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CLASS
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October 23rd, 2006
Last day of Extraordinary Jewelry
Workshop through Monterey Parks & Recreation at Hilltop Park Center |
Some photos taken on the class meeting
of several classes which ended recently. My camera was in disrepair
for quite a while so there were few social pictures to be had. But,
now that my portable camera is back in action, watch out! |
November 2nd, 2006
Last day of Extraordinary Jewelry
Workshop through Redwood City Parks & Recreation at the Community
Activities Building |
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October 15th, 2006
Last day of Extraordinary Jewelry
Workshop through Palo Alto Adult School at Palo Alto High School |
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November 2nd, 2006
Last day of Wire Jewelry Workshop
through Redwood City Parks & Recreation at Sandpiper Community
Center |
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CAPITOLA STUDENT JEWELRY SHOW
2007 |
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Would you like to put your jewelry
on display for the world to see? Or, at least for the Capitola
Community to see? We have several dates for you to come to the
Capitola Community Center to have photographs of your work taken.
You'll develop and matte the chosen photo. And, we'll have an
opening night event in March for you to attend and greet guests and
the photos will be displayed the entire month!
Photo Dates:
Friday, December 8th, 2006, 5:00 -9:00
pm
Friday, January 5th, 2007, 5:00 -9:00
pm
Friday, February 9th, 2007, 5:00 - 9:00
pm
Photos, Opening, and Display Location:
Capitola Community Center, 4400 Jade
St., Capitola, CA, 95010
Show Opening Party:
Friday, March 2nd, 2007, 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Jewelry Show Display Dates:
Friday, March 2nd - Tuesday, April 3rd,
2007
EMAIL IF INTERESTED OR IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
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RECENT WORKS |
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Here is a gaggle of new pieces created
recently! Some of these pieces will be samples for future classes,
some will be given as gifts, and some will be added to my hoard and
can later be sited as proof of my bead obsicktion. If you like what
you see and would like to recreate it, email me for tips. I can also
send a larger file version of any of these if you'll like to have
one as your desktop wallpaper.
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This Stringing with Flexible Beading
Wire sample was created in during the first meeting of an
Extraordinary Jewelry Workshop class. I fell in love with this
strand of fluorite because of the nice rounded disk shape, it is so
voluptuous! There are 2 silver bead caps and 1 4mm crystal quartz
between each big bead. |
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This Stringing with Flexible Beading
Wire sample necklace was created during the first meeting of an
Extraordinary Jewelry Workshop class. These are just some
inexpensive Chinese glass beads I picked up along the way that had a
very subtle variation from one bead to the next on the strand making
them look light amber, but with a greater weight. There are 3 silver
beads between each glass bead. |
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This Stringing with Flexible Beading
Wire necklace was strung as a sample for
The Beading Frenzy's
Basics of Bead Stringing. It is a partially used 16" strand of
white freshwater pearls, 7 fab Venetian glass beads, and vermeil
beads and clasp on flexible beading wire. Faaancy! |
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Here is a
Crystal Shiva Earring in a fresh color palette. I may kit
this palette in the future. Here is the one
already available as a kit. |
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Admittedly, when I buy pearls for use in
week 3 Knotting Silk of
Extraordinary Jewelry Workshop and week 2 of
Wire Jewelry Workshop I usually get suckered into buying a big
pearl strand for myself. Here's one of those strands knotted up on
purple silk. YUM! |
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This Knotting Silk sample piece
from the third class meeting of an
Extraordinary Jewelry Workshop features 6mm round tigers eye
beads and one large piece of labrodorite from a strand I picked up
at the Bead & Button Show
in 2005 |
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I usually think of a
Peyote Stitched Cuff as a non-stretching thing, but student
questions in
Seed Bead Therapy helped me to step out of my little box for a
few moments (actually, a couple hours) and create this piece with
elastic thread. I'm fairly satisfied with the result but am still
waiting to see if it will fall apart! |
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This is actually a slightly older piece
but I've had metal-smithing on my mind so I thought I'd
share. The silver rectangle was sawed out from a larger sheet, put a
tube rivet at the top and stamped "PAX" into the face with a leafy
branch. The ends of the waxed cotton cord are doubled over and bound
with 24-gauge wire. |
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Sometimes if feels like I'll be working
on the Cellini Spiral forever, but most of the time I'm
simply dazzled by the colors and forget about all my cares. This is
an unfinished piece and is currently at about 2-1/2' long. It was
started as a sample piece for a 4-part
Seed Bead Therapy class offered at
Redwood
City Parks and Recreation. |
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Here's an up-close look of this dazzling
Cellini Spiral. |
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Just a little something I threw together
in an
All You Need to Know About Wire class at
The Beading
Frenzy. The 8mm cubes are on 18-gauge wire links created with
the Tool Trilogy. The 18-gauge links are connected with 4mm 22-guage
soldered jump rings. Two 4mm bicone dangles hang from each soldered
jump ring. Spaaaaarkly! |
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Here's an up-close look of this bracelet
of silver and Swarovski. MEEEOW! |
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THIS is Basic Loop Linked Necklace
exemplifies my expensive bead obsicktion. We cover this technique in
All You Need to Know About Wire or the
Earrings: Doorway to Wire. All Swarovski crystals put on
20-gauge wire and loops created at both ends. Then, each crystal
link is connected with 22-gauge 4mm soldered jump rings. I
particularly like the way the new caribbean blue opal colored beads
pleasantly stick to my hand when I pick them up--ernite, pacific
opal, peridot, crystal AB, and aquamarine too. I blame
The Beading Frenzy for
having such a vast collection. It's obviously not my fault!!! |
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Here's a close-up of that crazy chain
necklace. This is the longest one yet and reaches almost to my
knees! |
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This cute little pair of Embellished
Hoop Earrings was inspired by Alice Korach. The main part of the
hoop is bent out of 18-gauge round dead soft wire, then a 20-gauge
round half-hard piece of wire is the "lever" part which goes through
the ear. Then the 18-gauge was embellished with glass and crystals
on 26-gauge dead soft round wire. |
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In
Wire Jewelry Workshop, this Spiral Link Bracelet was
created. It is closed off with a hand-made toggle clasp formed out
of copper wire, soldered, and antiqued. |
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A recent, more finished version of a
Spinning Link Necklace born of the 3rd class meeting of
Wire Jewelry Workshop. Each hammered link was cleaned up with a
metal file, then lovingly sanded with several different grades of
paper before being linked together with handmade 16-gauge jump
rings. |
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A simple Gossamer Floss Bracelet
born of a demonstration at the end of
Basics of Bead Stringing at
The Beading Frenzy. I
is mostly glass with a Bali silver and Venetian glass bead feature. |
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A simple Memory Wire Bracelet born
of a demonstration a the end of
Basics of Bead Stringing at
The Beading Frenzy. It
features a strand of larger amber chips and two Tierra Cast dangles
at the ends to finish things off. |
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This Memory Wire Cuff was an
experiment born in the 4th class of
Extraordinary Jewelry Workshop. The number of beads on the
20-gauge eye pin ladder pieces was graduated for a nice effect. |
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A nice little collection of Gossamer
Floss Bracelets was worked up in a 4th class meeting of
Extraordinary Jewelry Workshop. I pulled blue beads from my
working collection for this palette based on the color blue. |
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An up-close view of the gossamer floss
bracelets. Eye candy! |
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UPCOMING
CLASSES
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Here are classes scheduled
from now and into 2007.
For the full schedule click
here.
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Tuesday, November 28th
BEG
Wrapping
Stones and Odd Shapes
5:30
- 8:30 pm
1
meeting
REGISTER:
Capitola
Parks & Recreation
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Thursday, November 30th
INT
Wire
III: Briolettes, Caps, & Double-wraps
6:00
- 9:00 pm
REGISTER:
The
Beading Frenzy
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Saturday, December 2nd
BEG
Bead
Stringing
10:00
am - 1:00 pm
1
meeting
REGISTER:
Capitola
Parks & Recreation
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Saturday, December 2nd BEG
Earrings--Doorway
to Wire
2:00
- 5:00 pm
1
meeting
REGISTER: Capitola
Parks & Recreation
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Sunday, December 3rd
BEG
Bead
Bezelled Cabochon
11:00
am - 4:00 pm
1
meeting
REGISTER:
Capitola
Parks & Recreation
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Wednesday, December 6th
INT
Embellished
African Helix Bracelet
10:00
am - 4:00 pm
2 meetings
REGISTER:
Capitola
Parks & Recreation
see
kit colors available in class |
Thursday, December 7th
BEG
Basic
Bead Stringing
6:00
- 9:00 pm
REGISTER:
The
Beading Frenzy
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Saturday, December 9th
INT
Embellished
African Helix Bracelet
10:00
am - 4:00 pm
REGISTER:
Cupertino
Parks & Recreation
see
kit colors available in class
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Thursday, December 14th
INT
Chain
Earrings
6:00
- 9:00 pm
REGISTER:
The
Beading Frenzy
San
Mateo, CA
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Wednesday, January 3rd
BEG
& INT
repeatable
EXTRAORDINARY
JEWELRY WORKSHOP
5:30
- 8:30 pm
4 meetings
REGISTER:
Monterey
Parks & Recreation
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Thursday, January 4th
BEG
& INT
repeatable
EXTRAORDINARY
JEWELRY WORKSHOP
5:30
- 8:30 pm
4 meetings
no
class 1/18, 2/1
REGISTER:
Cupertino
Parks & Recreation
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Monday, January 22nd
BEG
& INT
Knotting Jewelry with Silk
5:30 - 8:30 pm
1 meeting
REGISTER:
Redwood
City Parks & Recreation |
Friday, January 26th
BEG
& INT
Bead & Wire Bangle
5:30 - 8:30 pm
1 meeting
REGISTER:
Capitola
Parks & Recreation
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Saturday, January 27th
BEG
Bead
Stringing
10:00
am - 1:00 pm
1
meeting
REGISTER:
Redwood
City Parks & Recreation
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Saturday, January 27th BEG
Earrings--Doorway
to Wire
2:00
- 5:00 pm
1
meeting
REGISTER:
Redwood
City Parks & Recreation
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Saturday, January 28th
BEG & INT
Right Angle Weave Cuff
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
1 meeting
REGISTER:
Capitola
Parks & Recreation
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Saturday, January 28th
BEG & INT
Sculptural Peyote Cuff
2:00 - 4:00 pm
1 meeting
REGISTER:
Capitola
Parks & Recreation |
Monday, January 29th
BEG
Bead
Stringing
5:30 - 8:30 pm
1
meeting
REGISTER:
Palo Alto Adult
School
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Saturday, February 3rd
To
Bead True Blue Show
Tucson,
AZ
INT
Wrapped
& Wrapped Again Bracelet
9:00
am - 12:00 pm
REGISTER
see
kit availability
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Saturday, February 3rd
To
Bead True Blue Show
Tucson,
AZ
INT
Crystal
Shiva Earrings
12:15
- 3:15 pm
REGISTER
see
kit availability
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Saturday, February 3rd
To
Bead True Blue Show
Tucson,
AZ
BEG
Caterpillar
Bracelet
3:30
- 6:30 pm
REGISTER
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Sunday, February 4th
To
Bead True Blue Show
Tucson,
AZ
INT
Ootheca
Cuff
9:00
am - 12:00 noon
REGISTER
see
kit availability
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Sunday, February 4th
To
Bead True Blue Show
Tucson,
AZ
INT
Leitara
Earring
12:15
- 3:15pm
REGISTER
see
kit availability
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Sunday, February 4th
To
Bead True Blue Show
Tucson,
AZ
BEG
Sumptuous
Strata Cuff
3:30
- 6:30 pm
REGISTER
see
kit availability
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Tuesday, February 6th
BEG & INT
Hand-forged Chains
5:30 -8:30 pm REGISTER:
Redwood
City Parks & Recreation
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Wednesday, February 7th
BEG
Earrings: Doorway to Wire
5:30 - 8:30 pm
1
meeting
REGISTER:
Palo Alto Adult
School
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Monday, February 12th
BEG
& INT
repeatable
SEED
BEAD THERAPY
5:30
- 8:30 pm
1st of 4 meetings
no
class 2/19
REGISTER:
Redwood
City Parks & Recreation
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Friday, February 16th
BEG
& INT
Encrusted Chain Necklace
5:30
- 8:30 pm
1 meeting
REGISTER:
Capitola
Parks & Recreation
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Wednesday, February 21st
BEG
& INT
repeatable
WIRE
JEWELRY WORKSHOP
5:30
- 8:30 pm
5 meetings
REGISTER:
Cupertino
Parks & Recreation
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Friday, February 23rd
BEG
& INT
repeatable
Small-Gauge Wire Wrapping
5:30
- 8:30 pm
1 meeting
REGISTER:
Redwood
City Parks & Recreation
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TUCSON
2007 |
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If
you're heading to Tucson in 2007 here are some special classes to put
on your calendar. View
all info.
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Wrapped
& Wrapped Again Bracelet
Sat.,
2/3/2007
9:00
am - 12:00 pm
Intermediate
Wirework
11 of 12 seats available |
Crystal
Shiva Earring
Sat.,
2/3/2007
12:15
- 3:15 pm
Intermediate
Wirework
12 of 12 seats available |
Caterpillar
Bracelet
Sat.,
2/3/2007
3:30
- 6:30 pm
Beginning
Stringing and Bead Weaving
12 of 12 seats available |
Ootheca
Cuff
Sun.,
2/4/2007
9:00
am - 12:00 pm
Intermediate
Bead Weaving and Wirework
12 of 12 seats available |
Leitara
Earrings
Sun.,
2/4/2007
12:15
- 3:15 pm
Intermediate
Wirework
12 of 12 seats available |
Sumptuous
Strata Cuff
Sun.,
2/4/2007
3:30
- 6:30 pm
Beginning
Stringing and Wirework
12 of 12 seats available |
