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Lisa Niven Kelly, wirework and metalwork
Barb Switzer, wirework and metalwork
Laura McCabe, seed bead work
Dallas Lovett, wirework and metalwork
Kate Richbourg, PMC and Metalwork
Lisa Claxton, wirework and metalwork
Kriss Silva, wirework and metalwork
Emily B. Miller, PMC
Mel McCabe, wirework and metalwork
Colin Mahler, chainmail
Gail Crosman Moore, mixed media
Iris Sandkühler, wirework and metalwork
Liz Jones, wirework and metalwork
Janice Berkebile, wirework and metalwork
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 Bicycle Chain Earrings
with Colin Mahler
Join Colin and make a stunning pair of earrings based on the byzantine chain style. This design will hone your chain making skills and brighten up your earring wardrobe! Details »
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CLASSES
Fleur de Link
FREE: Basic Loops
FREE: Coiling Wire by Hand
FREE: Making Your Own Earwires
FREE: Perfecting the Wire Spiral
FREE: Stamped Jewelry Design Ideas
FREE: Stamping on Metal
Mermaid Braid Bracelet
Tornado Beads
Tornado Toggle
Wire Jewelry Fundamentals
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Lisa Niven Kelly
Our fearless leader and the founder of Beaducation.
Lisa has pioneered techniques with wire, sheet metal, seed and glass beads. She has explored tools and techniques for handmade jewelry, mixing classical with modern techniques and metal with glass. Not limited to mere pliers, Lisa also crafts showstopper glass beads. She is a regular contributer to Bead&Button, Art Jewelry, Beadwork and Wire Step by Step magazines. Lisa has been making jewelry and teaching nationally for over 16 years, traveling to Bead Stores, Bead Societies, private groups and National Shows putting students in charge of wire and making them laugh. Lately you will find her mainly sticking close to home, managing her on-line Tool and Kit Shoppe, filming classes for beaducation, and helping plan the annual Hooked On Wire Retreat. This allows her more time with her two young daughters...beadaholics in training.
To learn more about Lisa and
her creations, visit her
website, http://www.lisanivenkelly.com. |
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CLASSES
Coming Soon! Beadily Dee Beads
Edison Drop Earrings
Figure S Bracelet
Highway Chain
Mendo Moondrop Earrings
Pinwheel Pendant
Wire Framed Beads
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Barb Switzer
I discovered beads in 1995 and found my artist's voice! Graphics, paint, fabric, print and collage all paled compared to the limitless possibilities of beads and wire. Beadwork challenges and combines my talent for color, detail, and engineering. In 2003, I moved from Seattle to Northern California. For the past three years, I have dedicated my time to teaching beadwork. 2005 saw travel from Florida to Alaska to teach. My travels have introduced me to many new students, beaders, and fellow teachers. The incredible experiences and new friendships make it clear that changing careers was the right decision!From a single signature technique to nearly 15 classes, my repertoire has expanded as my skills have grown. In a venue where creativity rules productivity, I have found what I truly love: Beadwork. Mixing graphic design with beadwork to create instructions, I still manage to use those 12 years of graphics experience! Further proof that there is value in all things we take the time to learn.
To learn more about Barb and
her creations, visit her
website, http://www.beadswitzer.com. |
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CLASSES
Bag It
Crystal Squared Pendant
Dahlia Ring
FREE: Intro to Seed Beads
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Laura McCabe
Laura is a primarily self-taught beadweaver with an education in historical costume reproduction and restoration, and anthropology. She produces elaborately beaded body adornments that combine Native American, African Zulu, and Victorian beadweaving techniques with modern materials and color schemes. She exhibits her work in national and international beadwork exhibitions, and sells at boutiques and galleries throughout the United States, as well as through her website. She maintains a working studio in Mystic, Connecticut.
To learn more about Laura and
her creations, visit her
website, http://www.justletmebead.com. |
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CLASSES
Desire Earrings
Pearl Hope Necklace
Rustling Leaves Bracelet
Temptation Earrings
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Dallas Lovett
I began my design practice in 1993 after completing a degree in fashion design at Woodbury University in Los Angeles. My formal training has, without a doubt, influenced the course of my work over the past ten years. It affects how I see and what I'm trying to achieve. In particular, my philosophy and approach to design is to take my chosen medium (wire wrapping and weaving) to a higher professional standard that I refer to as Jewelry Art. I am confident that my abilities as a designer and as an instructor will enhance the profession and bring it to a higher standard.
To learn more about Dallas and
his creations, visit his
website, http://www.tradewindgallery.com. |
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CLASSES
FREE: Annealing Metal
FREE: Sawing Metal
Intro to PMC
Introduction to Riveting
Introduction to Soldering
Simple Soldered Pendants
Soldered Rings & Bezels
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Kate Richbourg
Kate has fostered creativity in the bead industry for nearly 15 years through the teaching and development of classes at various stores and bead conferences throughout the country. Her dream of opening a bead store was realized on March 1, 2003. Her jewelry designs have appeared in Bead&Button and Art Jewelry Magazines as well as in several books including the best-seller All Wired Up and the Art of Metal Clay. Most recently, she has made several appearances on the cable show "DIY Jewelrymaking." Former owner of Beadissimo in San Francisco, CA, Kate is now Director of Education for beaducation.com.
To learn more about Kate and
her creations, visit her
website, http://www.beadissimo.com. |
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CLASSES
Basket Weave Wire Centerpiece
Ionic Column Earrings
Making Your Own Jump Rings
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Lisa Claxton
Lisa has been teaching bead and wirework for nearly 10 years. Her current work explores the use of textile techniques in wire, always incorporating beads as a focal point of design. She teaches in the San Francisco Bay Area as well as several national shows including the Bead&Button Show.
In addition to her teaching career, Lisa is store Store Manager of Baubles & Beads in Berkeley, CA, and serves on the board for the Northern California Bead Society. One of her designs was recently featured in Bead&Button magazine.
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CLASSES
Herringbone Bezel Pendant
Intro to Fine Silver Metal Fusing
Making Your Own Balled Head Pins
Riveted Bracelet
Riveted Rock Band
Twisted, Knotted and Fused
Woven Rings
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Kriss Silva
I've been making jewelry since 1992. I have been teaching jewelry workshops since 1995. Although my passion has been to create, it is also rewarding to share these designs and techniques with others. My career took a turn in 2001 when I had my daughter. I had to discover a balance that allowed me to create as well be an awesome mom. So I found a new motto; "To design and create something beautiful with the ability to teach it, rather than make it a hundred times."
My passion for unique jewelry designs are conveyed in the types of metals, gemstones and color combination's that I use. My aesthetics and designs are definitely not run-of-the-mill. My classes are well received where I'm currently teaching all over the nation. Born and raised in Redondo Beach, California, I moved to Northern California with my parents. That's where I met my husband, Jim, and together we moved to Hawaii in 1994. I now have a beautiful 5 year old daughter, Blixa, and now reside in Hawaii.
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CLASSES
Empty Box Pendant
PMC Leaf Buckle Spacer
Unbreakable Heart Pendant
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Emily B. Miller
When I first walked into a bead store in Berkeley, I looked around and thought, "Oh I get it, its like a fabric store but with beads!" The sewing and fiber experiences that I had at home and in college were all in preparation for that first visit to the bead store. Stringing beads led to beadweaving, looping wire led to metalsmithing, which in turn led me to metal clay. While I still work in all the different disciplines, my current love is working Precious Metal Clay. Teaching classes in PMC is a joy, the alchemy of this revolutionary material is limited only by your ideas, you can make anything. Practice basic skills and apply them to advanced designs is a teaching philosophy that I bring to every class.
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CLASSES
Crochet Bracelet
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Mel McCabe
Mel began making jewelry as a child, under the tutelage of her artist mother, Mary Ann, who passed her passion for gems onto her daughters. Although Mel has lived all over the country, she found her way back home to the San Francisco Bay Area to begin her official career in beading. Although beads have always inspired Mel, she earned her degree in Creative Writing from Saint Mary's College of Moraga, CA and has written five books, two that can be purchased on amazon.com. Mel now resides on the coast of Northern California with her boyfriend Todd and kooky cat Harper Lee.
To learn more about Mel and
her creations, visit her
website, http://www.melmccabe.com. |
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CLASSES
Felted Acorn Earrings
Felted Treasure Pouch
FREE: Felted Beads
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Gail Crosman Moore
Gail Crosman Moore is an artist, teacher, mother and small business owner. Her visual orientation precedes all things she beholds, often times calling for revision, or a manipulation in order to "line up with her sensibilities".
She divides her time between creating her work, showing her work and encouraging others to create their own work, reveling in the spark and arc that travels between her interactions in these different and varied aspects of her life.
Recognition of her abilities appears in print, both in trade publications and books in several different fields. Through the granting of awards she has been able to pursue new methods and master new materials.
To learn more about Gail and
her creations, visit her
website, http://www.gailcrosmanmoore.com. |
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CLASSES
Fused Clasps
Fused Flower Earrings
Fused Scrap Earrings
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Liz Jones
Liz began beading at the tender age of 6 with her Girl Scout troop. After dabbling in costume design at Ohio University Liz finally began her professional bead career in 2001 when she started working at Byzantium in Columbus, Ohio. In 2004 she packed her beads and her dog and moved to Seattle, WA. Since moving to the west coast she has continued her professional bead addiction working and teaching in bead stores around the Seattle area. Liz’s love of all things beaded soon transformed into a love of all things wire and most of all mixing fire and metal. She currently teaches and works for Jewelry Resource and Supply in Seattle. 2008 marks Liz’s debut on the national teaching scene and the publication of her first book Jewelry Studio: Silver Wire Fusing.
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CLASSES
FREE: Dino Bone
Lillies and Leaves
Riveted Amulet
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Janice Berkebile
I have always been attracted to the fanciful rather than the practical. When I discovered beads, love was immediate. I am drawn in by the color, as they gleam, glint and glow. Wire, the perfect companion to beads is strong, yet malleable. It longs to wrap itself around beads, framing each one to make it special. With wire and beads I can create anything imaginable. I can create fanciful things that have no purpose other than answering the question “Is this possible?” It is with wire that I can whisper...
Being a native to the Pacific Northwest, I am inspired by the organic forms found in nature, Japanese motifs, textiles techniques and the sinuous lines found in the Art Nouveau movement. My focus is wire and metalwork. My work is becoming intimate with the subtleties of this medium and sharing these techniques with my students.
I teach at locally at Quiltworks NW in Bellevue WA, and these beads stores across the country; The Beading Frenzy, The Bead House, The Bead Gallery in Hawaii, Crystal Creations, Creative Castle, Alaska Bead Co, Beads by Blanche and The Shepherdess.
The shows I teach at are; Interweave Press Bead Fests, Bead & Button, The Puget Sound Bead Festival and BABE!
I have partnered with Tracy Stanley to form Wired Arts.
To learn more about Janice and
her creations, visit her
website, http://www.wiredarts.net. |
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