. Members $85, non-members, $110.
Beads 1: Ten Beads to Tantalize by Lynn Merchant: Calder coil, Kuchi coil, cage, spider web, Saturn, croissant, triangle, blue moon, double Kuchi and gift bead. This beginning class by master wire-wrapper can be the beginning of a whole new world. With just pliers and a cutter, you can create wire beads. Look at Bead and Button # 18 for examples of many of her beads and an interview. Then, look at Ornament Summer 2000 for a discussion of her most recent passion-Tahitian black pearls, which, of course, she wraps with wire.
All levels. A supply list will be sent.
Members $175, non-members $210.
Findings by Lynn Merchant features wire-bending techniques to produce more than 25 examples of jewelry making essentials. She will teach everything from jump rings to buttons and clasps.
All levels. No prerequisites. A supply list will be sent. Members $175, non-members $210.
The Building a Magnificent Body Sculpture workshop by Sha Sha Higby will use traditional costume construction and techniques and will also focus on embellishment with beads. Participants will explore the mysteries of creativity and performance in this hands-on maskmaking and costume workshop. Each part of the body is re-imagined to become an island in space, a mountain or a temple with its own decoration, design and movement. At the end of the workshop, all the pieces of the body sculpture will be joined together into a large moving mandala of images. She states that masks, are the recovery of all things that happen to us during the day. Ornament Spring 1992 states that, They (masks) are a transformative object, from physical enhancement of the skin to the entire replacement of identifiable human features, and far from covering up, its purpose is to reveal hidden truth.
A supply list will be sent. Required materials fee: $10-$15. Members $100, non-members $135.
This workshop is geared toward anyone working in the fiber arts including beads, fabric, fibers and paper. The day is spent immersed in color experimenting with new approaches to combining colors inspired by examples from a variety of mediums. She shares her unique approach to color and guides students to being confident in creating their own style and learning how to get colors to work together. Supply list will be sent.
The Aurora Bracelet which is named after the goddess of the dawn in Roman Mythology. It is created using gourd (peyote) stitch, netting, surface embellishment, bead embroidery, entrapment techniques and stringing. The main focus of this bracelet is a cabochon entrapped using netting. Then bead embroidery is added around its circumference to increase the size of the centerpiece. Added to this are multiple strands of decorative beads that close with peyote stitched tabs.
Level: intermediate and advanced. This has a 3 dimensional gourd (peyote) stitch, conical-shaped pendant with embellished bead shapes at the top that flow into a beaded loop. The pendant is embellished with a variety of surface techniques including stitching in the stitch, netting, edge stitching and spiking. Learn increasing and decreasing. You may make a beaded cord or put it on a multi-strand necklace or a metal chain.
Level: intermediate and advanced. Autumn Leaves Bracelet, with a wide flat gourd (peyote) stitched band, is the perfect backdrop for the freeform herringbone stitched shapes that explode from its surface. Imagination and color are your guides as leaf shapes twist and turn across the top of this bracelet and add a special bead here and there to attract the eye and add just the right finishing touches. The band decreases at the clasp and encloses the connection. Level: intermediate and advanced. A supply list will be sent.
This two-day technique workshop covers the use of small gauge metal wires in knitting and crochet. A number of small samples in a variety of techniques and patterns will be made. Coated copper wires in multiple colors, brass, sterling and fine silver may be used alone or in combination with yarns and glass beads to produce flexible and lightweight structures for jewelry, clothing and baskets. No prior metalworking experience is required but knowledge of basic knitting and crochet is essential.
Level: intermediate and advanced. A supply list will be sent.
At the end of this project class, you will go home
wearing a new watch. You will make spiral beads, links and berry beads. The watch, clasp and wire-all the materials needed are included in the required kit ($16).
Level: Beginning
A list of necessary tools will be sent. At the end of this project class, you will go home with a beautiful and unique key chain. You will make eye pins, jump rings, double links and the Calder or Kuchi coil. There will be an optional Afghan tassel for the bottom at $12 each.
Level: Beginning
A supply list will be sent.
Day one will focus on techniques for making a basket and handle and on the second day, Lynn will present a number of ideas for wire tassels.
Prerequisite: One previous Lynn Merchant class. (Either of the ones above or courses taken in previous years.)
A supply list will be sent.
Theresa Guthrie will teach No Warps! If you ever thought of doing some bead loom work and were turned off by the idea of sewing in, tucking under or taping down all those warp ends when you got finished...fear no more. This fabulous 4-selvedge bead loom technique, developed by Guthrie, can be used with all size beads for projects in all lengths. When your woven piece comes off the loom, it is finished on all four edges. The class kit contains everything you need except beads and basic bead class tools. Use traditional weaving techniques for the class project; a cuff bracelet or tiny bag. If you've never done loom work before, you will learn here.
Level: Beginning and intermediate.
Supplies: $20 required kit fee. Necessary supplies listed in description. Theresa Guthrie will teach Loom Sampler, is an advanced techniques class. Students will work with a loom as they probably never have before. In this 2-day class, students will learn: how to warp a loom, increasing, decreasing, creating spaces in the piece, twisting sections, adding focal beads, beaded warps, embellishing with cabochons and fringe and split loom. For anyone who thought that loom work is boring and flat, think again. Guthrie will show you how to finish your piece to wear it.
Level: Beginning and above.
Supplies: $85 kit with a prepared warp is available for order in advance. Contact Guthrie at moondance@net1plus.com. Supply list will be sent.
Kenneth King's workshop, Embroidering with Beads, begins with a lecture-demo covering equipment and construction techniques. The rest of the time is hands-on during which one learns stitches by what he calls the concept method. This serves the student better than learning by rote, as certain stitches are grouped by method of construction. In this way students can repair existing pieces or study them for inspiration for they know how the stitch operates. This workshop was offered in 1996 and was enjoyed by many who took it, some of whom plan to do so again. Optional kit $30, payable to Kenneth King. Supply list will be sent.
Susan Lutz Kenyon's workshop, "Heart's Desire" Doll Pin is designed for stretching your creativity to your heart's desire. Students will stuff a 3 1/2 inch cloth body to make a pin incorporating a variety of stitches. You will incorporate whatever stitches you already know, including gourd stitch, square stitch, and right-angle weave, as well as embroidery stitches. Each student will receive a pre-sewn fabric body to stuff and decorate. Students should also bring embellishing supplies. Anything with a hole in it will work for this project, size appropriate. Be creative. Look in the hardware store for interesting embellishments.
Susan's Enchanted Entity pins developed after a workshop with Jackie Dodson. They were a form of therapy for her while she was the caregiver for her parents. These little figures were a great canvas for many embroidery, beadwork, weaving and other fiber techniques. Each one brought a smile to her face as it was completed. Her pins may be seen in Creative Bead Weaving, by Carol Wilcox-Wells. A choice of faces and some decorating supplies are in the required kit. $15, payable to Susan Lutz Kenyon. Supply list with be sent with confirmation. Full payment is due with enrollment.
Dona will provide the pieces of metal, usually 3 are needed and run $2 each, $4 for the silver. Include an order for the metal pieces with your registration in order to be assured of having the ones you want. Do not include payment; you will pay Dona directly. A supply list will be sent.
Level: intermediate. Students must know flat peyote, brick or right-angle weave, which ever stitch you plan to use.
Level: intermediate to advanced. Working knowledge of all peyote stitches is required.
This is your first chance to see the "Philosopher's Bangle", based on a new tubular pentagonal stitch. It is based on the Plato Bead but in this incarnation, it looks very different and makes a unique bracelet or lariat, which you will begin in class.
In class, students may purchase kits for individual beads and/or the bangle and buy individual crystals. This is a good opportunity to use up the three & four mm crystals you have. Prices for kits will be on the supply list which will be sent.
Level: intermediate. Working knowledge of peyote is required.
Level: beginning, though previous experience with netting is helpful.
Barbara McGuire's workshop, "Designing a Display" will show you how to make a bead, earring or jewelry display from pre-cut wood and wire. Presentation is an importance aspect of enjoying your collected work, selling the same or showing off all those beads/earrings you had to buy. Personalize your display with inlaid panels or artwork executed in stamped paper collage, metal embossing or textured polymer clay. How you use the wire creates the size and individuality of the display; there is lots of potential for personalization. Choice of 2 basic design styles will be available.
The spiral rope necklace with leafy tendrils is built around a central sterling log cabin bead or a bead of your own choosing. Virginia Brubaker will teach the stitch, explore color graduation techniques, balance and assembling the necklace for sturdiness. Sterling log cabin bead (1" long by ½" wide) may be purchased in class for $48 or provide your own focal bead.
Theresa Guthrie taught her famous "No-Warps!" technique for three separate projects. Because of the unique way the loom is set up, when the completed bead cloth is released from the loom, it is finished on all four edges. There are No Warp threads to weave back into the bead cloth. This fabulous 4-selvedge bead loom technique developed by Guthrie can be used with all size beads for projects in all lengths. She has been beading for about 18 years and teaching beadwork classes for 11 years. She has been quilting for 13 years with a specialty in wearable arts. She tried traditional fiber loom weaving which lead her to create her No Warps technique. Theresa taught for us in June 2002. These classes do not repeat those she taught then.
Stephanie Sersich will teach the Spiny-Knotted Bracelet which uses floss and waxed linen to bind beads and other treasures into a bracelet. You'll also learn how to apply the technique to make a necklace. These materials and methods provide an opportunity for self-expression—there is no pattern to follow and the beads can vary in size, color and shape. Each student in the class creates a bracelet that's different. The unusual materials and larger bead sizes seem to level the playing field for beginners and long-time beaders. The technique is Stephanie's version of a finger weaving or macramé technique. Her bracelets are feature in Bead&Button October 2004 and Ornament Summer 2004.
This class involves placing a large fused glass slice by Malcolm Potek on top of a peyote stitch ring using embellishments to create a bezel and attach the bead to the ring. You may use your own bead or buy one of Potek’s from Anna for $15. She conceived of this ring to work out how to use large hole beads in a ring or a necklace. You anchor the bead by creating a free form bezel. Potek’s bead is about 1” by ½” and if you wish, you may supply your own bead.
Level: Intermediate to advanced. A working knowledge of peyote, brick and spiral rope chain is required.
Supplies: Supply list will be sent. Anna’s unique approach will allow you to imbed larger beads into your work with techniques for horizontal and vertical hole placement. You will end up with a sensuous piece of beaded fabric even with larger beads, silver, lampwork or anything else you can imagine within its borders. She is a good problem solver, so bring that item you have always wanted to add into your beadwork but don’t know how. Anything is fair game even if it doesn’t have a hole in it, so think outside the box and have fun.
Level: Intermediate. Some experience with peyote stitch is required.
Supplies: Supply list will be sent. Laura Shea will be teaching the Archimedes Transformations Necklace. Make this stunning multi-colored, self-supporting beaded-bead necklace based on the basic Archimedes bead. These three beads floating on a strand of crystals are transformative variations of the same pattern. Most students will finish the project in class. The technique is a three-dimensional angle stitch. Instructions will include the basic bead pattern and numerous color and shape variations.
There is an optional kit for $60 which includes 420 crystal bi-cone beads (3 and 4 mm), monofilament, needle, stringing material, sterling clasp and sterling crimps. There are enough beads included in kit to make a choker ranging from 16-24 inches.
Level: Intermediate. Some experience with off-loom bead weaving techniques is required.
Supplies: Supply list will be sent. Laura Shea will teach the tessellated bead. Triangles and squares and hexagons, oh my! Learn to put these three and other basic shapes together to create lovely symmetrical open weave patterns. Create lacy snowflakes and interesting seed bead fabrics. This is a technique class. Many ideas will be presented on how to incorporate the tessellation forms into your beadwork repertoire.
There is an optional kit for $15 which includes several colors of Japanese seed beads, stringing material and needle.
Level: Intermediate. Some experience with off-loom bead weaving techniques is required.
Supplies: Supply list will be sent. Take your knotting skills to the next level! This workshop is for students who have already learned how to make a spiny, knotted bracelet and are ready to apply the technique to create necklaces with centerpieces and more complex texture, for those who can compile their own materials. In this workshop, Stephanie will use floss and waxed linen to bind beads and other treasures into a necklace. The materials and methods provide an opportunity for self-expression; there is no pattern to follow. The beads can vary in size, color and shape. Each student in the class creates a different necklace.
No kits are made or sold for this class. To see more jewelry made with the Spiny Visit her web site at http://www.sssbeads.com.
Pre-requisite: Spiny Knotted Bracelet Class
Supplies: Supply list will be sent. Transcend your medium in this one day class and join Stephanie to get a preview of her project in the upcoming Interweave Press book, Beading for the SOUL! Combine the old and new, glass and fibers, shiny and pitted to make jewelry that’s eclectic. Bring the treasures of your own bead collection and add to them from Stephanie’s assortment of treasures if you wish. You’ll make magical jewelry you never knew you had in your head and fingers! Stephanie’s workshop will focus on making jewelry from beads, buttons, found objects, and fibers. Participants will use waxed linen and threads to bind together their beads and treasures into talismanic wearable art pieces, including necklaces, brooches, and earrings.
Pre-requisite: Spiny Knotted Bracelet Class
Supplies: Supply list will be sent. This bracelet uses familiar elements from the Art Deco era in a typical graphic design of linked ovals and squares. Two variations are available, one slightly larger than the other. The Black-and-White Bracelet is 7 or 9 inches long; the Topaz-and-Gold one is 8 inches. Both can be adjusted for a tighter or looser fit. The same designs can be used for chokers or a belt. The linked ovals and squares are created with- square stitch. Learn exterior increases and decreases and how to create voids. Make a narrow spiraling brick stitch cord to weave through the various elements.
Level: Students are expected to know the basics of square stitch and brick stitch.
Supplies: A materials list will be sent along with information about a kit. Clasps will be available in class This three-dimensional rose is an exploration of odd-count flat-peyote with extensive interior and exterior decreases to create the petals and leaves. The rose center is made with circular peyote and peyote spikes. The finished rose can be mounted on a bracelet or choker, made into a brooch or included in a framed wall piece. Charts for two sizes of roses are included.
Level: Students are expected to be familiar with odd-count flat peyote and have some experience with decreases.
Supplies: A materials list will be sent along with information about kits. We will spend a day making neat and useful things out of PMC. This is a class suitable for beginners, but all levels will find something useful here. You will leave class with a full understanding of what metal clay can and cannot do, and a nice handful of clasps and findings.
A follow on to PMC 1 on Friday. Here we will do a bit more advanced work, including box building and frame bead making.
Learn to make a beautiful signature bracelet.
Spend an afternoon with Kate, as she demos a variety of techniques she uses to make her sewn and strung beadwork stand up to the wear and tear of life. Learn about her edge binding techniques, and how to make every connection a good one, even when working with nothing more than a needle and thread. Left, a shot of edge binding from Kate’s 2003 book.
Here is a spine-like twist on the European 4 in 1. Learn one of the basic links of chain making and then add the Vertebra twist to create a truly unique bracelet. This chain starts and finishes very quickly.
This chain is constructed by weaving silver wire around a wood dowel and is finished off by drawing the weave through a draw plate. This style is based on the ancient patterns of Viking and Indian chains. Perfect for bracelets and necklaces.
Start chain making by learning the basics. With these two fundamental links under your belt, you will understand what it takes to unlock the mysteries and histories of chain making.
Learn the full Persian link chain and then take the pattern to the next level and learn how to float pearls in each of the chambers. This pattern is stunning as a bracelet or a necklace.
Are you familar with the Byzantine chain link? This style goes one further. Take the basics to the next level with this more complex Tryzantine link.
This class is not for the weak! So! Bring it on! Here is one of the most challenging links. Learn how to break it down and master it.
The class is open to Intermediate or Advanced bead crocheters. Students will learn the an alternate method of stringing, the bead single crochet stitch, increasing and decreasing, and working on two sides of a foundation chain. The adjustable snake bracelet can be finished off with a rattle or a loopy tail made of seed beads, crystals, and glass flowers.
Bead Society of Greater Chicago
P.O. Box 8103
Wilmette, IL 60091-8103
ENROLLMENT FORM
Adele Rogers Recklies
Adele Rogers Recklies has had a career that encompasses both beads and fiber, academic work and creative play. Before working as a costumer maker for professional theater, she earned a B.A. and M.A. from Kent State University and a Ph.D. in theater from The Ohio State University. After teaching in a small college in West Virginia and then working for two different costume shops in New York City, Dr. Recklies opened her own business in 1987 specializing in theatrical knitting, crochet, and related crafts.
October 21-22, 2000: David Dean
Dress a Doll
10-4 Winnetka Community Center
620 Lincoln Ave., Winnetka
February 3-4, 2001: Laura Shea
Introduction to Triangle Stitch
10-4 Winnetka Community Center
620 Lincoln Ave., Winnetka
March 8, 2001: Steve Meltzer
Using Photographs to Increase Sales and Improve your Career
12-5. Location to be announced.
April 12, 2001: Jamie Allen
Bead Stringing Clinic
design theory, cord theory and knotting theory
10-4. St. Joseph Parish Church Office Bldg.
5000 N. Cumberland, Chicago
May 2-3, 2001: Lynn Merchant
Beads 1: Ten Beads to Tantalize
10-5 Winnetka Community Center
620 Lincoln Ave., Winnetka
May 5-6, 2001: Lynn Merchant
Findings
10-5 Winnetka Community Center
620 Lincoln Ave., Winnetka
June 13, 2001: Sha Sha Higby
Building a Magnificent Body Sculpture
10-4 Winnetka Community Center
620 Lincoln Ave., Winnetka
Sep. 24, 2001: Laura Liska
Seven Secrets of Gorgeous Color
10-4 Winnetka Community Center
620 Lincoln Ave., Winnetka
$100 members, $135 non-members
Sep. 29, 2001: Cynthia Rutledge
The Aurora Bracelet
10-4 Winnetka Community Center
620 Lincoln Ave., Winnetka
$75 members, $110 non-members
A supply list will be sent.
Sep. 30 & Oct. 1, 2001: Cynthia Rutledge
Simply Elemental: A Beyond Basics Necklace
10-4 Winnetka Community Center
620 Lincoln Ave., Winnetka
$125 members, $160 non-members
A supply list will be sent.
Oct. 2, 2001: Cynthia Rutledge
Autumn Leaves Bracelet
10-4 Winnetka Community Center
620 Lincoln Ave., Winnetka
$75 members, $110 non-members
Apr. 12-13, 2002: Arline Fisch
Knitting & Crochet in Wire
10-4 Winnetka Community Center
620 Lincoln Ave., Winnetka
$175 members, $210 non-members
Knowledge of basic knitting and crochet required.
May 1, 2002: Lynn Merchant
The Watch Class
10-5 Winnetka Community Center
620 Lincoln Ave., Winnetka
$100 members, $135 non-members
Required kit fee of $16 is to be paid to Lynn.
May 2, 2002: Lynn Merchant
The Key Chain Class
10-5 Winnetka Community Center
620 Lincoln Ave., Winnetka
$100 members, $135 non-members
May 4-5, 2002: Lynn Merchant
Basket and Tassel Techniques Class
10-5 Winnetka Community Center
620 Lincoln Ave., Winnetka
$175 members, $210 non-members
Jun 14, 2002: Theresa Guthrie
No Warps!
10-4 Winnetka Community Center
620 Lincoln Ave., Winnetka
$100 members, $135 non-members
Jun 15 & 16, 2002: Theresa Guthrie
Loom Sampler
10-4 Winnetka Community Center
620 Lincoln Ave., Winnetka
$175 members, $210 non-members
Oct 10, 2002: Kenneth King
Embroidering With Beads
Level: Begining
9-5 St. Joseph Parish Office Building
5000 N. Cumberland, Chicago
$75 members, $115 non-members
Optional Kit $30
Nov 16, 2002: Susan Lutz Kenyon
"Heart's Desire" Doll Pin
Level: Begining
10-4 Winnetka Community Center
620 Lincoln Ave., Winnetka
$50 members, $85 non-members
Jan 18, 2003: Dona Anderson-Swiderek
Marriage of Metal & Beads Bracelet
Level: Intermediate
10-4 Winnetka Community Center
620 Lincoln Ave., Winnetka
$60 members, $95 non-members
Dona Anderson-Swiderek's workshop, "Marriage of Metal & Beads Bracelet" is a unique combination of linking seed beads to form a chain in which is included the soft luster of pearls or the glitter of crystals with unusual pieces of copper, brass or silver. You may use peyote, brick stitch or right-angle weave stitches in free-form. Beadwork Magazine February 2001 has a picture of the bracelet on page 30. Dona will send us a bracelet in different colors for the September meeting. She writes that, for the relationship of this piece to survive, it requires commitment along with determination and strength.
Feb 14-15, 2003: Jean Campbell
"Mousies"
Level: Intermediate to advanced
10-4 Winnetka Community Center
620 Lincoln Ave., Winnetka
$75 members, $110 non-members
Jean Campbell, editor of Beadwork Magazine will present "Mousies", a sculptural peyote stitch class. This class is aimed at the students who know even-and-odd-count flat, round and tubular peyote, but have only dabbled in sculptural peyote. You will make a small mouse, complete with pointy nose, rounded ears and tail. You will do it by "feel", using beads like sculptors use clay. Guideposts and techniques will be provided. Students will use their imagination to create their own little sculptures. Each mousie will end up having its own personality. Campbell will provide several mousies for reference. A supply list will be sent.
March 14-15, 2003: Laura Shea
The Plato Bead, its Variations & the Philosopher's Bangle
Level: Intermediate
10-4 Winnetka Community Center
620 Lincoln Ave., Winnetka
$95 members, $130 non-members
Laura Shea will be teaching her "Plato Bead", a self-supporting beaded bead, with many variations that Laura has developed and continues to explore. The basic 12-sided polyhedron has been used in China to make pearl balls for more than a century. Each variation has it's own distinctive look. Students will complete 6-10 wonderful beads in class, which can be used as focal beads, made into earrings, included in other work, or become support structure for sculptural beadwork. These beads may be worked with either Austrian crystal or seed beads.
Apr 26, 2003: Suzanne Golden
Peyote Spiral Bracelet
Level: Intermediate
10-4 Winnetka Community Center
620 Lincoln Ave., Winnetka
$60 members, $95 non-members
Suzanne Golden's Peyote Spiral Bracelet is shown in Carol Wilcox-Wells newest book, The Art and Elegance of Beadweaving. It is the glorious bracelet on the back cover. This one-of-a-kind bracelet is labor-intensive, says Golden, but the results are well worth the effort. It is impossible to describe the vividness and wonderful dimension of this bracelet. If you don't have the book, look at in our library or your nearest bead store. Golden's dynamism will be a delightful part of this class. Supply list will be sent.
Apr 27, 2003: Suzanne Golden
Rainbow-Colored Tubular Netted Bracelet
Level: Beginning
10-4 Winnetka Community Center
620 Lincoln Ave., Winnetka
$60 members, $95 non-members
Suzanne Golden will offer a "Rainbow-Colored Tubular Netted Bracelet." You will design and create a simple but elegant "attention-getting" tubular netted bracelet using a combination of different beads and various colors. You'll want to make one for every outfit in your closet. What makes this bracelet unique is that since you will use different colors for the nets, you will then be able to rotate the bracelet to the color of your choice. A supply list will be sent.
May 10, 2003: Barbara McGuire
Designing a Display
Level: Beginning
10-4 Winnetka Community Center
620 Lincoln Ave., Winnetka
$80 members, $120 non-members (includes all materials)
Mar 27, 2004: Virginia Brubaker
Cabin in the Woods Necklace
Level: All levels
10-5
Location to be announced
$60 members, $95 non-members
Apr 23-25, 2004: Theresa Guthrie
No Warps! w. Beads and Fiber
Level: All levels
10-5
Location to be announced
$60 members, $95 non-members (Pay teacher for kit in class)
Mar 11, 2005: Stephanie Sersich
Spiny-Knotted Bracelet
Level: Beginner
10-4
Location to be announced
$80 members, $115 non-members
Apr 23, 2005: Anna Karena Tollin
Potek Ring
10-4
Location to be announced
$80 members, $115 non-members
Apr 24, 2005: Anna Karena Tollin
Free-form Peyote Bracelet
10-4
Location to be announced
$80 members, $115 non-members
May 14, 2005: Laura Shea
Archimedes Transformations Necklace
10-5
Location to be announced
$80 members, $115 non-members
May 15, 2005: Laura Shea
Tessellated Bead. Triangles, Hexagons, Plus More
10-5
Location to be announced
$80 members, $115 non-members
Feb 24, 2006: Stephanie Sersich
Spiny-Knotted Necklace
12 - 7
Location to be announced
$50 members, $85 non-members
Feb 25, 2006: Stephanie Sersich
Creating Rhythm, Feeling and Texture in Your Beading Projects
10 - 5
Location to be announced
$50 members, $85 non-members
Mar 11, 2006: Nancy Zellers
Art Deco Bracelet
10 - 5
Location to be announced
$50 members, $85 non-members
Mar 12, 2006: Nancy Zellers
The Three-Dimensional Rose
10 - 5
Location to be announced
$50 members, $85 non-members
Sep 15, 2006: Kate McKinnon
PMC 1
Time: 9 - 5 (1 hour break for lunch)
Location: St. Joseph Parish Church Office Building
5000 N. Cumberland Ave, Chicago (one mile south of I90 / Cumberland exit)
Limit: 25 students
Level: All levels
Pre-requisite: none
Price: $110 members $145 non members
Supplies: $75 material fee
Materials/Tools to Bring: Small selection of texture tools - PMC cutters (if you have) - Task Light (optional, lighting is good)
Sep 16, 2006: Kate McKinnon
PMC 2
Time: 9 - 5 (1 hour break for lunch)
Location: White Eagle Banquet Hall
6839 N Milwaukee Ave, Niles Illinois
Limit: 35 students total for both Kate's and Anne's classes
Level: All levels
Pre-requisite: PMC 1 (or familarity working with PMC)
Price: $110 members $145 non members
Supplies: $75 material fee
Materials/Tools to Bring: Task Light (lighting is bad) - Small selection of texture tools - PMC cutters (if you have)
Sep 18, 2006: Kate McKinnon
Shag Carpet of Pearls!
Time: 9 - 12
Location: St. Joseph Parish Church Office Building
5000 N. Cumberland Ave, Chicago (one mile south of I90 / Cumberland exit)
Limit: 25 students
Level: All levels
Pre-requisite: None
Price: $55 members $75 non members
Supplies: $75 kit fee (all materials included)
Materials/Tools to Bring: Round Nose Plier - Flat Nose Plier - Wire Cutter - Scissors - Optional Task Light (lighting is good) - Optional beading needles and thread (Kate will have #12 John James needles and Nymo D thread)
Sep 18, 2006: Kate McKinnon
How to make beadwork stronger
Time: 2 - 5
Location: St. Joseph Parish Church Office Building
5000 N. Cumberland Ave, Chicago (one mile south of I90 / Cumberland exit)
Limit: 25 students
Level: All levels
Pre-requisite: None
Price: $55 members $75 non members
Supplies: $25 optional samples kit
Materials/Tools to Bring: none (demo only)
Sep 15, 2006: Anne Mitchell
4 in 1 Vertebra
Time: 9 - 12
Location: St. Joseph Parish Church Office Building
5000 N. Cumberland Ave, Chicago (one mile south of I90 / Cumberland exit)
Limit: 25 students
Level: All levels
Pre-requisite: None
Price: $110 members $145 non members (Includes both morning and afternoon classes)
Supplies: $45 kit fee
Materials/Tools to Bring: Chain Nose Plier - Bent Chain Nose Plier - Padded Work Surface (towel works) - Optional Task Light (lighting is good)
Sep 15, 2006: Anne Mitchell
Viking Double Knit (Woven Chain)
Time: 2 - 5
Location: St. Joseph Parish Church Office Building
5000 N. Cumberland Ave, Chicago (one mile south of I90 / Cumberland exit)
Limit: 25 students
Level: All levels
Pre-requisite: None
Price: $110 members $145 non members (Includes both morning and afternoon classes)
Supplies: $60 kit fee
Materials/Tools to Bring: Chain Nose Plier - Round Nose Plier - Wire Cutter - Nylon Jaw Plier - Beading Awl - Optional Task Light (lighting is good)
Sep 16, 2006: Anne Mitchell
Byzantine & Queens Link
Time: 9 - 12
Location: White Eagle Banquet Hall
6839 N Milwaukee Ave, Niles Illinois
Limit: 35 students total for both Kate's and Anne's classes
Level: All levels
Pre-requisite: None
Price: $110 members $145 non members (Includes both morning and afternoon classes)
Supplies: $85 kit fee
Materials/Tools to Bring: Task Light (lighting is poor) - Chain Nose Plier - Bent Chain Nose Plier - Padded Work Surface (towel works)
Sep 16, 2006: Anne Mitchell
Foxtail Pearl Float
Time: 2 - 5
Location: White Eagle Banquet Hall
6839 N Milwaukee Ave, Niles Illinois
Limit: 35 students total for both Kate's and Anne's classes
Level: Intermediate
Pre-requisite: None
Price: $110 members $145 non members (Includes both morning and afternoon classes)
Supplies: $95 kit fee
Materials/Tools to Bring: Task Light (lighting is poor) - Chain Nose Plier - Bent Chain Nose Plier - Wire Cutter - Beading Awl - Crimping Plier - Padded Work Surface (towel works)
Sep 18, 2006: Anne Mitchell
Tryzantine
Time: 9 - 12
Location: St. Joseph Parish Church Office Building
5000 N. Cumberland Ave, Chicago (one mile south of I90 / Cumberland exit)
Limit: 25 students
Level: Intermediate
Pre-requisite: knowledge of Byzantine chain link (Saturday morning)
Price: $55 members $75 non members
Supplies: $50 kit fee
Materials/Tools to Bring: Chain Nose Plier - Bent Chain Nose Plier - Padded Work Surface (towel works) - Optional Task Light (lighting is good)
Sep 18, 2006: Anne Mitchell
Jens Pind
Time: 2 - 5
Location: St. Joseph Parish Church Office Building
5000 N. Cumberland Ave, Chicago (one mile south of I90 / Cumberland exit)
Limit: 25 students
Level: Advanced
Pre-requisite: None
Price: $55 members $75 non members
Supplies: $36 kit fee
Materials/Tools to Bring: Chain Nose Plier - Bent Chain Nose Plier - Padded Work Surface (towel works) - Optional Task Light (lighting is good)
Jun 14, 2008: Adele Rogers Recklies
Bead Crochet Snake Bracelet
Time: 9:30 - 3:30 [Break for lunch]
Location: Adelia's Closet
9227 Waukegan Morton Grove, Illinois
Level: Intermediate or Advanced
Limit: 12 students
Pre-requisite: Knowlege of bead crocheting
Price: Members $50 - Non members $95