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Meet the Teachers
Friday, August 20, 2010 8:30 PM - 10:30 PM
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Instructors

Laura Andrews
Training in art, color, theatrical costuming, glass lampworking, metalwork, wirework, beading, and communication have led Laura to teaching how to create wearable art. Laura has trained with a Japanese master instructor in Tokyo. As a recognized international instructor, Laura is eager to share her love of color & design. See all of Laura's classes.
Meredith Arnold
Meredith's classes are known for the volume of information presented with humor. She teaches at 3 colleges, around the U.S. and internationally. As the Director of ArtWorks, an art center, it is her privilege to mentor other artists on a daily basis. She has appeared on PBS Create! Channels, Beads, Baubles and Jewels, and appears regularly on the EdCC cable channel. Her work is published in many magazines and books with a new collaborative book due out by February 2010. See all of Meredith's classes.
Joan Babcock
Joan Babcock specializes in translating macramé techniques of the 1960s into exceptional jewelry for today. Her work is a unique blend of beading, knotting, wire, and metalwork techniques. She is the author of Micro-Macramé Jewelry: Tips and Techniques for Knotting with Beads, Wired Micro-Macramé Jewelry and a Micro-macramé DVD. See all of Joan's classes.
Paulette Baron
Paulette Baron has been beading since 1994. Shortly after she began, she started teaching bead weaving classes in the Washington, D.C. area. In addition to teaching around her home base, Paulette has taught at Bead Fest, Bead&Button Show and other bead shows. Paulette is known for creating three-dimensional sculptural pieces of art out of beads. Her pieces utilize different sizes and shapes of beads and are made using a wide assortment of off-loom bead-weaving stitches. See all of Paulette's classes.
Melinda Barta
Melinda Barta is editor of Beadwork magazine. She is the author of Custom Cool Jewelry: Create 200+ Personalized Pendants, Charms, and Clasps (Interweave, 2008) and Hip to Stitch (Interweave, 2005) and coauthor of the new book Mixed Metals: Creating Contemporary Jewelry with Silver, Gold, Copper, Brass & More (Interweave, 2009). See all of Melinda's classes.
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. See all of Janice's classes.
Kerry Bogert
Kerry Bogert has been design 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. See all of Kerry's classes.
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. See all of Jodi's classes.
Doris Coghill
Doris left the corporate world in 2000 to pursue beadwork full time. Since then she has spent her time being a Bead Sales Rep, designing kits and teaching them both locally and nationally. You can see her designs on www.beadsbydee.com. See all of Doris's classes.
Lauri Copeland
Working in both soft glass and borosilicate, Lauri s beads are best described as organic and gemstone like in appearance. Her designs continue to evolve, using unique color blends and textural elements. Current favorites incorporate copper electroforming and lapidary patterns onto the surface of individual lampwork pieces. See all of Lauri's classes.
Gail Crosman Moore
Gail Crosman Moore is an artist, teacher, mother, and small business owner. 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. Her work can be seen at her Web site. See all of Gail's classes.
Phyllis Dintenfass
Phyllis Dintenfass has been designing patterns and teaching from coast to coast since retiring from a full-time position in education. She has been published in leading bead magazines and has had her work in books and exhibits around the world. She loves meeting and working with students face-to-face See all of Phyllis's classes.
Helen Driggs
Helen is the Managing Editor for Jewelry Artist magazine and an experienced metalsmith. A BFA graduate of Moore College of Art, she has worked as an information graphics artist, art director, writer and editor. She is a member of PSG, CoMA and SNAG. See all of Helen's classes.
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. See all of Stephanie's classes.
Connie Fox
Connie Fox has been making metal jewelry for the last 12 years and she has been teaching since 2001. Her classes focus on large scale wire work, cold connections, metal fabrication, and enameling. Connie is the author of numerous articles and is a contributing editor to Step by Step Wire Jewelry magazine. See all of Connie's classes.
Leslee Frumin
Leslee Frumin. a bead and metal artist from San Juan Capistrano, California teaches off-loom bead weaving and metal/jewelry techniques. Leslee has published and won awards in both areas and her work is frequently featured in trade magazines. Her goal as a teacher is to create a fun and successful learning experience. Her passion for all the colors and textures made possible by beads, metals and stones keep her excited. See all of Leslee's classes.
Jennifer Ionta
Jennifer's background includes Fine Art training as well as Graphic Design. A two day workshop in glass beadmaking in 2004 catapulted her into a new direction and she has been making beads and finished jewelry ever since. Incorporating metals brings mystery and a sense of surprise to her work. See all of Jennifer's classes.
Char Jorgensen
I have been wire wrapping since I first found telephone wire next to my yard. There isn't anything I won't try to wrap. 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! See all of Char's classes.
Amy Katz
Amy Katz has been part of the bead world since 1993 as a student, teacher and designer. Giving beadwork the look of fine jewelry is the goal of her projects. She teaches locally and nationally. See all of Amy's classes.
Linda Landy
A lonely college freshman finds the Bead Shaman shop in 1972. The Shaman (witch doctor) casts her spell. Beautiful beads become my salvation until work and family intervene. Fast forward 28 years to a 'mid-life crisis.' A catalog offering a beading class arrives in my mailbox. Thank you Bead Shaman. See all of Linda's classes.
Linda Larsen
Linda Larsen has spent many years creating anything and everything that has color and texture. Fashion has always been a keen interest and after making her first piece of jewelry she was hooked. She is now business partners with Susan Lenart Kazmer and they have published their first book and have an online jewelry supply store. She spends her time running from project to project trying to keep up with it all! You can reach her at linda@objectsandelements.com See all of Linda's classes.
Jim Lawson
Jim has been a commercial photographer for 35yrs and exclusively involved in digital capture for the last ten. Presently,he is doing the photography for JEWELRY ARTIST, STEP BY STEP WIRE, & COLORED STONE MAGAZINES, and special projects. See all of Jim's classes.
Susan Lenart Kazmer
Susan Lenart Kazmer is a metals and mixed media jewelry artist. Author of Making Connections- a handbook of cold joins for jewelers and mixed media artist. Recently involved with the American Fine Craft Council and presented the 2006 award of "Most innovative use of the medium" from Robert Lui of Ornament. See all of Susan's classes.
Susan Lewis
Susan Lewis has been a metalsmith for over 25 years and exhibits nationally. She has been published in Cece Wire's book, "New Directions in Metal Clay", 2007, and PMC Guild's "PMC-A Decade of Serious Fun", 2004, and Studio PMC. A jewelry teacher for 19 years in South Florida, she has held PMC classes since 1998. In 2006, Susan opened Metalmorphosis Studio in Ft. Lauderdale, where she works, teaches, and hosts Master Workshops. She was educated at Kent State University, Penland School of Crafts, and PMC Certified in 1999. See all of Susan's classes.
Dallas Lovett
Dallas 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 him 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. See all of Dallas' classes.
Stephanie Maddalena
Stephanie Maddalena has a BA in fine arts and teaches at the Art School at Old Church in NJ, and the Rockland Center for the Arts and Hudson Beach Glass in NY. She also teaches workshops at Silvermine, Brookfield Craft center and Guilford Craft Center in CT. She has taught at Urban Glass in Brooklyn, NY and Flametree in Roswell, GA and was published in La Vie Claire magazine, Spring, 2005. See all of Stephanie's classes.
Colin Mahler
Colin discovered the wonderful world of beads at the age of 13 and has been making jewelry ever since. She has dabbled in metalsmithing and glass bead making. Colin discovered her love of wire work about ten years ago and her newest passion is for chain maille jewelry. She has been teaching classes in chain maille, wire working, and lampworking in the San Francisco Bay Area since 2004 and began teaching nationally in 2007. She has online video classes in chain maille available on www.beaducation.com. See all of Colin's classes.
Melissa Mauk
Melissa can remember falling in love with the tiny seed beads her mother used to embellish her counted cross stitch. It's been a whirlwind love affair ever since...and her enthusiasm and passion are contagious. See all of Melissa's classes.
Debora Mauser
Debora have been handcrafting jewelry since 1998, specializing in wire wrapping and weaving and is now moving into a combination of metal and wire work. Her designs are highlighted by bold lines and texture and movement. She is quoted as saying that "teaching is a fun and rewarding journey that feeds my soul and my creativity." See all of Debora's classes.
Louise McClure
Mixed-media is the best way to describe Louise McClure’s work. She uses scrap booking, metal-working and beading methods to blend found objects, paper, fiber stone and glass with her own hand-fabricated charms. Her award winning jewelry designs, techniques and tips have been featured in national magazines, books, galleries and museums, on the PBS television series Beads, Baubles and Jewels and on the HGTV series That’s Clever. See all of Louise's classes.
Anne Mitchell
Anne began teaching chain making and metal working approximately 12 years ago for just pure enjoyment. During those years, Anne found that the creative outlet provided by teaching as well as a consistent demand for her classes was too alluring to deny. Leaving a career in artistic lighting behind in 2003, Anne is now a full-time designer, teacher, and author.< See all of Anne's classes.
Cindy Moore
Cindy has been working in metal for 18+ years. For the past 14, she has had the opportunity to travel and teach around the country. During that time Cindy also owned and operated a fine arts gallery in Georgia. She teaches a number of techniques including wire weaving, hydraulic press, and cuttlebone casting. She also designs and creates specialty jewelry making tools. Including the Cindy Bender, Cindy's Wire Weaving Kit and others. The Weaver and the Bender were featured in Step By Step Wire in May 2008. See all of Cindy's classes.
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. See all of Connie's classes.
Lisa Niven Kelly
Lisa Niven Kelly is an award winning artist who finds joy in all things beads. Currently, her work focuses on wirework, into which she incorporates beads whenever possible. Lisa is a regular contributor to many jewelry making magazines. She has been teaching beadwork and wirework for more than 15 years, traveling nationally teaching for Bead Shows, Bead Stores, Bead Societies and private groups. Lisa is also the owner of Beaducation.com, which sells jewelry making supplies and online jewelry making classes. See all of Lisa's classes.
Shelley Nybakke
Shelley Nybakke believes that a day without beads is hardly worth getting out of bed for. Shelley owns The Bead Parlor in Bloomington, Illinois and enjoys beading, traveling, teaching and more beading. See all of Shelley's classes.
George O'Grady
George has been involved in hot glass art for almost 20 years. He started with glass beads in 1993 and began teaching how to make glass beads a decade ago. George’s work has been carried by bead stores and art galleries across the country, including such notable galleries as the Kittrell/Riffkind Art Glass Gallery, noted as on the of the top ten glass galleries in the country by the American Craft’s Council. See all of George's classes.
Rashan Omari Jones
Rashan Omari Jones is a Borosilicate Lampworker living in Albuquerque, NM. A life long passion was found in the spring of 2001 after an apprenticeship opportunity left him hopelessly addicted to molten glass. Inspired by beautiful natural surroundings in Albuquerque, NM, his work truly captures the fire and spirit of the southwestern high desert. Organic colors and shapes are hallmarks of his natural style. Rashan exhibits his glass jewelry at bead shows across the country including The Best Bead Show in Tucson, The GlassCraft expo in Las Vegas, and Bead & Button in Milwaukee. He has had the pleasure of teaching a various facilities in and around New Mexico, and his work can be found in beads shops coast to coast. See all of Rashan's classes.
Glenda Paunonen
Glenda Paunonen has been creating beaded art treasures since 1990. She launched her retail bead business in Florida shortly thereafter. Today Crystal Creations Bead Institute, Glenda, and daughter Lisa, are known worldwide for their diverse kits, engaging classes, and fresh inspiration. Over 39 years of combined beading experience. See all of Glenda's classes.
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. See all of Denise's classes.
Kieu Pham Gray
Kieu has been creating jewelry for over 15years. After years of ups and downs in the industry she founded Bead Q! a Cleveland based bead store. Kieu not only teaches at her stores but also in the midwest and local art centers. Her love for jewelry design drives her to share her skills with others. See all of Kieu's classes.
Scott Plumlee
Scott has been inspiring a new generation of chain jewelers over the past decade, leading over 150 workshops nationwide. He is the author of Handcrafting Chain and Bead Jewelry and Chain and Bead Jewelry Creative Connections. A world traveler and jack-of-all-trades, Scott has studied ancient cultures and craft designs all over the globe and currently resides in sunny Taos, New Mexico. See all of Scott's classes.
Melanie Potter
Melanie Potter's Arts & Crafts background began with training in couture sewing which facilitated an easy transition into off-loom bead weaving, which remains the focus of her creative endeavors. Melanie's desire to share her knowledge and passion through workshops and retreats led her to form School of Beadwork. See all of Melanie's classes.
Leah Ready
Leah has been beading and embroidering for over 30 years. Upon retirement form teaching nine years ago, she joined a gallery, began doing arts and crafts shows in earnest and began teaching nationally. She has an affinity for things that sparkle and is a patient teacher with a great sense of humor. See all of Leah's classes.
Pat Riesner
Pat is a beadweaver from Irvington, New York. At the beginning of 1999 she was a neophyte when it came making beaded jewelry. She started with stringing and thought that was the absolute end! You could hear her laughing at her new beading friend who were using these tiny beads to do beadweaving. Years of classes, (you can never take enough) and she is a very proficient beader. Her first love is writing directions and doing original graphics for teaching. She has a passion for bling! Pat is an admired beading instructor in her area and at beading shows. See all of Pat's classes.
Sue Ripsch
Sue is a chain maille artist and designer who teaches the craft throughout the country with her husband, Steve. She provides clear, illustrated instructions in each class. Sue teaches traditional weaves and also provides exciting new designs that always utilize jump rings, and sometimes includes the use of crystals and beads to make beautiful pieces of jewelry. See all of Sue's classes.
Kathleen Robinson Young
Kathleen has been making glass beads since 2001 after seeing a necklace her PMC certification Instructor had made. She found a local glass class and has been playing with glass since. She's taught beadmaking for the last 6 years sharing everything she's learned with her students. Kathleen's work is both whimsical and serious capturing miniature still life on a glass canvas. See all of Kathleen's classes.
Leslie Rogalski
Leslie Rogalski is an artist, teacher, and media personality with a passion for creating jewelry and more. She appears on the PBS TV series Beads, Baubles, and Jewels. The former editor of Step by Step Beads and BeadingDaily.com, her designs and articles have been widely published. Her best-selling DoodleBeads DVDs teach the top seed bead techniques in a unique drawing-before-your-eyes method she uses in class. See all of Leslie's classes.
Sam Roh
Sylvanye is a full-time warmglass artist and instructor who creates one-of-a-kind glass jewelry, functional glass designs and three dimensional wall art. Her designs are sold at fine art and craft shows, gift shops, and galleries such as the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC. When she is not on the road promoting her designs she can be found in her studio or at an art and craft school teaching others the art of warmglass. See all of Sam's classes.
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 grandfather's old, scared pall peen hammer. www.juliesanforddesigns.com See all of Julie's classes.
Candice Sexton
Candice Sexton has been beading since 2001, primarily in bead crochet, beadweaving and wireworking. She enjoys experimenting and incorporating different elements in her designs. Always willing to help her students, Candice is a patient teacher who enjoys sharing her knowledge and helping others discover the joys of beadwork and wirework. See all of Candice's classes.
Debbi Simon
Debbi Simon has worked with a variety of art mediums and subject matter over the years. Working creatively since 1993, her jewelry designs and paintings have been exhibited nationally. Her original jewelry designs have been featured in national and international magazines. Her first book "Crystal Chic" was released December 2008. An Ambassador for CRYSTALLIZED - Swarovski Elements. Currently teaching her jewelry techniques in workshops throughout the country. Debbi studied art and design at Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design (MIAD) and Wisconsin University of Milwaukee earning a BFA in Design. See all of Debbi's classes.
Kim St. Jean
Kim St. Jean has been teaching jewelry design classes since 1998. She has been focusing her attentions on metals and metal techniques for the last four years. Kim has recently finished her first book entitled, Mixed Metal Mania: Solder, Hammer, Rivet and Wire Exceptional Jewelry. You can find Kim teaching at Bead shows and schools across the country. See all of Kim's classes.
Tracy Stanley
Tracy has been teaching beading and wire working techniques for over 17 years. She loves organic elements and brings that into her work. Tracy rarely plans her pieces out, she would rather allow herself to follow a path and let things fall together naturally. She is a big believer in quality tools and solid techniques and enjoys passing this on to her students so that they too can make quality pieces that are structurally sound, creating pieces that they can be proud of. See all of Tracy's classes.
Kimberly Stathis
Kim Stathis has been designing and teaching off-loom bead weaving for the past 3 years. She teaches nationally and has taught classes at the Bead and Button Show, Milwaukee, WI. She also teaches classes for Swarovski Create Your Style -Crystallized. See all of Kimberly's classes.
Sally Stevens
Sally has been working with beads and other art forms since childhood and for the last eight years she has been concentrating on using her daughter's lampwork beads along with her own wire and metal skills to create wonderful and wearable jewelry. She works with her lampwork artist daughter, Shannon Stevens, from their home studio in Maryland. Combining their skills to design and create unique pieces has been a fun experience with inspiring results. Visit them at www.sunroomstudiosonline.com See all of Sally's classes.
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. See all of Cheryl's classes.
Susan C. Thomas
Susan C Thomas has been designing 'o-ring' jewelry for the past five years. Susan s innovative and contemporary work is constructed by 'weaving' rubber ring units and cold connecting them with jump rings. Her Lark Jewelry book, Link It! Colorful Chain Mail Jewelry With rubber O-Rings was released in October of 2008. Susan continues to teach middle school art in Indiana and nationally at the Bead and Button Show, Bead Fest in Philadelphia, and throughout the Midwest. See all of Susan's classes.
Michela Verani
Michela Verani is an award-winning metal clay artist and jeweler. Her work has appeared in numerous publications and she has authored metal clay and jewelry articles for a number of magazines. She is a Masters Registry II and is the 7th person in the world to achieve this credentialing. See all of Michela's classes.
Debbie Williams
Debbie is a creative wire artist from Houston, Texas. She is a popular instructor eager to share her knowledge and enthusiasm of the art with others. Her classes focus on traditional wire wrapping and wireweaving designs. See all of Debbie's classes.
Jill Wiseman
Jill has been teaching nationally for several years, and is known by her students as being a patient teacher with a great sense of humor. With designs that aren't too overwhelming for beginners, but offer something to experienced beaders as well, Jill prides herself on writing clear and detailed instructions that anyone can follow. See all of Jill's classes.
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. See all of Noël's classes.

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