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| Laura Andrews | |
Training in art, color, theatrical costuming, glass lampworking, metalwork, wirework, beading, and communication have led Laura to teaching the creation of bead, wire and metal art. Her extensive background in theatrical costume design has provided a great deal of related experience, especially in the area of color selection and tonal relationships. Laura is eager to share her love of color, design, and bead artistry. www.lauraandrews.com |  |
| Dale ‘Cougar’ Armstrong | |
Dale “Cougar” Armstrong is a diehard rockhound, lapidary, and a full-time wire jewelry artist, instructor and author, with a background in cloisonné and reposse prior to making jewelry. With more than 35 years of combined experience, Dale uses absolutely no solder or glue in her classic wire jewelry designs, and teaches how, at national jewelry making events across the country. Her award winning work is sold in select galleries and has appeared in many printed publications. Author of the best selling book, “Wirework: An Illustrated Guide to the Art of Wire Wrapping”, Dale has also made a series of instructional DVDs for Jewelry Television, and is ‘the face’ of Wire-Sculpture.com www.cougarscreations.com |  |
| Janice Berkebile | |
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 Bead Fests , Bead & Button, and BABE! I have partnered with Tracy Stanley to form Wired Arts. Check out our website! www.wiredarts.net. |  |
| Kerry Bogert | |
Kerry Bogert has been designing jewelry and creating glass beads for more then five years. Her work has been seen in more then a dozen magazines and she has contributed to Wire Style, 101 Wire Earrings, and Chain Style. Her first book, Totally Twisted: Innovative Wire Work and Glass Art Jewelry, will be making it's debut in the Spring of 2010. www.kabsconcepts.com |  |
| Jodi Bombardier | |
Jodi is a self-taught jewelry designer, wire wrapping since 2005 and wire weaving since 2008. She is a freelance writer for Step By Step Wire magazine, is a contributing author to the book Wire Style, and her own book will be published in 2010. Visit www.Jewels-By-Jules.com and her blog www.Online-Wire-Wrapping-Instructions.com. |  |
| Lisa Claxton | |
Lisa has been beading and twisting wire since her teenage years. Her current work focuses on textile techniques with wire and anything that mixes fire and texture. Although her home base is in Berkeley, CA, Lisa can be found teaching at many national bead shows and online for Beaducation.com. www.lisaclaxton.blogspot.com |  |
| Debra Danyi | |
Debra Danyi is a teacher and jewelry maker from Ohio. She works with a variety of mediums including wirework, chain maille, lampworking, and precious metal clay. Her work can be seen at www.debradanyi.com. |  |
| Cassie Donlen | |
Cassie has been a lamp work artist and jewelry designer for the past 9 years. She lives in St. Louis, MO with her husband and 3 sons. Cassie has a line of instructional DVD's on jewelry making and lampworking and has had several projects published in various beading magazines. Her style is described as fun and whimsical. Samples of her work can be viewed on her website at www.glassbeadle.com. |  |
| Stephanie Everett | |
Stephanie Everett designs and makes jewelry in the Annapolis, MD area. She is a popular wire-work and chain-making instructor, a prize-winning chain mail artist, and a juried member of the International Guild of Wire Jewelry Artists. Several of her designs have been published in Step by Step Wire Jewelry. When she isn't making or teaching jewelry, Stephanie manages a technology development program for the US Navy. jewelartists.com/Stephanie |  |
| Char Jorgensen | |
I have been wire wrapping since I first found telephone wire next to my yard. There isn't anything that I won't try! I have been teaching for over 10 years and love every minute of it! I can't wait to see what my students will create! www.wirewrapper.com |  |
| Deanna Kittrell | |
Deanna's passion is Chainmaille jewelry. Deanna enjoys sharing her knowledge and enthusiasm with others and especially enjoys demystifying chainmaille techniques. Deanna hopes her students share in her love of chainmaille jewelry and leave her class with a new skill and ideas on how to personalize that idea. Deanna Kittrell works and teaches at Piece of Mind bead and jewelry studio in Sacramento, CA and teaches all over the country. www.dsdesignsjewelry.com |  |
| Dallas Lovett | |
Dallas Lovett is a native of Arizona and the South west; he has a degree in design from Woodbury University in Los Angeles. His design background gives his the ability to look at color, form and shape from a different point of view; this is then reflected in his work. Dallas has taught both nationally and internationally for 17 years. Dallas is always looking for new innovative ways of working with the wire and using diverse elements to create unique blends. www.tradewindgallery.com |  |
| Sandra Lupo | |
Sandra teaches wire techniques at Newark Museum Arts Workshop, N. J. Her designs are published in “Wire Style” and Step-by-Step Beads. She has taught annually at Beadfest. Sandra is an Ambassador and instructs for Create Your Style with Crystallized™ - Swarovski Elements. She enjoys sharing designs with students at Beadfest. www.Sandsstones.com |  |
| Debora Mauser | |
Debora has been in the jewelry business for 19 years. The past 8 years she has been exploring wire wrapping and metalsmithing. Her inspiration comes from nature and life experiences. Debora believes jewelry is an extension of a woman's personality and she is very excited to explore new ideas with her students. |  |
| Anne Mitchell | |
Anne started her creative career over 25 years ago as a professional lighting designer. Anne began teaching chain making and metal working for pure enjoyment. She found that the creative outlet provided by teaching as well as a consistent demand for her classes to alluring to deny. Leaving lighting behind in 2003, Anne is now a full-time designer, instructor, and author. www.annemitchell.net |  |
| Marilyn Moore | |
Marilyn makes baskets and basketry related jewelry in wire. Since 1979 she has taught for guilds, conferences, and conventions around the country and has written numerous articles and been featured in many publications. Having graduated from the University of Washington in 1997, she continues to live and work in Seattle, WA. www.marilynmoore.net |  |
| Connie Nabholz | |
I have had a lifelong involvement in the Arts, from oil painting to fiber arts to bead weaving. I have been bead weaving since 1998 and doing wire working since 2000. I love all the colors and textures of the beads and weaving. I have won numerous awards at fine art shows over the last 9 years. In 2006 I was a finalist in the TOHO contest and also a finalist in the Swarovski crystal contest. In 2009 a collaborative piece was selected for the ISGB Convergence exhibition. I will be published in a Bead and Button publication in October, 2009. I have been teaching for 7 years and love it. www.ceejaycreations.com |  |
| Denise Peck | |
Denise Peck is editor of Step by Step Wire Jewelry magazine and author of Wire Style; 50 Unique Jewelry Designs. She's been teaching jewelry making for 8 years. |  |
| Sue Ripsch | |
Sue is a chainmaille artist and designer who teaches throughout the country with her husband, Steve. She started her professional career as a registered nurse, but for the last several years has been working with chainmaille jewelry, oftentimes combining jump rings with crystals to make beautiful jewelry designs. www.jewelrybysueonline.com |  |
| Julie Sanford | |
I enjoy the creative process, both spontaneous and planned, using the sketchbook and the cluttered bench top to develop ideas. My aesthetic is contemporary and nature inspired, drawing from the characteristics of stone and metal to develop unique compositions. I create jewelry using a variety of hot and cold techniques from simple tools to sophisticated jewelry related equipment. My favorite tool is my grandfathers old, scared pall peen hammer. www.juliesanforddesigns.com |  |
| Kim St.Jean | |
Kim St.Jean has been an instructor of jewelry design since 2002. She is a CREATE YOUR STYLE with CRYSTALLIZED-Swarovski Elements Ambassador, a Beadfest Wire, Beadfest Bead and Bead & Button instructor. Kim has had several of her designs published by Interweave, Kalmbach and DRG Publications. Kim is an active instructor at the William Holland School of Lapidary Arts. Kim and her husband Norm, own a bead store in Charlotte, North Carolina www.kimstjean.com |  |
| Tracy Stanley | |
I've spent my life living in the Pacific Northwest. This has given me a deep appreciation for natural and organic elements. I reflect this in my work and in my art. I began teaching over 17 years ago and get great satisfaction in passing on my knowledge and skills. Teaching my students solid techniques will help them create quality pieces they can be proud of. I travel teaching at bead stores and shows all around the country. Check out my website: WiredArts.net |  |
| Sally Stevens | |
Sally uses her wire and metal working skills to create jewelry further enhanced by her daughter Shannon Stevens' lampwork beads. Their work may be viewed on their website - sunroomstudiosonline.com. They may be contacted at sunroomstudios@aol.com |  |
| Cheryl Strait | |
I was born creative and I have been making Art ever since I can remember. I have studied Metalworking, Silver-Smithing, Collage & Art Marketing Workshops, Through- out North East Ohio, Pennsylvania and Chicago to include the Baum school of Art in Allentown, Pa., Cleveland State University, Suburban Fine Art Center, Illinois and V rock shop in Canton, Ohio, and have been inspired by instructors including Thomas Mann, Susan Lenart Kazmer, Celie Fago and Claudine Hellmuth. I continue to design and fabricate my own work in my studio, located in Alliance, Ohio. www.cherylsstudio.theshoppe.com |  |
| Debbie Williams | |
Debbie's passion for wire began 6 years ago as a student at William Holland School of Lapidary Arts, where she received instructions from many extremely talented teachers. Debbie is eager to share her knowledge and enthusiasm of wire jewelry with others. |  |
| Noël Yovovich | |
Noël Yovovich lives in Evanston, Illinois, but draws much of her inspiration from her childhood in rural Florida. She grew up in a locale that was popular as an over-winter and retirement spot for traveling circus performers, and her nearest neighbors were a retired clown, a sword-swallower and his wife, a professional fat lady. This colorful beginning was followed by study culminating in a B.A. in Fine Arts from the University of Chicago, and the professional pursuit of art ever since. NoelYovovich.blogspot.com |  |