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Lisa Niven Kelly
Our fearless leader and the founder of Beaducation Inc. Lisa has pioneered jewelry techniques with wire, sheet metal, seed and glass beads. She explores tools and techniques for handmade jewelry, mixing classical with modern techniques. For over 20 years, Lisa has spread the love of all things jewelry by traveling to bead stores, bead societies, private groups and national industry shows where she puts students in charge of wire and makes ‘em laugh. She is a regular contributor to Bead&Button, Art Jewelry, Beadwork and Wire Step by Step magazines. Students can also find her teaching online video classes at Beaducation.com.
In 2010 her first book, the bestselling Stamped Metal Jewelry was published by Interweave Press.
To learn more about Lisa and
her creations, visit her
website, http://www.lisanivenkelly.com.
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Lisa's Video Classes
Mermaid Braid Bracelet
Tornado Toggle
FREE: Wire Jewelry Fundamentals
FREE: Perfecting the Wire Spiral
FREE: Stamping on Metal
FREE: Basic Loops
FREE: Coiling Wire by Hand
Fleur de Link
FREE: Stamped Jewelry Design Ideas
FREE: Making Your Own Earwires
Tornado Beads
Continuum Earrings
Say It On Your Wrist, Stamped Cuff
FREE: Coiling Wire on a Drill
FREE: Horseshoe Chains
FREE: Wrapped Head Pin Dangles
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Joe Silvera
Joe Silvera joins the Beaducation faculty with over 22 years of metalworking experience. A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, Joe achieved a Bachelor in Fine Arts degree in Metalsmithing from CSU Long Beach. It was there that he fell in love with jewelry making and wanted to make a career of it.
After moving back to the Bay Area, Joe met his wife Anat, who is also a jewelry maker. They spent a year living in France before returning to Northern California and opening a bead and yarn store. That store has since closed; they opened Silvera Jewelry School in Berkeley, CA in 2011 where they offer evening, one-day, and multi-day workshops in metalsmithing techniques.
Joe Silvera is the author of Soldering Made Simple: Easy Techniques for Kitchen Table Jewelers from Kalmbach Publishing.
To learn more about Joe watch his VIDEO BIO!
To learn more about Joe and
his creations, visit his
website, http://www.silverajewelry.com/.
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Joe's Video Classes
FREE: Butane Torch Safety
FREE: Setting up for Soldering at Home
FREE: Polishing with Power Tools
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Kim St. Jean
With over 13 years of experience, Kim St. Jean is an award-winning instructor, author and jewelry designer. You can find Kim’s work in magazines, on craft television programs and in her first book Mixed Metal Mania. Editors and readers of Bead & Button and BeadStyle magazines recently honored her as a “Top Ten Instructor”.
Kim and husband Norm spend much of the year traveling across the country teaching classes at bead shows, jewelry schools, guilds, clubs, studios and stores. In between her busy travel schedule, Kim teaches out of her studio in Charlotte, NC.
Kim is the author of Mixed Metal Mania: Solder, rivet, hammer, and wire exceptional jewelry and Metal Magic: Etch, Pierce, and Set Striking Jewelry .
To learn more about Kim watch her VIDEO BIO!
To learn more about Kim and
her creations, visit her
website, http://studiostjean.com/.
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Kim's Video Classes
Prong Set Pendants
FREE: Simple Hammered Clasps
FREE: Hammered Textured Metal
Metal Fold Forming
Bodacious Bangle
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Steven James
Long considered the alleged love child of Martha Stewart and Christopher Lowell,
Steven James spent his childhood breaking his art teacher’s rules by coloring outside the lines, peeling the wrappers off crayons and making glue skin in the palm of his hand.
Steven is a full-time elementary school teacher, who has made appearances on the DIY and HGTV networks. He loves taking a break from his own routine and spending a few hours with
adults, who will hopefully avoid picking noses, scabs or fights and focus on being as creative and inspired as possible.
His published work has appeared in magazines such as ReadyMade and BeadStyle as well as
books from Lark and Kalmbach Press. He has spread his 'love of handmade' by developing
craft ideas for TiVo, the Gap and the San Francisco Chronicle and various
websites. He resides in San Francisco, CA
To learn more about Steven watch his VIDEO BIO!
To learn more about Steven and
his creations, visit his
website, http://www.macaroniandglitter.com.
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Steven 's Video Classes
Sit and Spin Riveted Pendant
Torch Enameling
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Tracy Stanley
Tracy Stanley brings her passion for organic elements and spontaneous discovery to her wire and metal jewelry designs. She enjoys passing her love of quality tools and solid fabrication techniques to her students in the many classes that she teaches.
She began her teaching career over 18 years ago and now travels the country and the world teaching her unique wire and metal classes. Her projects can be seen in a variety of publications, including the book Stamped Metal Jewelry and Bead & Button and Beadwork magazines.
Tracy teamed up with Janice Berkebile and authored Making Wire & Bead Jewelry: Artful Wirework Techniques published in 2012.
To learn more about Tracy watch her VIDEO BIO!
To learn more about Tracy and
her creations, visit her
website, http://www.WiredArts.net.
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Tracy's Video Classes
FREE: Stamped Charms
Riveted Ring
Frame It, Stamped & Riveted Pendant
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Jill Wiseman
Jill Wiseman's everyday corporate existence was changed by chance encounter with beads in 2001. Her black and white world became full of color, texture, sparkle and shine and things were never the same. Soon after that first meeting she couldn’t contain her beady joy another moment. She began to share the world of beadweaving with others. Graduating to a full-time beadweaving jewelry designer and teacher in 2004, she hit the national teaching scene at bead shows like Bead & Button and Bead Fest, as well as bead stores and bead societies. Her classes are full of laughter and of course beads!
Jill makes her home in Texas, with her mother and two dogs and cats.
Jill is the author of Beautiful Beaded Ropes: 24 Wearable Jewelry Projects in Multiple Stitches published in 2012.
To learn more about Jill and
her creations, visit her
website, http://www.tapestrybeads.com/.
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Jill's Video Classes
Parisian Lights Bracelet
Ogalala Lace Bracelet
Sleek Bracelet
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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. I now dedicate my time to teaching beadwork and have traveled to many places to teach. My work has introduced me to 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 watch her VIDEO BIO!
To learn more about Barb and
her creations, visit her
website, http://www.beadswitzer.com.
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Barb's Video Classes
Edison Drop Earrings
Wire Framed Beads
Figure S Bracelet
Mendo Moondrop Earrings
Pinwheel Pendant
Highway Chain
Beadily Dee Beads
Jeweled Wave Bracelet
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Danelle Street
Danelle Street has been making jewelry for more than 20 years. She finds just as much inspiration in the intricate details of the architecture of a city building as she does the layers of texture at the beach. Whether it is the gritty sand, glassy water or colorful shells – it’s all shiny and pretty to Street. She has fun with all forms of media and it clearly shows in her work. Metal, gems, glass, paper…..put it all together and you get the city mashed up with the beach…..shiny and pretty, but not too girlie. As Head of the Design Team at Beaducation, many of Danelle's pieces are represented on the Design Ideas page.
To learn more about Danelle and
her creations, visit her
website, http://www.streetmade.etsy.com.
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Danelle's Video Classes
FREE: Folded Flower Pendant
FREE: Collage Stamping
FREE: Folded Banner and Flowers Pendant
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Aisha Formanski
Raised in the Midwest, it was there that Aisha's love of handcrafts was nurtured and supported, and gave her a great appreciation for traditional handcrafts. She studied jewelry design at the Revere Academy of Jewelry Arts and continues to build her knowledge of new techniques and materials. While making jewelry as a jobby (job-hobby) she has worked in the DIY jewelry industry since 1994. She also enjoys spinning yarn, dyeing fibers, knitting and dabbles in sewing. Aisha currently works for Beaducation on the Education Team!
Aisha is the author of New Directions in Punched Metal Jewelry: 20 Clever and Easy Stamped Projects published in the fall of 2013.
To learn more about Aisha and
her creations, visit her
website, http://www.everthinejewelry.com.
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Aisha's Video Classes
FREE: Winged Heart Pendant
FREE: Sawing Your Own Metal Shapes
FREE: Riveting with Nail Head Rivets
FREE: Etching Base Metals
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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. Beads have always inspired Mel, but she earned her degree in Creative Writing from Saint Mary's College and has written five books, two that can be purchased on amazon.com. Mel now resides on the coast of Northern California with her husband Todd and daughter Ruby Lee.
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Mel's Video Classes
FREE: Crochet Bracelet
FREE: Wrapping Briolettes
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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.
Laura is the author of Creating Crystal Jewelry with Swarovski: 65 Sparking Designs with Crystal Beads and Stones, The Devil’s in the Details, Laura McCabe Jewelry and Embellished Beadweaving: Jewelry Lavished with Fringe, Fronds, Lacework & More.
To learn more about Laura and
her creations, visit her
website, http://www.justletmebead.com.
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Laura's Video Classes
FREE: Introduction to Seed Beads
Crystal Squared Pendant
FREE: Bag It
FREE: Dahlia Ring
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Iris Sandkuhler
Iris Sandkühler spent thirteen years as an art professor in both two-and three-dimensional media; the highlight of which was developing the jewelry/small metals program at Georgia Southern University. Today you will find her teaching in the San Francisco Bay Area, traveling all over the United States (and worldwide via Distance Learning) to bring non-toxic techniques of metalsmithing to her students. Iris has exhibited internationally in places such as New York City, Berlin and Tokyo. The White House owns one of her pieces.
Iris is the author of Wire & Fused Jewelry Techniques published by Schiffer Publishing in 2010.
To learn more about Iris and
her creations, visit her
website, http://www.sandkuhler.com.
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Iris's Video Classes
Unsupported Viking Knit 1: The Rope
Unsupported Viking Knit 2: The Cage
Woven Bezel Basket
Peacock Chain
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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. 2008 marked Liz’s debut on the national teaching scene and the publication of her first book Jewelry Studio: Silver Wire Fusing from Interweave Press.
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Liz's Video Classes
Fused Clasps
FREE: Fused Scrap Earrings
Fused Flower Earrings
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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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Gail's Video Classes
FREE: Felted Beads
Felted Treasure Pouch
Felted Acorn Earrings
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Dallas Lovett
Dallas began his design practice in 1993 after completing a degree in fashion design at Woodbury University in Los Angeles HIs formal training has influenced the course of his work over the past years. His particular philosophy and approach to design is to take a chosen medium (wire wrapping and weaving) to a higher professional standard referred to as Jewelry Art.
To learn more about Dallas and
his creations, visit his
website, http://www.tradewindgallery.com.
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Dallas's Video Classes
Desire Earrings
Pearl Hope Necklace
Rustling Leaves Bracelet
Temptation Earrings
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Debbi Simon
Debbi Simon, award winning artist, painter, teacher and author has worked creatively since 1993. She studied art and design at Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design (MIAD) Her jewelry designs have been published in numerous magazines and books. She is the author of the book, Crystal Chic from Kalamach Press as well as an Ambassador for CRYSTALLIZED Swarovski Elements. She also teaches her mixed media classes at national bead conferences and bead shops.
To learn more about Debbi and
her creations, visit her
website, http://www.dsimonfineart.com.
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Debbi's Video Classes
FREE: Bezel-Bezel Resin Basics
Resin Foundry
Mold it, Cast it with Resin
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Becky Nunn
Becky’s love for classic and elegant metal details began with an old building in Italy. As a foreign exchange student she was introduced to the world of antiques by her Italian host family who owned an 18th century home with several outbuildings. While exploring these buildings filled with cast off items that were collecting dust, Becky discovered forgotten treasures that awaited her. Old metal hooks (which she now uses for Christmas Stockings), gold leaf frames, skeleton keys, clocks and pottery were some of the beloved objects that she brought home with her and still owns 25 years later.
Becky designs products for companies throughout the world. She lives in the historic Victorian Seaport of Port Townsend, Washington with her husband and two daughters.
To learn more about Becky and
her creations, visit her
website, http://www.nunndesign.com.
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Becky's Video Classes
FREE: Making Jewelry with UV Resin
FREE: Quick & Cute Glass Dome Jewelry
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We pride ourselves on bringing you the best instructors in the business! Each
is an expert in their field specializing in a variety of jewelry techniques including metal, beads,
wire seed beads and more. You all have seen their names and projects in books, magazines, national
bead shows and even on television! All are known for their love of the craft and expert
teaching skills.
