This is a great class for beginners; Daniel gives a great introduction to wire and tools, and individualized instruction in the design of your pendant.
*Note: There are only 2 openings left for this class!
Class fee: $35 plus supplies
Wire-Wrapped Beaded Bracelet (Maggie's Bracelet): Saturday, July 16, 11AM- 4:30 PM (you may want to bring some lunch with you)
This is a really fun class; Daniel covers all the introductory skills for beginners, and you will create a beautiful beaded pendant, with your choice of beads. Many different sizes and shapes of beads work for this bracelet (but all the beads in any particular bracelet must be the same size and shape!)
Class fee: $35 plus supplies
Wire-Wrapped Earrings: Sunday, August 7, 1PM - 5:30PM
Congratulations to Rita, the first customer to register for this class! She has chosen Daniel's earring class, and these are the 3 pairs of earrings we will be making during this class:
SUPER Cold Connections!: November 11, 12, 13, and 14; 9AM - 6PM
Basic Cold Connections on Friday & Saturday, November 11-12. This is a terrific, intense 2 day workshop on Cold Connections techniques, including cutting, sawing, annealing etching, texturing, and so much more. Students usually create anywhere from 5 to 12 pieces, depending on the size and complexity of the designs they choose. This is a very flexible class - no kits! Everyone makes whatever they choose, with lots of guidance and instruction from Kathy. The fee for this 2 day workshop is $175, and includes all supplies needed to learn the techniques and to make your pieces, as well as use of tools, etc. The only additional fees would be if you choose to use beads, crystals, etc from the shop as embellishment, or if you want bails, chain, earwires, or other materials to finish off your designs.
On Sunday, November 13, Kathy will move on to enameling - this is a great addition to your cold connections skills, so cold connections IS a prerequisite, but you don't have to have taken it here! As long as you have taken it somewhere, you are welcome to learn how to enamel on copper in this class. Fee for this class not yet available - we will post it here as soon as we have it.
This enameled copper bracelet and earring set was made in one of Kathy's prior one-day enameling workshops - and these weren't the only projects the student completed that day. If you work hard, this can be a very prolific class for you, as well as fun and educational! You can get some Christmas presents made!!
On Monday, November 14, Kathy is again building on your cold connections skills, this time with a fairly new, exciting technique: alcohol ink. This is another wonderful way to add color to your cold connections designs, but with the torch/kiln required for enameling. We will get some photos, and the fee, posted as soon as we have them. Prior cold connections experience is a prerequisite!
Call the shop to register for classes, or come on by - we'd love to see you!
We still have some of the 3-cut (faceted) 6/0 seedbeads featured on page 40 of the June/July 2011 SuperBeadwork. In this magazine, these beads were used in a Kumihimo bracelet, but our customers have gone wild with these beads, and made some gorgeous necklaces, earrings, bracelets - and not just with Kumihimo. We have 6 colors of these beads available, including the color mix featured in SuperBeadwork.
We have received calls from all over the country about these beads, and while we don't sell on this website, if you call us with your credit card number, we will be happy to ship these beads to you.
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YaYa Beads
109 Shartom Drive
Augusta, GA 30907
706-651-1147
(behind the Washington Rd Applebee's)
