Beading and Mixed Media Workshops & Lectures

Choose Your Own Adventure: Freeform, Sculptural Peyote Bracelet - 6 hours
Make an original bracelet (or similar piece) that will redefine your ideas on creative beading.

Freeform Peyote Ruffles - 6 hours
A variation on my Freeform Peyote Bracelet class, we will be focusing specifically on ruffles. You'll be able to complete a smaller project like a pair of earrings or pendant, or make a good start on a larger project such as a bracelet.

Spiral Dancer Earrings - 6 hours
Create flat spirals and lovely three-dimensional peyote stitch ruffles and make a unique pair of earrings. Decide whether yo want a mixed pair, or matches sets of spirals or ruffles.

Winter Flame Earrings or Pendant - 3 hours
Learn to make these flame shaped designs capturing the warmth of and beauty of the heart of a candle flame.

Lacework Bracelet - 3 hours
Work with seed beads and crystals to create an open, lacework bracelet with random right angle weave embodying the organic feel of the natural world rather than man-made symmetry or precision.

Glacial Ice Bracelet - 6 hours
Create an open, lacework bracelet shading through the colors of glacial ice from deep sapphire blues to crackling white.

Laceheart Leaves - 3 hours
Create heart-shaped leaf designs using semi-freeform peyote stitch with a decorative lacy edging.

Beaded Snowflakes and Stars - 6 hours
Learn a netting in the round technique using seed and bugle beads with crystal accents to create these open, lacy beaded snowflakes and stars.

Capturing Cabochons - 6 hours Bring your own cabochon, or cabochon shaped object and I'll show you how to capture it with a mixture of right angle weave and peyote. The captured cabochon can be worn as a broach, used as a pendant or incorportated into more complex designs.

Corset & Stays Beaded Bead - 3 hours
Learn to stitch a decorative band of seed beads, then lace it onto your base bead, just like you'd cinch a lady into her corset. So much easier than trying to stitch on the base bead itself! Can be finished in a number of different ways.

Pretty Little Rings - 1-2 hours
A quick and easy introduction to right angle weave, these cute little rings are as much fun to make as they are to wear and they make great gifts, too.

Working with Color Learn to work with color with confidence.

Working with Oil Sticks on Fabric - 4-6 hours
Create richly colored, patterned and textured fabrics with oil sticks.

Dyeing the Rainbow - 6 hours
Learn the art of color mixing to create a rainbow palette of hand-dyed fabrics.

Creative Play with Dyes - 4 or 6 hours
Explore a wide range of surface design techniques using fiber reactive dyes.