Select
Your Courses
Start
With This Class:
ORIENTATION
TO BEADS & JEWELRY FINDINGS
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Learn how to make choices about how to buy
beads and other jewelry findings, what goes
together with what and when, and what the
the quality is of the pieces you are using,
whether beads, metals, or stringing materials,
and, finally, how to relate this to design
goals, and if you are selling your stuff,
your marketing goals as well.
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Then,
select an interest area listed below,
and begin its sequence of classes:
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BEAD
STRINGING
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Learn the basics of bead stringing and attaching
clasps, including crimping, stringing with
needle and thread, and pearl knotting.
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BEAD
WEAVING
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Learn to make amulet bags, beaded sculptures,
beaded vessels, necklaces, bracelets, loomwork,
appliqués and more. Many projects
attempt to emulate a piece of cloth or textile.
Other projects are more figural or sculptural.
There are many different techniques of bead
weaving. The most popular are peyote stitch,
loom work, brick stitch, ndebele, and netting.
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WIRE
WORKING
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Learn the basics of shaping wire using tools,
using wire as structural components, using
beads with wire, making chains, making rosaries,
making earrings and clasps, and fancy settings
and bails for stones
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JEWELRY
DESIGN
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Learn design-oriented tools and concepts,
including colors and beads, principles of
composition for jewelry design, and working
with forms and functions in design
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BUSINESS
OF CRAFT
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Learn how to get started in your jewelry
making business including setting up a simple
accounting system, knowing federal, state
and local accounts to set up and forms to
fill out, how to price using a formula,
sell and market your jewelry, how to market
your jewelry on-line, and pointers about
doing craft shows.
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Our
LEARN
TO BEAD program
is based on
The Design Approach:
- Focused on teaching how to make smart choices
- Developmentally-based, where you learn skills
in an orderly way, and understand how skills
build upon each other
- Easy to follow
You may purchase:
o Written instructions for each lesson
o Kits of Supplies
o Recommended Books
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