- Jun 9, 2012
- 1 min
Farewell Milwaukee…adieu Bead & Button Show!
After a pleasant and thankfully uneventful drive home, I’m back in my studio and ready to get to work! You can bet I’ll be putting the...
- Jun 7, 2012
- 1 min
More fun at Bead and Button!
Robert Dancik’s class today was a blast. I’d post a photo of the piece I made, but although my iPad takes marvelous photos, it won’t let...
- Jun 6, 2012
- 1 min
Toolmaking 101
Richard Salley’s class was great. I made eight tools and I’ll post photos of them when I return home. I’m looking forward to Robert...
- May 26, 2012
- 1 min
My bags are packed, I’m ready to go…
It’s still a week away, but never one to procrastinate, I’ve already packed all the tools, materials, and various doo-dads that I’ll need...
- Jan 11, 2012
- 1 min
My Bead&Button Classes are locked in!
It was a tough decision. I would like to have added more to my list, but I only have three free days in which to attend classes. Those...
- Jan 9, 2012
- 2 min
Bead and Button Classes!
Online class registration at the Bead&Button show opens tomorrow and I’m still perusing the catalog trying to decide which classes to...
- Dec 13, 2011
- 1 min
The Bead and Button Show catalog has arrived!
And I’m perusing it in-depth trying to decide which classes I’d like to take. More than 600 classes are being offered June 1 through 10....
- Jun 30, 2011
- 1 min
The Evenheat Sierra 360 Kiln…
that I’ve been using for firing metal clay for the past five plus years is starting to become temperamental. My last three firings of...
- Jun 20, 2011
- 1 min
Making Fine Silver Metal Clay Rings…
was the last class I took at Bead & Button. It was taught by Katie Baum and she has all the qualities a great instructor should have! ...
- Jun 16, 2011
- 1 min
As promised…
this is the second piece I made in Susan Lenart Kazmer’s “Non-traditional Forms in Wire: Bird’s Nest” class. It’s a bangle of hammered...
- Jun 14, 2011
- 1 min
Susan Lenart Kazmer’s classes…
are always tremendous fun and the class I took from her at Bead&Button was no exception. She is a blast! The class was titled...
- Jun 12, 2011
- 1 min
Ooooohhh! What wonderful goodies…
I’ve returned home with! My s tash includes the tiniest seed pearls I’ve ever seen plus luscious, large keishi pearls in the most...
- Jun 6, 2011
- 1 min
Off to Bead&Button…
and I am really looking forward to my metals classes and shopping the floor show. It will be an exhausting week – it always is! Classes...