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Bead Fest Wire 2008 Instructors Laura Andrews Laura has been beading since she was a child. Her mother taught her beading on a loom while sharing the importance of originality. Training in art, color, theatrical costuming, lampwork, metalwork, beading and communication have led Laura to teaching beadwork as art. This includes training in Japan. As a recognized international instructor, Laura is eager to share with you her love of bead artistry. Show all Laura Andrews's classes Dale Cougar Armstrong Dale “Cougar” Armstrong is a diehard rockhound, lapidary, and a full-time wire artist and instructor, with more than 30 years of experience. She teaches at major jewelry events, as well as in her personal studio in Southeastern Tennessee. Her award-winning work has appeared in many publications, and she had made a series of instructional DVDs, produced by Jewelry Television. She is a regular contributor to Step by Step Wire Jewelry. To contact her, please visit her Web site at cougarscreations.com. Show all Dale Cougar Armstrong's classes Meredith Arnold Meredith Arnold is a mixed media artist/teacher and comedian. She is currently on faculty at three colleges, and teaches workshops around the country. Her work has been published in many books and is exhibited all over the United States. Her classes are known for the volume of information and humor that she brings to the classroom for her students' benefit. Show all Meredith Arnold's classes Pam Brown Pam Brown has been working with beads for over 12 years and teaching for about 5. She enjoys working in many forms of jewelry making from seed bead work, to wire, chain maille and metal and feels very lucky to be able to teach classes in all. Show all Pam Brown's classes Stephanie Everett Stephanie Everett designs and makes jewelry in the Annapolis, MD area. She is a popular local jewelry instructor and a prize-winning chain mail artist. When she isn't making or teaching jewelry, she works as a research scientist for the US Navy. Show all Stephanie Everett's classes Tamara Farion Tamara Farion graduated from the Philadelphia College of Textiles with a Bachelor's Degree in Textile Design. After working in a corporate position for 20 years, Tamara moved to Asia to study jewelry design and old world craftsmanship. While in Singapore, Tamara became a Certified Senior Instructor for Art Clay Silver. Combing metal clay silver with her beadwork allowed Tamara to take her jewelry designs to a new level. She currently lives and teaches in Gwynedd Valley of Pennsylvania. Show all Tamara Farion's classes John Fetvedt John works with silver, gold, and titanium in techniques such as anticlastic raising, casting, chain making, etching, fold forming, forging, and stone setting. John teaches chain classes at The Crafts Center at North Carolina State University, at the William Holland School of Lapidary Arts in Young Harris, GA, at the ArtsCenter in Carrboro, NC. Three of his designs appear as projects in “Chain Mail Jewelry: Contemporary Designs from Classic Techniques”. Show all John Fetvedt's classes Connie Fox Connie Fox has been making wire jewerly for the last 10 years and has been teaching since 2002. She is a contributing editor to Lapidary Journal's Step by Step Wire Jewelry and has written numerous tutorials on wire jewelry. In addition to teaching, Connie operates her internet jewelry supplies business at www.conniefox.com. Show all Connie Fox's classes Char Jorgensen Char Jorgensen has been an avid wire wrapper since she first found a rock. She teaches at her local community college, a bead store, and also at her home. She is currently studying to become a graduate gemologist, and for other certifications. She performs demonstrations at rock shows with wire, and identifies gems. A Seattle native, she now lives and teaches in Woodinville, Wash. Show all Char Jorgensen's classes Sandra Lupo Sandra has been making jewelry for 20 years in her New Jersey studio. She teaches at Create Your Style with Swarovski®, Bead Fest, Bead Fest-Wire, and the Newark Museum Arts Workshop. She is a project contributor for Interweave Press and Lark Books, Step by Step Beads, and Step by Step Wire Jewelry. Sandra loves meeting new and former students, and sharing her original design projects. Contact her at sandra@sandsstones.com. Show all Sandra Lupo's classes Denise Peck Denise Peck is Editor-in-Chief of Step by Step Wire Jewelry magazine and the Senior Editor of Jewelry Artist. An editor by trade and a jeweler at heart, she is a metalsmith with a bench jeweler's certificate from Studio Jewelers Ltd., in New York City, and makes and sells her own jewelry when she can find the time! Show all Denise Peck's classes Elesa Phares Elesa Phares has been drawing and painting ever since she can remember. Horses and cartoons were my favorite subjects. I went to college and obtained a BS degree in Digital Animation. I am a part-time graphic artist and full time jewelry artist. I have been wire wrapping for the past 5 1/2 years and have added silver smithing, dichroic glass and pmc to my craft. I teach wire wrapping classes out of my studio as well as travel to bead stores and/homes. Show all Elesa Phares's classes Sally Stevens Sally started creating jewelry many years ago by connecting purchased beads with wire, holding her first bead show in the 1970's. In 2000, she began designing original jewelry using silver smithing and wire wrapping techniques to enhance her daughter's lampwork beads as well as her own fused glass pieces. She and her daughter, Shannon Stevens, work out of their home studio in Ellicott City, Maryland and can be contacted through their website: sunroomstudiosonline.com Show all Sally Stevens's classes Cheryl Strait Cheryl Strait has studied metalworking with instructors Susan Lenart-Kazmer and Thomas Mann and silversmithing at the V Rock Shop in Canton, Ohio. Cheryl has instructed at Altered Art Workshops (www.altercations.org) at Akron University, and instructed various special workshops at elementary and middle school level in Ohio. She exhibits her art through fine art and craft shows around Ohio and the country. To purchase her work or view a list of current shows and exhibitions, please visit www.Cherylsstudio.theshoppe.com. Show all Cheryl Strait's classes Michael David Sturlin Michael David Sturlin is an internationally renowned studio jewelry artist, educator, and award winning goldsmith. Michael's jewelry has appeared in 50 magazine articles and is displayed in select galleries throughout North America. Michael teaches marketing and goldsmithing at the Revere Academy of Jewelry Arts and offers workshops and professional development classes at many jewelry industry events. Please visit goldcrochet.com and michaeldavidsturlin.com to learn more about Michael’s work. Show all Michael David Sturlin's classes Michelle Thomas & Suzanne Hatch Michelle Thomas and Suzanne Hatch combined their creative talents and energy in 2005. Having local as well as international appeal, their designs have found customers as far away as New Zealand and Germany. With a six-year combined background in the jewelry industry and four years of sharing tips, techniques and enthusiasm with students, expect to leave their class with knowledge, passion and possibilities. Show all Michelle Thomas & Suzanne Hatch's classes Debra Weld In art for over 30 years, Debra Weld is a Senior Teacher for PMC Connection. She teaches throughout the US. Her work has been featured in Lapidary Journal, Art Jewelry, and PMC Guild Magazine. Show all Debra Weld's classes Noël Yovovich Noël Yovovich lives and works in Evanston, Illinois, but draws much of her inspiration from her childhood in rural Florida. She grew up near Tampa and Sarasota in an area where wildlife was outnumbered people, especially children. The locale was popular as a winter and retirement spot for traveling circus and carney performers, and her nearest neighbors were a retired clown, a sword-swallower and a professional fat lady. Noël later pursued a B.A. in Fine Arts from the University of Chicago, and art professionally. Her jewelry style draws on imagery from nature, as well as her experience creating "thematic apperception test" drawings for the University of Chicago department of Human Development. She regards her work as "everyday art," pieces that are unique and accessible, unusual and affordable, and that can be worn anywhere, anytime. Show all Noël Yovovich's classes