bead fest santa fe workshops
Instructors
| 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. www.mereditharnold.com |  |
| Joan Babcock | |
Joan Babcock has been designing innovative jewelry since 1988. Her unique style, which highlights Micro-Macramé and Cavandoli knotting, has been featured in several beading books and in Ornament and Beadwork magazines. She is the author of “Micro-Macramé Jewelry: Tips and Techniques for Knotting with Beads” and an instructional DVD. www.joanbabcock.com |  |
| Susan Barrett | |
I was diagnosed as a terminal beader about 9 years ago. I have taught numerous classes and been to numerous bead shows and bead retreats, but have been unable to find a cure for this wonderful disease. It has brought me years of joy, especially when I get to pass it on to others through my classes at the Bead Jungle in Henderson, NV where I teach full time. |  |
| 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). Visit www.melindabarta.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. wiredarts.net |  |
| Nancy Cain | |
A huge part of my being is collecting, designing and making things. The physical structure of beads and thread has an enticing, unlimited potential. It's the process more than the product that makes beading so fun. Nancy plays with beads in her home studio, exhibits and travels nationally as well as internationally, teaching technically detailed 3-D sculptures and jewelry. www.nancycainbeadart.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 |  |
| Gina Crow | |
Gina recently moved to Santa Fe after living in the suburbs of St. Paul, Minnesota for several years. She has always had artistic and creative interests. Over the last 15 years, her passion has been creating jewelry with beads, glass, metal, wire, and metal clay in her studio. Gina is also known for her contagious, uncontrollable laughter, which suggested her business name: Laughing Lady Studio. She enjoys teaching a variety of classes both locally and nationally. If you want classes that will keep you in good humor while learning a fun new technique, Gina's workshops are the ones to attend. ginacrow.com |  |
| Margie Deeb | |
Artist, graphic designer/art director, musician, and color expert Margie Deeb is the author of several beading books, including the popular The Beader's Guide to Color and The Beader's Color Palette. She appeared and discussed her approach to color on a 2008 episode of the PBS TV show Beads, Baubles and Jewels. Margie conducts color courses for artists, interior designers, and bead artists throughout the US. Her art is featured in galleries across the country and in many books. Her free monthly color column, "Margie's Muse" is available on her website. She produces a free graphically enhanced podcast, Margie Deeb's Color Celebration, available on iTunes. Subscription to her free monthly e-newsletter is available on her website. Her articles have appeared in Bead & Button and Beadwork magazines, and she writes a regular color column in Step-by-Step Beads. www.MargieDeeb.com |  |
| Stephanie Eddy | |
Stephanie Eddy, a jewelry designer for 40 years, is involved in all aspects of bead and jewelry design, from teaching at trade shows, bead stores and bead societies across the U.S. to creating designer quality jewelry kits and tools. Stephanie has also taught at the Kobe Japan Art Show and her work was displayed at the Tokyo Art Metropolitian Museum s Zen Exhibition. She is a featured artist in The Art Of Beading Stitches, among other publications, and will represent Idaho in the upcoming book Beads Across America. www.stephanieeddy.com |  |
| Lexi Erickson | |
Lexi has a Master's Degree in Jewelry Fabrication and Design, and has studied with some of the country's top designers and jewelry artists. She has taught jewelry at both the high school and college level for 22 years, both in the US and abroad. She has written for Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist magazine's Step-by-Step series and has been a cover artist. lexiericksondesigns.com | |
| 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. | |
| 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. |  |
| Sherri Haab | |
Sherri Haab is a best selling craft author with over 24 published books to her credit, with several titles selling over a million copies. She is a certified metal clay instructor, leading numerous craft and jewelry making workshops internationally. She also develops new craft products and consults for various companies. Sherri has recently released 2 DVD's (Metal Clay and Resin) and has appeared on several television programs (HGTV, DIY and PBS). She lives with her family in Springville, UT. www.sherrihaab.com |  |
| Linda Hartung | |
Linda Arline Hartung is a co-owner/designer of WireLaceR and Alacarte ClaspsT. She is also a CREATE YOUR STYLE with CRYSTALLIZED™ - Swarovski Elements Ambassador, and a teacher at various Swarovski Forums since 2006. Her jewelry line, Linda Arline Originals and Alacarte Jewelry™, carries the prestigious branding CRYSTALLIZED™ with Swarovski. Linda's designs are featured in leading bead and jewelry making publications around the world. www.alacarteclasps.com |  |
| Diane Hertzler | |
Diane’s beaded jewelry and ornament designs have been published in Step by Step Beads, and Bead and Button magazines as well as several books by Kalmbach Publishing, and ISGB. Her travels around the country have influenced her choices of colors, shapes and forms. www.dianehertzler.com |  |
| Met Innmon | |
Met discovered beadweaving in 2000 and was instantly hooked. Working from her home studio in the Colorado foothills, she enjoys taking her ideas and imagination to physical pieces of art using the colors, shapes and textures of beads. Internationally known, she teaches at bead stores and bead shows in the U.S. and had the pleasure to teach in Thailand in 2008. She loves teaching, working with students and sharing the common bond and passion for beads. www.metbeads.com |  |
| 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! |  |
| Beth Kraft | |
Beth Kraft, owner of Nordic Gypsy Beads & Jewelry in Rochester, Minnesota, has had her designs in several national publications and has presented on Bead.tv, an online magazine. Beth was a finalist in the Swarovski® category for the 2008 Saul Bell Design Award. In addition to teaching bead-weaving and wire-work at her store, she teaches at several national bead shows. Her website is www.nordicgypsy.com. www.nordicgypsy.com | |
| 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. www.SJLMetalArt.com |  |
| 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. |  |
| Teresa Meister | |
Seed beads are at the heart of Teresa's jewelry designs. Excited to find new ways to use beads to communicate her ideas, Teresa teaches her original designs to beading classes nationally. She has had her beadwork projects and articles on a variety of bead related subjects published. Teresa lives in the Rocky Mountains with her husband of more than twenty years, Jason, and their much-loved greyhound, Frida. www.teresameister.com |  |
| 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 |  |
| 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. www.lisanivenkelly.com |  |
| 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. www.thebeadparlor.com |  |
| 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 gallieries in the country by the American Craft’s Council. |  |
| 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. www.glassartists.org/JonesArtGlass | |
| Lisa Pavelka | |
Lisa Pavelka is an award winning artist and author in mixed media including polymer/metal clays, crystal design, wire, resin and more. She is a regular guest on TV and teaches throughout the world. www.lisapavelka.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 |  |
| Leslie Rogalski | |
Leslie Rogalski is the editor of Beading Daily, the online hub for bead and jewelry artists. Known for her seed bead passion and love of experimentation with all materials, she was editor in chief of Step by Step Beads for 5 years, and has contributed her designs to Beadwork, Creative Jewelry, and several Interweave books. She created a unique series of video tutorials called Doodlebeads© making bead stitching easier than ever to learn. A regular presenter of stitch lessons on the PBS TV show Beads, Baubles & Jewels, Leslie uses the Doodlebeads teaching style in her classroom, too. The first series of 12 “Doodlebeads” lessons are available as a DVD, and Leslie has a second collection in the works. Expect a lively and enlightening class with Leslie! http://www.beadingdaily.com http://sleeplessbeader.blogspot.com |  |
| 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. |  |
| 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, Kalambach and DRG Publications. Kim is an active instructor at the William Holland School of Lapidadry 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 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 |  |
| Barb Switzer | |
Barb Switzer has been learning, teaching and practicing beadwork for 14 years. Although her specialty is wire, her unlimited passion for the medium has led her to learn many other techniques, including beadweaving, fusing and glass bead making. She has traveled all over the United States to teach classes, attend bead shows and bond with people who share her passion. To reach beaders who cannot attend shows, she has recorded several classes for Beaducation.com, an online learning site. Her website (www.beadswitzer.com) features a calendar, gallery, descriptions of her classes and kits available for purchase. |  |
| Larkin Van Horn | |
Larkin Jean Van Horn is an author, designer and teacher who lives half time in the bead world and half time in the fabric world, and loves the process of blending the two. Her book, Beading on Fabric, has guided many quilters and beaders in their quest for a little more sparkle in their work. http://www.larkinart.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 enthusiam of wire jewelry with others. |  |
| 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. www.tapestrybeads.com |  |
| 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 |  |