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Let's Bead Live Saturday, January 21, 2023 YouTube
1-2pm An Interview with Rochelle
Rochelle will talk about the 2023 Toho Challenge, how she picks themes and colors and will introduce the new challenge palette in detail!
Rochelle's Bio: I have worked at Bobby Bead since 2005 as a TOHO seed bead Rep and TeamTOHO member and designer/coordinator since 2010. I have helped to create palettes for TOHO challenges since since 2012. www.facebook.com/TeamTOHO
I was a Starman Trendsetter for 10 years and UMBS program coordinator for last 2 years. I have been seed bead weaving in many mediums for over 40 years and enjoy learning more every day. bobbybead.com
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2-3pm Color Theory with Joy Rosner and Hannah Rosner
Hannah and her mom will talk about basic color theory and how it translates to both beads and fiber. This is a great beginning level color discussion for beaders of all levels.
Joy’s Bio: All my work is One-of-a-Kind designed and woven by me. I love to weave with beautifully colored and textured fibers. They weave into lovely draping textiles, wonderful to the touch and delightful to wear. I'm from the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago and incorporate my love of nature and color in my line.
I began my study of weaving at the University of Washington in l967 and have also studied at the University of Minnesota, Minnesota Weavers Guld, and in various workshops and master classes with teachers who have included Gerhardt Knodel, Randall Darwell, and Else Regensteiner. I also have an advanced degree from the University of Wisconsin in Genetics.
I was a founding member of the Weaver’s Guild of Minnesota where I taught color design and handweaving from the beginner to the advanced level. I sell my handwovens at the Community Art Fair in Hyde Park, Chicago the first full weekend of June. My Etsy store is www.etsy.com/shop/JoyRosner.
Hannah's Bio: I specialize in handmade jewelry, purses, glasswork and lampwork beads. I teach beadweaving and lampworking techniques, and many of my tutorials are available for purchase online.
I have been lampworking since 1992 and beadweaving since 1986. I have had the opportunity to meet and learn from some of the best beadmakers and flameworkers in the US. I began teaching both lampworking and beadweaving in 2000 and have taught at bead stores and bead societies across the US.
The last 15 years have been a whirlwind ride! I have taught for the International Society for Glass Beadmakers (ISGB), at a Bead Show in Tucson, at Bead & Button and at Bead Societies and shops around the country. I was a Starman Beads Trendsetter from 2014-2020.
Currently, I am scheduling classes for 2023. You can see my current list of available classes here. Please email me to schedule a class in your area!
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January 9, 2023 6-7:30pm YouTube
website: Art of Elfleda Russell
TOHO Design Challenge 2021: VANISHING WORLD Beaded Sculpture
An inspirational hour and a half talk by the award-winning artist and teacher that outlines the processes and techniques she has developed for her beaded sculpture, wall pieces and jewelry. She describes how her unique approach to beading is influenced by decades of prior experience producing large sculptural tapestries and paintings.
Topics
- Beading as an expressive art form: orchestrating elements, choosing content, making beading itself expressive
- Building structures with beads: Chains to architecture, types of chains, ruffles, folding, free form Herringbone and Brick stitch
- Beading onto supportive materials: an array of materials for casting and constructing
- Beading processes: the heart of the talk – alternatives to drafted beading
- Collage process – incorporate pre-fab elements (solid underlying structure)
- Free form organic beading process (hollow or thin underlying structure) – painterly – Vanishing World examples of both processes
- Adopting a process that is highly interactive – invites dialogue with ongoing process, and input from it- advantages and challenges
- Developing originality – working in series, work up from basic principals, drawing on life experiences
About the artist (see bio on web site)
Exhibitions, major awards, collections: has exhibited in North America, Europe and Paris, Mexico, Japan. Several international awards and purchases including
- Kamme Foundation California, beaded sculpture purchase
- Convergence 2002 1st place, beaded wall piece
- International Design and Win Contest (white Buffalo) 1st place prize of $10,000 for original garment
- Beaddreams 2005, 2006: 2nd place awards, 2 pieces each year in Bead and Button, 2007 – 2 works
- 1st National Bank of Boston – tapestry purchase
- Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs (from National Gallery exhibit) – purchase of textile wall piece
- Vancouver Art Gallery – 1st prize – textile wall panel as architectural accessory
- University of British Columbia – purchase of 2 textile wall pieces
- Plus, over 100 public and private portrait commissions, over 100 caricature commissions
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Let's Bead Live - December 10, 2022
1-2pm Lisa Krupp Dooley – Limani Earrings
2-3pm Hannah Rosner – Dragonfly Earrings
YouTube Video
Lisa Krupp-Dooley is a self-taught bead weaving artist. Her beading career started in 2016, when she started creating and developing her own patterns and entered her first necklace design into the Potomac Design Challenge. Since then her design "Ava's Planet Beaded Bead" has been published in Maggie Thompson's Interweave eBook in 2017. In 2020 Beadwork magazine published her "Pearly Peaks Bracelet" design which can be found here: https://www.interweave.com/product/pearly-peaks-bracelet-pattern-download/ In 2020, Lisa’s “Pretty Paisley Necklace” made the cover of Beadwork’s first E-magazine issue of Quick + Easy which can be found here: https://www.interweave.com/quick-easy-beadwork-2021/ She also had Beadsmith (a wholesale bead company) use her design, Sawtooth Bracelet, as an exclusive project for bead stores.
To see more of her designs or to buy kits for the Limani Earrings, please visit her Etsy shop www.lisasbeaddesigns.etsy.com
1-2pm Lisa Krupp Dooley – Limani Earrings
2-3pm Hannah Rosner – Dragonfly Earrings
YouTube Video
Lisa Krupp-Dooley is a self-taught bead weaving artist. Her beading career started in 2016, when she started creating and developing her own patterns and entered her first necklace design into the Potomac Design Challenge. Since then her design "Ava's Planet Beaded Bead" has been published in Maggie Thompson's Interweave eBook in 2017. In 2020 Beadwork magazine published her "Pearly Peaks Bracelet" design which can be found here: https://www.interweave.com/product/pearly-peaks-bracelet-pattern-download/ In 2020, Lisa’s “Pretty Paisley Necklace” made the cover of Beadwork’s first E-magazine issue of Quick + Easy which can be found here: https://www.interweave.com/quick-easy-beadwork-2021/ She also had Beadsmith (a wholesale bead company) use her design, Sawtooth Bracelet, as an exclusive project for bead stores.
To see more of her designs or to buy kits for the Limani Earrings, please visit her Etsy shop www.lisasbeaddesigns.etsy.com
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Hannah Rosner has presented a whole bunch of times to the Upper Midwest Bead Society. She has taught all over the country and lives in Oregon with two dogs, four goats and her sweetheart, Shawn.
At 2pm join Hannah Rosner to make the easiest earrings ever. These earrings make great gifts and look like little dragonflies. They were the first designs that Hannah created when she started selling her work half a million years ago.
Kits are available from Hannah’s Website at
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1351811145/full-kit-tutorial-dragonfly-earrings
or supplies are available from Bobby Bead.
Supplies Needed:
Earwires
1 gram 8/0 Demirounds
1 gram 8/0 Round Seed Beads
1 gram 11/0 Round Seed Beads
10x2-hole Daggers (5x16m)
20x4mm rounds
Beading Thread (Fireline or similar recommended)
Beading Needles
At 2pm join Hannah Rosner to make the easiest earrings ever. These earrings make great gifts and look like little dragonflies. They were the first designs that Hannah created when she started selling her work half a million years ago.
Kits are available from Hannah’s Website at
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1351811145/full-kit-tutorial-dragonfly-earrings
or supplies are available from Bobby Bead.
Supplies Needed:
Earwires
1 gram 8/0 Demirounds
1 gram 8/0 Round Seed Beads
1 gram 11/0 Round Seed Beads
10x2-hole Daggers (5x16m)
20x4mm rounds
Beading Thread (Fireline or similar recommended)
Beading Needles
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December 2022 Meeting – Show & Tell and Kim Leahy - Gingko Pendant
December 5, 2022 6-7:30pm
YouTube Video
Join us for our last meeting of 2022! Show us what you’ve been up to since our summer show and tell! We would love to see either your favorite recent pieces, a special holiday ornament or a gift you’re making for a friend.
Then, join Kim Leahy in making a wonderful pattern she designed for the Starman Trendsetter Program. This ginkgo pendant works up pretty quickly and is a fun component to use for a gift or in larger projects.
Kim was a participating designer for Starman Trendsetters for three years. She has also participated in the 2014 Toho Challenge and has been published in 3 issues of Bead and Button and 1 Special Edition issue, and Creative Beading Volume #13 as well as Beadwork Magazine. Her jewelry is on display at the Columbia Center for the Arts in Hood River, Oregon. Esther Beadwork and NE Designs have teamed up to take second place at the Delray Affair in the Jewelry Division two years in a row and a third time in 2015.
website: Esther Beadwork Handcrafted Off Loom and Loom Based Jewelry
Then, join Kim Leahy in making a wonderful pattern she designed for the Starman Trendsetter Program. This ginkgo pendant works up pretty quickly and is a fun component to use for a gift or in larger projects.
Kim was a participating designer for Starman Trendsetters for three years. She has also participated in the 2014 Toho Challenge and has been published in 3 issues of Bead and Button and 1 Special Edition issue, and Creative Beading Volume #13 as well as Beadwork Magazine. Her jewelry is on display at the Columbia Center for the Arts in Hood River, Oregon. Esther Beadwork and NE Designs have teamed up to take second place at the Delray Affair in the Jewelry Division two years in a row and a third time in 2015.
website: Esther Beadwork Handcrafted Off Loom and Loom Based Jewelry
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Let's Bead Live - November 19, 2022 YouTube Video
1-2pm Madison Holler – Photographing your jewelry and promoting on social media outlets
website: Rubinski Works
2-3pm Barbara Ellis – Trunk Show – Raku Work
website: Beaded Treasures by Barbara
Madison R. Holler is the artist behind Rubinski Works, operating on Anishinaabewaki land (Central Minnesota). She specializes in beadwork and one-of-a-kind jewelry. Primarily, works are created with glass and metal seed beads on waxed thread – she practices metal smithing techniques to construct abstract precious metal components for her wearables.
Madison’s work explores the bridge between traditional craft and modern jewelry making practices. Her collections provide commentary on traditions of her shared Dutch, Scandinavian and Anishinaabe heritage, with an emphasis on folklore. Madison has a vocational background in photography and graphic design as well as experience in fine art practices such as ceramics, printmaking, painting and illustration.
website: Rubinski Works
2-3pm Barbara Ellis – Trunk Show – Raku Work
website: Beaded Treasures by Barbara
Madison R. Holler is the artist behind Rubinski Works, operating on Anishinaabewaki land (Central Minnesota). She specializes in beadwork and one-of-a-kind jewelry. Primarily, works are created with glass and metal seed beads on waxed thread – she practices metal smithing techniques to construct abstract precious metal components for her wearables.
Madison’s work explores the bridge between traditional craft and modern jewelry making practices. Her collections provide commentary on traditions of her shared Dutch, Scandinavian and Anishinaabe heritage, with an emphasis on folklore. Madison has a vocational background in photography and graphic design as well as experience in fine art practices such as ceramics, printmaking, painting and illustration.
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November 2022 Meeting – Barbara Ellis "Raku Work"
YouTube Video
November 7, 2022 6-7:30pm
Barbara Ellis is originally from Chicago, Illinois and graduated from Ringling School of Art and Design in Sarasota Florida. She has received many awards for her work as a licensed Interior Designer and as a creator of fine jewelry.
Barbara also creates and designs her own beaded jewelry pieces and patterns. Currently she has her Beaded Spats on display for the grand opening on “The Museum of Beadwork” in their “Wings and Stings Competition”. She has been published in "Beadwork Magazine" several times with her necklace and bracelets designs. She participates in the Toho Challenge events, where several of her pieces have been on display.
Barbara will speak to us about her work and about Raku.
website: Beaded Treasures by Barbara
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Let's Bead Live – October 15, 2022 YouTube Video
1-2pm Karen Bruns – Rockin’ Cosmic Earrings
2-3pm Karen Bruns – Trunk Show – Fused Cabochons and Handpainted Rockin’ Cosmic Cabochons
Join Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84297740843?pwd=UWtCVDlOS0dtTHhQT0ZBWUhIem55UT09
Karen has over 30 years of artistic experience, covering beadweaving, bead embroidery, and enjoys working with resin, glass, and metal. She is both an accomplished artist and a teacher. For the past 10 years, she has devoted her talent to women in a remote jungle village in southern India, teaching them how to beadweave so that they have a sustainable income. The women have their own business, Azhagi Jewelry, and are supported in part by a 501c3. Karen was a teacher at the Bead & Button Show for a number of years as well as being a guest instructor at local bead shops.
Partial kits for the Rockin’ Cosmic Earrings are available on Karen’s website at:
https://karenbruns.com/shop/ols/categories/kits
Partial kit contains:
You supply the following:
Buyers can specify gold plated or silver plated lever back ear wires for their kit.
Charm packages will be available by October for anyone who just wants to purchase them.
2-3pm Karen Bruns – Trunk Show – Fused Cabochons and Handpainted Rockin’ Cosmic Cabochons
Join Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84297740843?pwd=UWtCVDlOS0dtTHhQT0ZBWUhIem55UT09
Karen has over 30 years of artistic experience, covering beadweaving, bead embroidery, and enjoys working with resin, glass, and metal. She is both an accomplished artist and a teacher. For the past 10 years, she has devoted her talent to women in a remote jungle village in southern India, teaching them how to beadweave so that they have a sustainable income. The women have their own business, Azhagi Jewelry, and are supported in part by a 501c3. Karen was a teacher at the Bead & Button Show for a number of years as well as being a guest instructor at local bead shops.
Partial kits for the Rockin’ Cosmic Earrings are available on Karen’s website at:
https://karenbruns.com/shop/ols/categories/kits
Partial kit contains:
- Rockin' Cosmic handpainted cabochons
- All charms for fringe (some charms vary slightly)
- Set of lever back earring findings in your choice of gold plated or silver plated
- Embroidery backing
- Ultra-suede
You supply the following:
- 2 colors cylinder beads (Toho Treasures, Aikos or Miyuki Delicas
- 1 color size 15/0 seed beads
- E-6000
- Needle
- Thread/Fireline
Buyers can specify gold plated or silver plated lever back ear wires for their kit.
Charm packages will be available by October for anyone who just wants to purchase them.
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A Bead Journey is a talk which takes you through Amy Katz's adventure of becoming a bead artist and author. The talk also provides tips pertaining to the steps she took along the way. From basic knotting to book writing, this relatable discussion gives you the perspective of one passionate bead artist.
Amy Katz has been part of the world of seed beads since 1993 as a student, teacher and designer. Her admiration for high-end jewelry pieces is her inspiration. As her commitment to her own designs grew, Amy made the decision to give them a fine jewelry look using seed beads, crystals, pearls and other elegant materials. Using imagination, this vision has come to life as her signature style. Amy is a national teacher with a passion for sharing her love of the work. She is also the co-author of Beading Across America and author of Seed Bead Chic.
https://www.beadjourney.com/
Amy Katz has been part of the world of seed beads since 1993 as a student, teacher and designer. Her admiration for high-end jewelry pieces is her inspiration. As her commitment to her own designs grew, Amy made the decision to give them a fine jewelry look using seed beads, crystals, pearls and other elegant materials. Using imagination, this vision has come to life as her signature style. Amy is a national teacher with a passion for sharing her love of the work. She is also the co-author of Beading Across America and author of Seed Bead Chic.
https://www.beadjourney.com/
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Let's Bead Live – September 17, 2022 YouTube Video
1-2pm Tracy Proctor - Josephine Knot Bracelet
2-3pm Tia Pearson - Cowgirl Earrings
1-2pm Tracy Proctor - Josephine Knot Bracelet
Tracy Proctor lives in Northern California where she works for TierraCast. She has a degree in art and a widely varied art and design background and enjoys the challenge of finding new and beautiful ways to use a wide range of components, materials, and techniques. She also loves coming up with clear, engaging and fun ways to share that knowledge in different forums, including magazine publications, teaching at trade shows and events, and online tutorial live-streaming.
https://www.tierracast.com/inspiration/josephine-knot-bracelet/
1-2pm Tracy Proctor - Josephine Knot Bracelet
2-3pm Tia Pearson - Cowgirl Earrings
1-2pm Tracy Proctor - Josephine Knot Bracelet
Tracy Proctor lives in Northern California where she works for TierraCast. She has a degree in art and a widely varied art and design background and enjoys the challenge of finding new and beautiful ways to use a wide range of components, materials, and techniques. She also loves coming up with clear, engaging and fun ways to share that knowledge in different forums, including magazine publications, teaching at trade shows and events, and online tutorial live-streaming.
https://www.tierracast.com/inspiration/josephine-knot-bracelet/
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Here are the links for the items Goody Beads carries for Tracy's Class (use COWGIRL30 at checkout for a 30% discount)
5mm Flower nugget Spacer Beads-sold individually
SKU TC3008
https://goodybeads.com/products/5mm-antique-silver-flower-nugget-spacer-bead-by-tierracast
6x2mm White Bronze Plated Hammered Barrel Bead- sold individually
Please note Tracy lists the inside hole measurements in the list for the project.
SKU TC01913
https://goodybeads.com/products/tc01913-6x10mm-rhodium-hammered-barrel-bead-by-tierracast?_pos=22&_sid=2d1eafc46&_ss=r
13x19mm Antique Silver Concho Crimp End
Sold Individually
https://goodybeads.com/products/13x19mm-antique-silver-concho-crimp-end-by-tierracast?_pos=11&_sid=46bd2fcdb&_ss=r
SKU TC03000
Goody Beads carries the 24mm antique silver western clasp that is from the wild west collection
https://goodybeads.com/products/24mm-antique-silver-western-toggle-clasp-set-by-tierracast?_pos=13&_sid=16fc0d961&_ss=r
SKU TCO3025
Natural light brown 1.5mm round leather looks to be close to the color she used.
Goody Beads also has other colors in the 1.5mm Just be sure to order ones that are sold by the 10 meter spool as the 2 meter packs won't be long enough
https://goodybeads.com/products/z019150-1-5mm-natural-light-brown-round-leather-cord-10-meter-spool?_pos=1&_sid=cacc45fd9&_ss=r
Sku z019150
Goody Beads carries both E-6000 and Loctite superglue gel
5mm Flower nugget Spacer Beads-sold individually
SKU TC3008
https://goodybeads.com/products/5mm-antique-silver-flower-nugget-spacer-bead-by-tierracast
6x2mm White Bronze Plated Hammered Barrel Bead- sold individually
Please note Tracy lists the inside hole measurements in the list for the project.
SKU TC01913
https://goodybeads.com/products/tc01913-6x10mm-rhodium-hammered-barrel-bead-by-tierracast?_pos=22&_sid=2d1eafc46&_ss=r
13x19mm Antique Silver Concho Crimp End
Sold Individually
https://goodybeads.com/products/13x19mm-antique-silver-concho-crimp-end-by-tierracast?_pos=11&_sid=46bd2fcdb&_ss=r
SKU TC03000
Goody Beads carries the 24mm antique silver western clasp that is from the wild west collection
https://goodybeads.com/products/24mm-antique-silver-western-toggle-clasp-set-by-tierracast?_pos=13&_sid=16fc0d961&_ss=r
SKU TCO3025
Natural light brown 1.5mm round leather looks to be close to the color she used.
Goody Beads also has other colors in the 1.5mm Just be sure to order ones that are sold by the 10 meter spool as the 2 meter packs won't be long enough
https://goodybeads.com/products/z019150-1-5mm-natural-light-brown-round-leather-cord-10-meter-spool?_pos=1&_sid=cacc45fd9&_ss=r
Sku z019150
Goody Beads carries both E-6000 and Loctite superglue gel
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2-3pm Cowgirl Earrings by Tia Pearson
Tia is a former bartender turned jewelry designer. She has a business called Tia P Designs that specializes in using beer and soda cans along with alcohol ink to make jewelry, home decor, wedding accessories and much more. Her mother specializes in kumihimo designs and Tia makes the embellishments for these creations as well. Here is the link for the Rhinestone Cowgirl earrings (enter COWGIRL30 at checkout for 30% off the kit price) https://goodybeads.com/products/diy-rhinestone-cowgirl-earrings?_pos=1&_sid=a9c690c0e&_ss=r |
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September 2022 Meeting - Leslee Frumin YouTube Video
September 12, 2022 6-7:30pm
Nothing excites me more than mixing colors and textures sprinkled with shiny, matte, translucent and opaque beads, metals and stones to add depth and impact. Whether using clean lines or embellishing the pieces to the “nines”, my artistic goal remains to create “simple elegance”.
https://lesleefrumin.com/
https://lesleefrumin.com/
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Toho Peace Day – Make a Toho Peace Ring
August 4, 2022 7pm CST
Lets celebrate a Day of Peace with Toho Beads and Team Toho by
making a peace ring out of just one gram of beads!
We started this project with the hope of spreading world peace and
connecting people all over the world through the PEACE RING project.
There are many regions in the world where people are still suffering
from war and hunger ‒ regions where children canʼt even go to school.
We hope to make the world a better place where there will be no more
war and hunger, food will be safe and accessible, and children can have
a proper education.
Contact Rochelle if you would like to be involved at: toho_bobbybead@yahoo.com
Link to Team Toho on Facebook: Team Toho
August 4, 2022 7pm CST
Lets celebrate a Day of Peace with Toho Beads and Team Toho by
making a peace ring out of just one gram of beads!
We started this project with the hope of spreading world peace and
connecting people all over the world through the PEACE RING project.
There are many regions in the world where people are still suffering
from war and hunger ‒ regions where children canʼt even go to school.
We hope to make the world a better place where there will be no more
war and hunger, food will be safe and accessible, and children can have
a proper education.
Contact Rochelle if you would like to be involved at: toho_bobbybead@yahoo.com
Link to Team Toho on Facebook: Team Toho
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August 2022 Meeting – Michael Mangiafico
August 1, 2022 6-7:30pm CST
August 1, 2022 6-7:30pm CST
Michael Mangiafico is a glass artist and teacher living and working in Pittsburgh PA. He graduated with a BFA in glass art from Carnegie Mellon University in 1985, and has continued his education by attending as well as instructing glass art seminars across the US and abroad.
In 1996 Michael built a glass studio FiG Studios- Forms in Glass. He creates sculptures and craft items from glass by blowing, casting, coldworking, and torch working. Michael’s forte is in making representation of delicate insect forms. FiG Studios has work in fine art galleries around the country.
In 1996 Michael built a glass studio FiG Studios- Forms in Glass. He creates sculptures and craft items from glass by blowing, casting, coldworking, and torch working. Michael’s forte is in making representation of delicate insect forms. FiG Studios has work in fine art galleries around the country.
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Let's Bead Live - July 16, 2022 YouTube Video
1-2pm 2022 TOHO Challenge Gallery - Kim Tamarin
2-3pm Hannah Rosner - Embellished Netted Necklace or Bracelet
1-2pm Kim Tamarin
Tour of the 2022 TOHO Challenge Gallery at Bobby Bead. Kim Tamarin will speak about her history of the TOHO bead contests and challenges and her fun history of being a TOHO bead importer.
2-3pm Hannah Rosner - Embellished Netted Necklace or Bracelet
1-2pm Kim Tamarin
Tour of the 2022 TOHO Challenge Gallery at Bobby Bead. Kim Tamarin will speak about her history of the TOHO bead contests and challenges and her fun history of being a TOHO bead importer.
2-3pm Hannah Rosner Embellished Netted Necklace or Bracelet
Learn how to create a complex looking but elegant spider web of beads. The original netting work is an eons old technique, the fringe and the embellishment are what makes it looks so fancy. I also use a base of fine Flexwire or Tigertail to add some strength to this piece.
I'll be making a variation of a white "Dissent" collar for a dear friend of mine who has been fighting for Women's Rights her entire adult life. However, you can make this piece is any color your heart desires!
Materials Needed:
* Size 11 seed beads (2 tubes ~ 30grams)
* Drop beads (1 tube ~20 grams) OR charms
* Size 8 seed beads (1 tube~25grams)
* Size 6 seed beads (for fringe – 1 tube~25grams)
* Fringing Beads (You’ll need at least 14 sets of fringe for a bracelet and at least 34 for a necklace)
* Embellishment Beads (they should go well with the fringe beads) You can either do one or two rows of embellishment, for each you need the same amount of embellishment beads as you have fringe sets, 14 for a bracelet and at least 34 for a necklace. The embellishment is done after the base necklace has been completed.
* Optional – Bead or Pendant Centerpiece.
* Toggle Clasp OR any clasp you like
* Crimp Beads (2)
* Optional: Crimp Covers (2)
* Fireline (I suggest 4lb) or your favorite beading thread
* Flexwire (fine)
* Beading Needles
* Sharp Scissors and/or thread burner
* Beading Mat & Personal Task Lamp, Reading Glasses
Learn how to create a complex looking but elegant spider web of beads. The original netting work is an eons old technique, the fringe and the embellishment are what makes it looks so fancy. I also use a base of fine Flexwire or Tigertail to add some strength to this piece.
I'll be making a variation of a white "Dissent" collar for a dear friend of mine who has been fighting for Women's Rights her entire adult life. However, you can make this piece is any color your heart desires!
Materials Needed:
* Size 11 seed beads (2 tubes ~ 30grams)
* Drop beads (1 tube ~20 grams) OR charms
* Size 8 seed beads (1 tube~25grams)
* Size 6 seed beads (for fringe – 1 tube~25grams)
* Fringing Beads (You’ll need at least 14 sets of fringe for a bracelet and at least 34 for a necklace)
* Embellishment Beads (they should go well with the fringe beads) You can either do one or two rows of embellishment, for each you need the same amount of embellishment beads as you have fringe sets, 14 for a bracelet and at least 34 for a necklace. The embellishment is done after the base necklace has been completed.
* Optional – Bead or Pendant Centerpiece.
* Toggle Clasp OR any clasp you like
* Crimp Beads (2)
* Optional: Crimp Covers (2)
* Fireline (I suggest 4lb) or your favorite beading thread
* Flexwire (fine)
* Beading Needles
* Sharp Scissors and/or thread burner
* Beading Mat & Personal Task Lamp, Reading Glasses
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July 2022 Meeting - Huib Petersen YouTube Video
July 11, 2022 6-7:30pm CST
Inspiration from Huib Petersen:
"I think a thought or Idea starts
with our experiences through our senses,
Taste, smell, sight, sound and touch.
And that insight, knowledge and clarity comes from the people that surround us.
This is where my Inspiration comes from, my experiences with the world and the people around me.
Needlecrafts first caught my attention when I was a child growing up in a small town in Holland. Encouraged by my mom, grandma and the local needlecraft store owner, I picked up crochet knitting, tatting, macramé, bobbin lace, needle lace and embroidery with ease.
In high school, I discovered the theater and loved every aspect of it, strengthening my existing skills and learning new ones: acting, directing, puppetry, costume design, singing and writing.
In 1995 I moved from Holland to San Francisco, and opened a small arts and crafts workshop and gallery on Nob Hill. Inspired by a chance encounter with 19th century Russian bead work, I discovered the beauty and challenges of designing with beads. I use different sizes of beads and a variety of traditional beadwork stitches to create sculpted bugs, butterflies, birds, flowers and sea creatures in their environment. The result is a unique kind of wearable art that offers the intricacy of embroidery and lace, the depth of a theater set and the durability and brilliance of glass.
I have been working full time as a bead artist and teacher since 1998, and I am still challenged and inspired by the possibilities of this medium."
"I think a thought or Idea starts
with our experiences through our senses,
Taste, smell, sight, sound and touch.
And that insight, knowledge and clarity comes from the people that surround us.
This is where my Inspiration comes from, my experiences with the world and the people around me.
Needlecrafts first caught my attention when I was a child growing up in a small town in Holland. Encouraged by my mom, grandma and the local needlecraft store owner, I picked up crochet knitting, tatting, macramé, bobbin lace, needle lace and embroidery with ease.
In high school, I discovered the theater and loved every aspect of it, strengthening my existing skills and learning new ones: acting, directing, puppetry, costume design, singing and writing.
In 1995 I moved from Holland to San Francisco, and opened a small arts and crafts workshop and gallery on Nob Hill. Inspired by a chance encounter with 19th century Russian bead work, I discovered the beauty and challenges of designing with beads. I use different sizes of beads and a variety of traditional beadwork stitches to create sculpted bugs, butterflies, birds, flowers and sea creatures in their environment. The result is a unique kind of wearable art that offers the intricacy of embroidery and lace, the depth of a theater set and the durability and brilliance of glass.
I have been working full time as a bead artist and teacher since 1998, and I am still challenged and inspired by the possibilities of this medium."
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Let's Bead Live June 18, 2022 1-3:45pm YouTube Video
1-2pm Cathy Benton - Freeform Peyote Stitch
2-3pm Rochelle Peterson - Learn about other types of Freeform Beading
3-3:45pm Hannah Rosner - Beginning Color Theory for Beaders
Join Cathy Benton for our Saturday Beading LIVE and learn the basics of freeform peyote stitch. Cathy will guide you through a project and give tips on how to choose a colorway and how to choose materials. See the materials pdf list below.
Cathy started beading when she moved into her 40' motorhome. She could no longer do stained glass, which she had taught in New York State for ten years. After taking a class at 3 Beads & A Button in Cuptertino CA, she was hooked. She started working and teaching beading there in 1999. She has been "on the road" for 25 years and she's been beading along the way. She started a beading group at the Escapees North Ranch RV Park in Congress AZ and started a "Bead Week" for "residentially challenged" beaders. "Bead Week" had a successful 14-year run and when Cathy finally got burned out with running it, the gals who took over renamed it "Creative Getaways" and its been equally successful! Cathy has a rarely-visited condo in Minneapolis and she found the Upper Midwest Bead Society here and some terrific new beading buddies. She is so inspired by the works that other beaders create and is grateful for their willingness to share ideas and techniques.
Afterwards, Rochelle will discuss other freeform stitches that can be done and will inspire you by showing a few examples. Finally, stick around for a lightning-fast beginning lesson on Color Theory and how to choose a color palette that sells - Hannah taught Color Theory for three years at the Art Institutes International at both the Chicago and Pittsburgh campuses and will try to pack a whole semester into 45 minutes.
2-3pm Rochelle Peterson - Learn about other types of Freeform Beading
3-3:45pm Hannah Rosner - Beginning Color Theory for Beaders
Join Cathy Benton for our Saturday Beading LIVE and learn the basics of freeform peyote stitch. Cathy will guide you through a project and give tips on how to choose a colorway and how to choose materials. See the materials pdf list below.
Cathy started beading when she moved into her 40' motorhome. She could no longer do stained glass, which she had taught in New York State for ten years. After taking a class at 3 Beads & A Button in Cuptertino CA, she was hooked. She started working and teaching beading there in 1999. She has been "on the road" for 25 years and she's been beading along the way. She started a beading group at the Escapees North Ranch RV Park in Congress AZ and started a "Bead Week" for "residentially challenged" beaders. "Bead Week" had a successful 14-year run and when Cathy finally got burned out with running it, the gals who took over renamed it "Creative Getaways" and its been equally successful! Cathy has a rarely-visited condo in Minneapolis and she found the Upper Midwest Bead Society here and some terrific new beading buddies. She is so inspired by the works that other beaders create and is grateful for their willingness to share ideas and techniques.
Afterwards, Rochelle will discuss other freeform stitches that can be done and will inspire you by showing a few examples. Finally, stick around for a lightning-fast beginning lesson on Color Theory and how to choose a color palette that sells - Hannah taught Color Theory for three years at the Art Institutes International at both the Chicago and Pittsburgh campuses and will try to pack a whole semester into 45 minutes.
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June 2022 Meeting - Perry Bookstein YouTube Video
June 6, 2022 6-7:30pm CST
June 6, 2022 6-7:30pm CST
Perry Bookstein was the executive at York Novelty Imports (est. by his family in 1924) from 1987-2015. He went on to become a product manager at Beadsmith from 2015 through 2019.
Perry will talk about York Beads, about designing bead shapes, about some finishes and colors for Czech beads and show us around the Preciosa factory in the Czech Republic a bit.
Perry will talk about York Beads, about designing bead shapes, about some finishes and colors for Czech beads and show us around the Preciosa factory in the Czech Republic a bit.
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Let's Bead Live May 21, 2022 1-4pm YouTube Video
1-2pm Tia Pearson - Coral Sorbet Tassel Earrings
Tap into your wire wrapping skills for this DIY! These fun-to-make gold and coral earrings are sparkly enough for a dressy night out, but the tassel also gives it a flirty and fun vibe. The wire wrapped earwires can be worn alone, without the tassel if you so choose, but the tassel sure does make the look!
Download the project directions and supply list here:
https://goodybeads.com/.../diy-coral-sorbet-tassel-earrings
2-3 pm Hannah Rosner - Hydrangea Pendant
Materials Needed:
1-2pm Tia Pearson - Coral Sorbet Tassel Earrings
Tap into your wire wrapping skills for this DIY! These fun-to-make gold and coral earrings are sparkly enough for a dressy night out, but the tassel also gives it a flirty and fun vibe. The wire wrapped earwires can be worn alone, without the tassel if you so choose, but the tassel sure does make the look!
Download the project directions and supply list here:
https://goodybeads.com/.../diy-coral-sorbet-tassel-earrings
2-3 pm Hannah Rosner - Hydrangea Pendant
Materials Needed:
- 1-2 grams Toho Japanese 11/0 round seed beads (In the photos, I’ve used Indigo #2020A)
- 1-2 grams Toho Japanese 8/0 round seed beads (In the photos, I’ve used Indigo #2020A)·
- 1-2 grams Toho Japanese 15/0 round seed beads (In the photos, I’ve used Permanent Finish Aluminum 558PF)
- 16 Matubo Ginkgo Leaf Beads –Metallic Suede Blue
- 1 Starman CzechMates 6mm Two-Hole Cabochon – Matte Silver
- 8 Starman CzechMates Prong Beads – Hematite
- Beading Thread – either 6lb clear Fireline or One-G (I prefer the Fireline because this particular piece needs the thread to have some body)
- Beading Needles
- Optional: Ott Lamp
- Optional: Beading awl
- Your reading glasses
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3-4pm Rochelle Peterson - Diamond Demi Duo Bracelet
Supplies needed for bracelet (6.5”-8”)
- DD - 50-60 CzechMate Diamonds
- 11D - 2gms Toho 11/o Demi Rounds
- 8D - 2gm Toho 8/o Demi Rounds
- GD - 25-30 Czech Gemduos
- 1 clasp Magnetic Clasp Tip: Always use wire guardians for extra strength due to repetitive stress.
- 2 Wire Guardians- and/or Jump Rings optional
- 10’ - 8lb Fireline/Nanofil
- Size 10 or 11 needle
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May 2022 Meeting - Adrienne Gaskell YouTube Video
Kumihimo is a Japanese braiding technique with a deep cultural history. Braided cords date back over 10,000 years but their uses have evolved over time taking them from simple necessity to elaborate ornamentation. Over the last 40 years or so the popularity of kumihimo has spread throughout the world and most recently to the US. Many factors influenced this interest including the invention of new tools as well as the introduction of non-traditional materials. Adrienne will share examples of both ancient and modern braids and some reasons for their evolution over time.
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Adrienne Gaskell is an accomplished jewelry maker who has embraced and mastered the ancient Japanese fiber art of kumihimo braiding. By incorporating gemstones, pearls, and beads she has brought this technique into the realm of modern jewelry design. Her work has been featured in Lark Books, the Bead&Button BeadDreams competition, Bead&Button magazine, and the Toho Design Challenge.
Gaskell traces her interest in jewelry making to the 1930s, when her uncle opened an import business that sold souvenirs and jewelry to Miami tourists. “He loved to travel, and it was while visiting the islands off the coast of Florida that he met native artists who made the jewelry for his store.” Her upbringing exposed her to needlework and engineering, a serendipitous combination that influences her exacting approach to design and fabrication. She credits her background in textile arts for her exciting color combinations, one of the trademarks of her work. “So many skills from my past influence my work today.”
Gaskell exhibits her award-winning jewelry at juried art shows and select galleries across the country. She is the past president of the American Kumihimo Society and teaches kumihimo workshops in the United States and Japan.
Gaskell traces her interest in jewelry making to the 1930s, when her uncle opened an import business that sold souvenirs and jewelry to Miami tourists. “He loved to travel, and it was while visiting the islands off the coast of Florida that he met native artists who made the jewelry for his store.” Her upbringing exposed her to needlework and engineering, a serendipitous combination that influences her exacting approach to design and fabrication. She credits her background in textile arts for her exciting color combinations, one of the trademarks of her work. “So many skills from my past influence my work today.”
Gaskell exhibits her award-winning jewelry at juried art shows and select galleries across the country. She is the past president of the American Kumihimo Society and teaches kumihimo workshops in the United States and Japan.
KumihimoResource.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Adrienne-Gaskell-Art-Jewelry-329459470717
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClyauHoRclUfpFer5CL_Weg
Kumi-U Club: https://kumihimoresource.com/kumihimo-wednesdays/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Adrienne-Gaskell-Art-Jewelry-329459470717
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClyauHoRclUfpFer5CL_Weg
Kumi-U Club: https://kumihimoresource.com/kumihimo-wednesdays/
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April 2022 Let's Bead Live YouTube Video
Lisa Krupp-Dooley is a self-taught bead weaving artist. Her beading career started in 2016, when she started creating and developing her own patterns and entered her first necklace design into the Potomac Design Challenge. Since then her design "Ava's Planet Beaded Bead" has been published in
Maggie Thompson's Interweave eBook in 2017.
In 2020 Beadwork magazine published her "Pearly Peaks Bracelet" design which can be found here: https://www.interweave.com/product/pearly-peaks-bracelet-pattern-download/
In 2021, Lisa’s “Pretty Paisley Necklace” made the cover of Beadwork’s first E-magazine issue of Quick + Easy which can be found here: https://www.interweave.com/quick-easy-beadwork-2021/ She also had Beadsmith (a wholesale bead company) use her design, Sawtooth Bracelet,
as an exclusive project for bead stores.
Lisa will be teaching us her very versatile "Divergent Beaded Bead" from 3-4pm
It can be made as a holiday ornament, bracelet embellishment, earrings and anything else your creativity can imagine!
She is selling her earring kits in her shop here
Click on the left picture below to get the pdf download of supplies
Click on the earring picture below to get the pdf pattern download
Visit her Etsy shop Lisa's Bead Designs
Maggie Thompson's Interweave eBook in 2017.
In 2020 Beadwork magazine published her "Pearly Peaks Bracelet" design which can be found here: https://www.interweave.com/product/pearly-peaks-bracelet-pattern-download/
In 2021, Lisa’s “Pretty Paisley Necklace” made the cover of Beadwork’s first E-magazine issue of Quick + Easy which can be found here: https://www.interweave.com/quick-easy-beadwork-2021/ She also had Beadsmith (a wholesale bead company) use her design, Sawtooth Bracelet,
as an exclusive project for bead stores.
Lisa will be teaching us her very versatile "Divergent Beaded Bead" from 3-4pm
It can be made as a holiday ornament, bracelet embellishment, earrings and anything else your creativity can imagine!
She is selling her earring kits in her shop here
Click on the left picture below to get the pdf download of supplies
Click on the earring picture below to get the pdf pattern download
Visit her Etsy shop Lisa's Bead Designs
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Sue Neel recently moved from IL, and will be joining us from her new home in AZ. To keep her creativity flowing during the pandemic, she’s been teaching fun and interactive classes on ZOOM. Her projects focus on stitch techniques and bead manipulation. She enjoys working with crafters of all skill levels to find their creative voice with beadwork.
Click on her picture at the right to see and/or purchase the Czech Please! kit in Sue's Etsy shop "Arcabeadies Designs". Kit cost is $30 + applicable taxes & shipping
If you want to use your own supplies click here to get the downloadable list. If you're a UMBS member go to our "Members Only" page and download the pattern for free.
This project was recently published in Interweave's special edition "Quick and Easy" EBook that came out in December 2021.
Click on her picture at the right to see and/or purchase the Czech Please! kit in Sue's Etsy shop "Arcabeadies Designs". Kit cost is $30 + applicable taxes & shipping
If you want to use your own supplies click here to get the downloadable list. If you're a UMBS member go to our "Members Only" page and download the pattern for free.
This project was recently published in Interweave's special edition "Quick and Easy" EBook that came out in December 2021.
I began my career as a fiber artist 30 years ago making outdoor environmental installations using only natural fiber materials found on site. Last summer I worked with my community garden to teach peyote stitch beadwork, designed to bring our diverse community together, through a SEMAC grant. We produced ‘Seed Bead Rock Garden’, temporary installations of beaded rocks throughout the 128 garden plots. This summer we want to make a permanent installation of beaded stones forming a walking labyrinth at The Village in Rochester, Minnesota. Will you join me by beading and contributing a stone? Play with color, pattern and texture, working with any beading technique you prefer.
Links:
Chris Allen: www.chrisallenbeads.com
The Village Agricultural Cooperative: http://www.rochvillage.org
Chris Allen earned a BFA at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis in Printmaking and a Master of Fine Art in Fiber from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. A pivotal workshop from Joyce Scott in 1990 ignited a passion for beadwork. Allen has exhibited for the past 30 years nationally. She won a Minneapolis College of Art and Design/McKnight Artists Fellowship in 1999/2000 for her beaded stones and stone textile installations. She is a self-employed full-time studio artist. For further information: www.chrisallenbeads.com
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Bead Crochet Basics with Candice Sexton - March 2022 speaker
Learn the basics of bead crocheting for both Slip Stitch (thinner tubes) and the newer technique of Single Stitch bead crochet (bigger tubes) with author Candice Sexton. Candice will demo and discuss how to start a bead crochet tube for both techniques, including common problems and how to overcome them! She will also review the materials and tools used for bead crocheting and take your questions.
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Candice Sexton is an American bead crochet artist, author and teacher from Chesterton, IN. She has a diverse background from construction to marketing communications. It's this melding of the technical and grphic design tht has influenced her work. Her work is visual and grqphic in nature using color as a catalyst for creative inspiration and inventive designs.
Candice is the author of the book/DVD "Bead Crochet Basics". In addition, she has been teaching nationally at industry shows and private stores and retreats since 2009. She likes to analyze, write, teach and share her designs and techniques in the art of bead crocheting.
She sells her designs and finished pieces as well as supplies and complete instructions & kits on her website. Click on her picture to visit her website.
Candice is the author of the book/DVD "Bead Crochet Basics". In addition, she has been teaching nationally at industry shows and private stores and retreats since 2009. She likes to analyze, write, teach and share her designs and techniques in the art of bead crocheting.
She sells her designs and finished pieces as well as supplies and complete instructions & kits on her website. Click on her picture to visit her website.
Karen Bruns - February Speaker YouTube Video
"Introduction to Fused Glass for Jewelry; Exploring Outcomes of Intention"
In this class, Karen will share information about: tools-safety-types of glass-where to buy glass-how students can access a video on how to create her famous River Glass cabochons and a virtual tour of her workshop.
Karen has over 30 years of artistic experience, covering beadweaving, bead embroidery and working with resin, glass, and metal. She is both an accomplished artist and teacher. Since 2012, she has devoted her talent to women in a remote jungle village in southern India, teaching them how to bead weave. The women have their own business, Azhagi Jewelry, and are supported in part by a Stateside 501c3 at various speaking events. She has taught at the Bead & Button Show for years, as well as being a guest instructor at local bead shops.
Karen learned fused glass techniques from Abhilasha Natarajan at the Tracy Arts Center. Through experimenting with glass, Karen invented the curved dichroic bracelet band for bead embroidery, Velvet Glass cabochons, and River Glass cabochons. Sherry Serafini chose one of Karen's curved dichroic bands to work with and her result was lovely.
Karen was introduced to the concept of resin with an inner glow in 2018, when she attended a class at Bead & Button taught by Gail Crosman Moore. Gail's class opened Karen's mind to exploration and experimentation. Since taking Gail's class, Karen has rediscovered techniques she used in other crafts 27 years ago that just happen to work well with resin to create the illusion that the piece is radiating light that changes color or flashes with movement. She also uses Gail's techniques with permission in some of her products (the mermaids).
Karen has continued her exploration of glass and resin and has added hand painting to both mediums. But her first love will always be bead embroidery.
You can find Karen online at https://karenbruns.com/
Karen learned fused glass techniques from Abhilasha Natarajan at the Tracy Arts Center. Through experimenting with glass, Karen invented the curved dichroic bracelet band for bead embroidery, Velvet Glass cabochons, and River Glass cabochons. Sherry Serafini chose one of Karen's curved dichroic bands to work with and her result was lovely.
Karen was introduced to the concept of resin with an inner glow in 2018, when she attended a class at Bead & Button taught by Gail Crosman Moore. Gail's class opened Karen's mind to exploration and experimentation. Since taking Gail's class, Karen has rediscovered techniques she used in other crafts 27 years ago that just happen to work well with resin to create the illusion that the piece is radiating light that changes color or flashes with movement. She also uses Gail's techniques with permission in some of her products (the mermaids).
Karen has continued her exploration of glass and resin and has added hand painting to both mediums. But her first love will always be bead embroidery.
You can find Karen online at https://karenbruns.com/
Thanks to The Beadworkers Guild (BWG) and their International Beading Week (IBW) we are able to bring you Nancy Jenner's "Faerie" design.
Here's the link to The Beadworkers Guild Website: www.beadworkersguild.com Here's the link to Nancy's "Faerie" pattern: https://beadworkersguild.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Nancy-Jenner-Faerie-Pattern.pdf Check out The Beadworkers Guild website for their monthly Zoom Drop-In dates! All are welcome to join in for free. YouTube Video |
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