Wednesday 6 November 2013

Bead & Button Show Classes

triangle crystal neckless    vine design with charm pendant

tri-ring beaded necklessIt is my pleasure to announce that I am educating seven courses (!) In the Button Show & 2014 Bead next June. The present jury approved five of my new proposals, and two groups I taught last year too. When I was distributing these groups for review, I discovered that these jobs fall into three common themes: geometry, botany (with an emphasis on flowers), and chemistry, so I figured that would have been a great method to cover them within this post.

 

Geometry

First up within the geometry class is the Rizo Triangles Necklace. This is an enlarged variant of the category that I am now teaching in The Beading Bar this week. In this 7 - hour workshop, you will learn the way to make three distinct beaded triangular parts, plus a triangular - themed beaded rope. SuperDuo beads and Rizo beads provide a huge amount of dimensionality to such parts, which could even be integrated into any amount of matching earrings, bracelets, or pendants. As For Me, I love how I feel like royalty once I use this piece!

Next up is the Oscillations Pendant, which features three distinct annular beaded parts formed Swarovski crystal, and completed with a teardrop - organized in a pendant. It is difficult to find out within the photograph, but the parts are quite dimensional, and provide a shadowbox effect for the small blossoms nested within. A spiral rope completes the pendant, however it could be strung on any sort of beaded rope, twine, or chain. While you get the sensation of considering a particular place in every element, it's an interesting layout to build and wear. padle flower necklesstriangle crystal neckless

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Botany

Within the Botany group, we begin with the Tila Garden Pendant, a group which has sold out in the prior two Bead & Button displays. Above is the latest version together with the really brilliant rizo beads. It is really a demanding layout to weave, but my pupils have told me they feel so very accomplished if it is complete (that's definitely how I felt the very first time that I created it!)

Next is the Sakura Bouquet Necklace, that I am also training at BABE! this November. This piece features four distinct types of the cherry blossom flower, all integrated into a necklace. Since I have talked about on this particular site before, the individual flowers may be utilized in a myriad of arrangements and other kinds of jewellery. I am now working on different colorways for this particular endeavor, and I likewise created a fifth beaded sakura selection which I might have the ability to integrate into this category also!

Last in the botany class will be the Raindrop Flower Necklace, which includes a beaded focal pendant and three distinct types of matching beaded beads woven from teardropshaped glass beads and seed beads. I prefer this design since the beads could be adapted into earrings, and also the focal may also function as a solo pendant.

Chemistry

The past two jobs utilise the beaded molecule method I created for my Endorphin Necklace. The very first of both of these jobs could be the Brain Chemistry Earrings, which have a molecule called, -Aminobutyric acid, or GABA. This molecule has a relaxing influence on brain cells, and is quite important to brain function. This 3-hour course makes for a fine opening job for the field of beaded molecules, and give off heaps of sparkle for an enjoyable, fancy method to show off beaded chemistry!

The final job is the Red Wine Chemistry necklace, which likewise utilizes the beaded molecule method to make several beaded molecules within red wine. These molecules are joined together with silver jump rings with this necklace, that's embellished with small grape beads for the additional enology touch. In reality, for this job I picked a group of molecules seen in many alcohol, when you aren't into red-wine, this piece could be upset in various colours and designs to represent your favourite cocktail. Both beaded molecules groups comprise a miniature chemistry lesson that'll describe the way the techniques learned within this course could be put on an endless amount of molecular structures.

The 2014 Bead & Button Show will occur in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from May 28June 9, and group enrollment will start online on January 7. It's the largest bead show in the nation which is a great deal of enjoyment every year! I had like to see you there!