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Laura has been beading since she was a child. Her mother taught her beading on a loom while sharing the importance of originality. Training in art, color, theatrical costuming, lampwork, metalwork, beading and communication have led Laura to teaching beadwork as art. This includes training in Japan. As a recognized international instructor, Laura is eager to share with you her love of bead artistry.
Meredith Arnold is a mixed media artist/teacher and comedian. She is currently on faculty at three colleges, and teaches workshops around the country. Her work has been published in many books and is exhibited all over the United States. Her classes are known for the volume of information and humor that she brings to the classroom for her students' benefit.
Joan Reeder Babcock is a fiber artist, award-winning jewelry designer, teacher, and author who has been creating one-of-a-kind jewelry and fiber art since 1988. Her unique style of fiber, bead, and metal jewelry, highlighting the technique of Canvandoli knotting, has been featured in Ornament and Beadwork magazines. Joan lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and teaches nationally. She is the author of Micro-Macrame Jewelry: Tips and Techniques for Knotting with Beads.
Linda Benmour combines her talents in business and design to teach fun and informative classes for creative people. A successful entrepreneur and a certified beadaholic for more than 20 years, Linda is sought after to teach, lecture and mentor, having taught hundreds of bead artists how to launch a business. She created and manages two eBay® stores, including her own, and her line of jewelry is sold throughout the country. Linda is a successful eBay® seller and also uses her expertise to sell for many other jewelry designers.
Jana Roberts Benzon has a diverse artistic background which includes fiber arts, watercolor, beadwork and various modeling compounds, but nothing has captured her creative spirit like polymer clay. Jana teaches polymer clay workshops internationally and has been published in Art Jewelry, Step by Step Beads, and Belle Armoire magazines. Her DVD, “Arabesque Caning”, will be available in Fall 2007. She lives and creates (and loves to hike) from her home and studio close to the Wasatch Mountains in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Janice Berkebile is a longtime wire and bead artist and instructor. A native of the Pacific Northwest, Janice finds inspiration in nature’s organic forms, Japanese motifs, textiles techniques and the sinuous lines found in the Art Nouveau movement. “My focus is sculptural wirework and becoming intimate with the subtleties of wirework and sharing these techniques with my students,” Janice says. She teaches at bead stores and shows nationwide and is a frequent contributor to Beadwork magazine. Her work has won awards at the 2005 Puget Sound Bead Festival, Bead Dreams 2006, and Dairybarn.
Janice has recently partnered with Tracy Stanley to form Wired Arts. They will be creating a website called website wiredarts.net, and will be leading wirework retreats.
Linda Best Shaen has been designing and teaching beadwork for 25 years. Her Marlton, New Jersey studio is a delightful haven for students of all experience levels. Her unique talent for preparing individual kits for her students places her in demand for the classes that she teaches nationwide.
Carol & Virginia are world-recognized leaders in the field of seed bead work. They've been innovative teachers and artists since 1989 and have led the modern renaissance in seed beadweaving. They teach, exhibit and share their knowledge through books, videos and articles. Virginia is the author of "Those Bad Bad Beads" and the video "Beadwoven Necklaces". Carol's videos include "Bead Crochet", "Peyote Stitch", "Bead Embroidery" and "Beaded Herringbone."
Melissa Cable owns beadclub bead store in Woodinville, Washington. Her work has been featured in the Interweave Press book Beaders Stash and Stringing magazine. In addition to teaching at her own store, she has taught at the Bead and Button show and in Italy for Trovata LLC, an arts education tour company.
Doris Coghill left the corporate world six years ago to pursue beading full time. She now spends her time traveling to bead shows as a sales representative for a national bead company, designing beadwork kits, traveling to teach her designs, and maintaining her web site www.beadsbydee.com.
Gail Crosman Moore relies on color, form and texture in her artmaking, depending on the interaction of these elements to help define the notion of emergence or allude to the “kernel of life force” inherent in all life forms. She participates in fine craft shows, bead shows, and teaches at various venues, enjoying the spark and arc of sharing what she knows with other creative spirits.
Frank DeSantis is an award-winning photographer who has photographed for Step by Step Beads, Lapidary Journal, Step by Step Wire, and Creative Jewelry and exhibits his work nationally. He has given workshops on photography, printing, and graphic design.
Phyllis Dintenfass has been designing and teaching bead
weaving since she discovered she could thread a size 12 beading needle. She loves to see how each person embraces a project and makes it her own. She has taught at national shows, including Bead Expo, Bead Fest, and Bead and Button. Phyllis's work has been juried into the Bead Dreams exhibit twice, been published in beading magazines, and appears in Hand Felted Jewelry and Beads (Interweave Press, 2006), by Carol Cypher. Her website is: www.phylart.com.
Louise Duhamel is an award-winning artist and a senior-level instructor with Art Clay World and PMC Connection. In addition to teaching wire art jewelry and metal clay jewelry throughout the United States and abroad, Louise has written a book on progressive metal clay techniques, Beyond Metal Clay, which was released in August of 2006. She has been featured in magazines, on websites and in several books for her work, and has authored several magazine articles as well.
Though nursing in a busy ICU pays the bills, Carol's true loves are fiber and beads. Her beaded kumihimo jewelry has been shown both regionally and internationally. She is the co-author of “Sixty Sensational Samples: a Kumihimo Collection” and is currently working on her second book. Using a relaxed, humorous teaching style, she loves sharing her passion with others.
Sherri Haab is a best-selling author of 21craft books, such as The Art of Metal Clay, The Art of Resin Jewelry and Beaded Macrame Jewelry. She is a PMC Certified Teacher, and also teaches resin and mixed media jewelry classes. Sherri has appeared on television shows such as the Carol Duvall Show, and DIY Jewelry Making. Awards include CrafTrends "Best General Craft Book" for The Art of Resin Jewelry and Designer Style Jewelry. Sherri lives in Utah with her husband and 3 teens.
During my studies at the Art Institute of Chicago and Southern Illinois University, I focused on embellishment, fiber and metals. I now create elaborate one of a kind pieces for adornment, from found objects, deep with spiritual and historical meaning. As a
professional artist and jewelry designer, my work has been exhibited in museums, such as the Smithsonian Museum of Art, Huntington Museum of Art and the Ohio Craft Museum. On the technical side I just completed my first book called, “MAKING CONNECTIONS- A HANDBOOK OF COLD JOINS FOR JEWELERS AND MIXED MEDIA ARTSITS. I teach workshops and recently am involved with the American Craft Council Shows. Recent awards include Most Innovative Use of the Medium, for Bead International 2006, Telly Award 2006 for a Public television artistprofile.
Deanna Kittrell became interested in beading more than five years ago, and has since found her passion in creating chain mail jewelry. She enjoys sharing her knowledge and enthusiasm with others and especially enjoys demystifying chain mail techniques. “I hope students will share in my love of chain mail jewelry and leave my class with a new skill and ideas on how to personalize those ideas.”
Deanna works and teaches at Piece of Mind bead and jewelry studio in Sacramento, California.
Tina Koyama is a beadwork artist, instructor, and writer who has published numerous designs in major beadwork magazines. Her work is included in the Bead International 2006 exhibit. She teaches regularly at Fusion Beads in Seattle. Tina's classroom motto is, "Bead fearlessly!"
Beth Kraft is owner of Nordic Gypsy Beads & Jewelry in Rochester, MN. She has been creating art since childhood. Watercolor, collage, found object jewelry and wire jewelry are some forms of her artistic expression. Beth teaches bead-weaving and wirework classes both at her store and nationally. Her website is www.nordicgypsy.com.
Dallas Lovett began designing in 1993 after graduating from Woodbury University in Los Angeles. “My approach to design is to take my chosen medium, wire wrapping and weaving, to a higher professional standard that I refer to as Jewelry Art,” Dallas says. He combines silver wire, seed beads, crystals, pearls and lamp work beads to create three-dimensional forms. Dallas strives to teach workshops that are intense and fulfilling, challenging and inspiring students, and giving them the self-confidence to design and create on their own. Dallas owns and operates a bead store in Phoenix, and teaches internationally full-time.
Laura Jean McCabe is a primarily self-taught beadweaver with an education in historical costume reproduction and restoration, and anthropology. She produces elaborately beaded body adornment that combines Native American, African Zulu, and Victorian beadweaving techniques with modern materials and color schemes. Laura’s work is shown in national and international beadwork exhibitions, and her finished work is sold at boutiques and galleries throughout the United States. She maintains a working studio in Mystic, Connecticut, and teaches beading workshops throughout the world. Her website is www.lauramccabejewelry.com.
Anne Mitchell started her creative career over 24 years ago as a
professional lighting designer. She began teaching chain making and metal working eight years ago for pure enjoyment. Anne found the creative outlet provided by teaching and the consistent demand for her classes was too alluring to deny. Leaving lighting behind in 2003, Anne is now a full time designer, instructor, and author. She has two new books - one on chain maille and one on setting up a Low-Tech Bench. www.annemitchell.net.
Lisa Niven Kelly finds joy in all things beading. She has been teaching beadwork and wirework for over 15 years. Currently, her work focuses on wirework, incorporating beads whenever possible. When she’s not teaching nationally, she writes articles for beading and wirework magazines, or manages her online tool, kit, and supply shop (which now offers online classes): www.beaducation.com.
Melanie Potter’s Arts & Crafts background began with training in couture sewing at an early age of twelve. Sewing remained the focused passion of her creative outlet until she encountered off-loom bead weaving. The possibilities of producing three-dimensional structural forms from a variety of bead types, shapes, sizes, and colors are endless and offer a wonderful creative challenge.
C. R. Radding maintains a 25 year-old business of fabricating soft furnishings for interiors while she wanders her own creative path. A life-long fascination for all types of art and needlework led to the discovery of beading and wirework, and she knew she'd found her creative “home.” For the past eight years, C. R. has been teaching in California and other parts of the country, and takes great delight in sharing her skills while helping others expand their own creative voice.
Leah Henriquez Ready’s love of beads and fibers began as a child. Drawn to beads because of their portability, Leah finds the variety of colors, textures and surfaces enables her to create whatever her mind imagines. “I enjoy all beadwork,” Leah says, “but my favorite is bead embroidery. I want students to gain confidence in their abilities so they can create on their own.” Leah teaches part-time, participates in about 10 art shows each year, and shows her work in a gallery.
Melanie Schow has been working with wire and beads for 12 years, teaching for 8 and designs jewelry and sculpture for her business, Solamente. Her classes are offered at San Gabriel Bead Company and Creative Castle, both in southern California.
Stephanie Sersich is a jewelry and bead maker, living and working in Portland, Maine. She has been creating glass beads for over a decade. Stephanie incorporates her beads with a mixture of vintage glass, ethnic beads, natural materials, and flosses to make her jewelry and is best known for her "Spiny Knotting" technique. She teaches her techniques all over the world and has been featured in Lapidary Journal and many other publications and books. Stephanie is the author of Designing Jewelry with Glass Beads
(Interweave Press, February 2008).
http://www.interweave.com/bead/books/dj_glassbeads/
Sarah Nelson Shriver is a polymer clay artist and teacher who works full-time out of her home/studio in San Rafael, using the mille fiori, or caning technique to create intricately patterned beads, buttons, and jewelry. She holds a bachelor’s degree in art from the University of California at Davis, and her background in textiles is evident in her intricate and elegant designs. Sarah has been recognized as a pioneer and master of her craft and has participated in a number of juried and invitational exhibits and shows. For the last 15 years, she has taught throughout the United States and in Europe. Her work appears in several books, and can be seen on her website, www.sarahshriver.com.
Tracy Stanley has gained a deep appreciation for natural and organic elements through living in the Pacific Northwest, an appreciation that is is reflected in her work and in her art. “I began teaching 15 years ago and get great satisfaction in passing on my knowledge and skills,” Tracy says. “Teaching my students solid techniques will help them create quality pieces they can be proud of.” Tracy is a partner in Wired Arts, which hosts retreats that focus on wire. She teaches at a local bead store and travels to teach at bead stores and shows nationally as well.
Michael David Sturlin is an internationally renowned studio jewelry artist, educator, and
award winning goldsmith. Michael's jewelry has appeared in 50 magazine articles and is displayed in select galleries throughout North America. Michael teaches marketing and
goldsmithing at the Revere Academy of Jewelry Arts and offers workshops and professional development classes at many jewelry industry events. Please visit goldcrochet.com and
michaeldavidsturlin.com to learn more about Michael’s work.
Award-winning artist and instructor Teresa Sullivan creates a nurturing place for those who want to push their own envelope. She has taught and exhibited nationally, and her work can be seen in Lark Books' 500 Beaded Objects, Beadwork magazine, and other bead publications.
Barb Switzer is a wire and bead enthusiast and resident of the Redwoods of Northern California. She spends her time engineering new creations, graphic design, travel, and quiet time at home, her other half, Burt, and their house of happy pets. Her classes are available along with those of her favorite collaborators and pals on Beaducation.com.
Elizabeth Townes has been beading since March 2003 when she and her daughter started BeadJeweled, Inc. She began stringing but was soon intrigued with the endless possibilities offered by seed beads. Elizabeth began teaching classes in the fall of 2003 at local bead shops, then progressed to teaching at the national level. She has always been involved in creative endeavors, from cross-stitch to needlepoint to quilting, but has finally found her niche in designing with seed beads and bead weaving. In April 2006, Elizabeth and her partners opened the Tampa Bead Café.
Larkin Van Horn is a mixed-media textile artist, author, and teacher from Whidbey Island (near Seattle), working primarily in art quilts, beadwork, and wearable art with a specific interest in pieces for liturgical and spiritual settings. Her work represents her imagination, her love for the amazing variety of materials from around the world, and her strong dramatic sense. Larkin travels nationally to lecture and teach, and her enthusiasm and sense of humor in the classroom are infectious. She recently completed her second book, Beading On Fabric, (Interweave Press, 2006).
Employed for 12 years as a popular and well-respected bead artist and instructor at Beads and Beyond, Bellevue, WA. Several of my original designs have been published in "Beadwork Magazine 2006 and 2007" and "Best of Beadworks 2007."
As a technical editor, illustrator, and designer of many things beady, Dustin Wedekind continuously seeks the simple structure within complex configurations. Find such things in his book Getting Started with Seed Beads (Interweave Press, 2007) or on his website bedesman.com.
Noël Yovovich lives and works in Evanston, Illinois, but draws much of her inspiration from her childhood in rural Florida. She grew up near Tampa and Sarasota in an area where wildlife was outnumbered people, especially children. The locale was popular as a winter and retirement spot for traveling circus and carney performers, and her nearest neighbors were a retired clown, a sword-swallower and a professional fat lady. Noël later pursued a B.A. in Fine Arts from the University of Chicago, and art professionally. Her jewelry style draws on imagery from nature, as well as her experience creating "thematic apperception test" drawings for the University of Chicago department of Human Development. She regards her work as "everyday art," pieces that are unique and accessible, unusual and affordable, and that can be worn anywhere, anytime.
