Reminder: Take a class with SuperDuo Superstar Carolyn Cave

Join fellow Canadian and instructor Carolyn Cave as she guides you through exciting projects featuring SuperDuos and other shaped beads! Carolyn is featuring designs from her book, Beautiful Designs with SuperDuos and Twin Beads. With several classes aimed at beginners, this is an excellent opportunity to learn from a celebrated instructor and designer.

Classes are $80 + HST each; however, if you register for two or more classes, the class fee is reduced to $75 + HST per class.

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Friday, July 22
NEW Delft Lace Chain with Pendant
Level: Beginner
10:00am - 1:00pm

NEW Oriana Bracelet

Level: Beginner

2:00 - 5:00pm

Saturday, July 23
NEW Constellation Beaded Bead and Pendant
Level: Intermediate
10:00am - 1:00pm

NEW Snowberry Bracelet

Level: Beginner

2:00 - 5:00pm

Sunday, July 24
NEW Chardonnay Necklace
Level: Intermediate
10:00am - 1:00pm

NEW Seeing Double Pendant 

Level: Beginner

2:00 - 5:00pm

Click on the class title to find out more about each class, including what supplies to bring. You can also go to www.beadfx.com and click on 'Classes'. Follow the links to the July class calendar. Pre-registration is required for classes.

Have a class or two with Carolyn Cave: Canadian SuperDuo Queen!

We have an amazing array of talent in Canada and sometimes they don't get the attention they deserve. Carolyn Cave is one of those artists may be flying under your radar, but, if you like seed beading, she is someone whose work you will love! We're proud to have Carolyn join us at BeadFX to teach 6 half-day classes that feature a variety of beading stitches.

A self-taught bead artist living in Alberta, Canada, Carolyn enjoys the endless creativity derived from stringing and stitching “little, round, shiny things with holes in them”. This is both a frustrating and exhilarating way to fill in the spare moments of her very full days as a wife, mother of three young ladies, and musician. Her creations are inspired by a wide variety of things – the colors and shapes of the natural world, works of vintage and antique beaded art, the encouraging comments of her family, and the many hours spent “composing” with needle, beads and thread. Her work has been published in BeadandButton and Beadwork magazines, and she has been a winner in multiple categories of BeadStar every year since 2011. Carolyn is also the author of the book Beautiful Designs with SuperDuos and Twin Beads, published by Kalmbach.

Carolyn's classes at BeadFX:

Delft Lace Chain with Pendant
Friday, July 22; 10:00am - 1:00pm
This project comes from my book, Beautiful Designs with SuperDuos and Twin Beads, page 66.  Each student should have their own copy if they would like to take this class. Supplies are listed to make the colour scheme photographed in the book. Students should choose their own pendant, and should also feel free to choose colours of their own. The book is available from BeadFX. Level: Beginner.

Oriana Bracelet
Friday, July 23; 2:00 - 5:00pm
This project is pictured in my book, Beautiful Designs with SuperDuos and Twin Beads, on page 98 and the back cover, as a design option for one of the necklaces. I received many requests for the pattern and it is a class at the 2016 Bead and Button Show in Milwaukee.  If you weren’t able to get to the Show, this is your chance to learn how to make this lovely bracelet. Supplies are listed to make the colour scheme photographed in the book, however students should feel free to choose colours of their own. Students will be required to purchase the book, available from BeadFX. Level: Beginner.

Constellation Beaded Bead and Pendant
Saturday, July 23; 10:00am - 1:00pm
In this class you will learn how to make a basic dodecahedron beaded bead.  From there you will make a second beaded bead with different materials creating an entirely different look.  This “Constellation” will then be made into a pendant. Level: Intermediate; seed beading experience is required.

Snowberry Bracelet
Saturday July 24; 2:00 - 5:00pm
This project comes from my book, Beautiful Designs with SuperDuos and Twin Beads, page 25. Each student should have their own copy if they would like to take this class. Supplies are listed to make the green bracelet photographed in the book.  Students should feel free to choose colours of their own. The book is available from BeadFX. Level: Beginner.

Chardonnay Necklace
Sunday, July 24; 10:00am - 1:00pm
A few years ago I made a design for the Bead Star competition. It was published in Bead and Button magazine not long after that, at the request of an admirer. This is the design reworked using the triangular Kheops par Puca beads. Level: Intermediate; seed beading experience is required.

Seeing Double Pendant
Sunday, July 24; 2:00 - 5:00pm
This project comes from my book, Beautiful Designs with SuperDuos and Twin Beads, page 76.  Each student should have their own copy if they would like to take this class. Supplies are listed to make the pendant photographed in the book. Students should feel free to choose colours of their own. The book is available from BeadFX. Level: Beginner.




Class fees:
Take any one class: $80 + HST
Take any two classes or more: $75 + HST per class

Complete details about each class is on-line now. Go to www.beadfx.com and click on 'Classes'. Follow the links to the July class calendar.

Please note our Cancellation Policy for classes with Visiting and International Instructors:
No refunds, credits or cancellations will be permitted for these classes. Student substitutions may be made at the time of cancellation as long as prerequisite requirements are met, otherwise students on existing waiting lists will be contacted.

Bringing the World to Our Classroom2016 Visiting Instructors

BeadFX is very fortunate to be able to attract high-calibre instructors to teach in our store. This coming year we will have several instructors with specialties in various jewellery-making mediums including lampworking, beadwork and metalwork. While we haven't yet arranged all of the details as yet (projects, costs, etc.) we do have the dates when the instructor are coming. Mark your calendars now and plan to join us! Details about the classes will be up on our website as quickly as possible.

Kim Fields - lampworking
Sculptural Bird Beads
Saturday, April 9 & Sunday, April 10

Kim Fields began making glass beads in 1999 after an introductory lampworking course lead her to the book, “Making Glass Beads,” by Cindy Jenkins. She attributes her bead making skills to a number of great and renowned teachers, including Sage and Tom Holland, Leah Fairbanks, Loren Stump, and several other accomplished bead makers.

Nature has always inspired her creativity and is the primary influence for her beads. Lampworking has brought Kim tremendous joy, and she continues to explore new techniques in order to evolve as a bead maker. Kim teaches bead making, and her beads can be seen at numerous shows, galleries, and online at www.northfiredesigns.com. She lives in Metamora, Michigan, with her husband, Stu, and their Scottish terrier, Rosie.

Robyn Cornelius - metalwork
May 6, 7, 8

Canadian instructor Robyn Cornelius has a degree in Fine Arts – majoring in Jewelry and Metals – and believes in taking as many classes with as many teachers as possible to continue growing in her art field. She has her own custom design studio in Edmonton, Alberta, called Little Rock Jewelry Studio.

Robyn’s method of teaching enables her students to “jump right in” and not be afraid to wander creatively in metalwork. She is constantly stretching herself as an artist and brings that creative energy into the classroom. 

Amee K. Sweet-McNamara  - soutache and bead embroidery
May 13, 14, 15

Amee K. Sweet-McNamara uses Soutache and Bead Embroidery to create textile jewelry with sinuous, organic shapes in brilliant hues. She takes her inspiration from all things color-saturated. Mucha posters, Venetian glass, Renaissance paintings, and Hollywood dance-costumes have all, at one time or another, influenced her creations. Formally educated in both, Interior Design and Fine Art, McNamara is a member of the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen. She teaches out of her studio in Merrimack, New Hampshire, and venues across the country including The Craft Center at the LNHC headquarters in Concord, New Hampshire.

Why is her business called "Amee Runs with Scissors?" Because it sounds a lot sexier than "Amee Eats Paste."

Carolyn Cave - beadwork
August 19, 20, 21

A self-taught bead artist living in Alberta,  Carolyn enjoys the endless creativity derived from stringing and stitching “little, round, shiny things with holes in them”. This is both a frustrating and exhilarating way to fill in the spare moments of her very full days as a wife, mother of three young ladies, and musician. Creativity has always played a large role in her life, from sewing clothes for Barbie at a young age, to experimenting with a wide variety of arts and crafts; from earning a Degree in Music and playing several instruments, to making jewelry. Her creations are inspired by a wide variety of things – the colors and shapes of the natural world, works of vintage and antique beaded art, the encouraging comments of her family, and the many hours spent “composing” with needle, beads and thread.

Her work has been published in “BeadandButton” and “Beadwork” magazines, and she has been a winner in multiple categories of BeadStar every year since 2011. Carolyn is also the author of the recently released book "Beautiful Designs with SuperDuos and Twin Beads", published by Kalmbach. You can see some of Carolyn’s work on her Facebook page, Lady Beadle Designs.  

Jean Power - beadwork
September 23, 24, 25

We are very excited to welcome back this popular instructor for a third time! Jean Power is an award-winning jewellery designer, writer and teacher based in London, England. She first began making jewellery in 2001, having already spent many years painting as well as exploring different aspects of fibre and textile arts. While she continues some of these interests, beading, wirework and chain maille are her main love and she tries to use them in conjunction with her other interests.

Hannah Rosner - lampworking and beadwork
October 14, 15, 16

Hannah has been lampworking since 1992 and beadweaving since 1986. She holds a MFA from The Ohio State University in theatrical design. She began teaching both lampworking and beadweaving in 2000 and has taught at bead stores and bead societies across the US.

Hannah was a semifinalist in the lampwork category for BeadDreams 2009, and won a second place award for her bead embroidered collarpiece in the Treasures of Toho 2009 Contest. The Treasures of Toho necklace can be seen in the February 2010 issue of Bead&Button magazine. In 2011, her Neptune's Tail Necklace won third place in the Bead and Jewelry category at the Vegas Craft Expo. In 2012, she took First Place in the Advanced Sculptural Division in the Treasures of Toho Contest for her Gaea's Glass Slipper. You can see the shoe in the December 2012 issue of Bead&Button magazine.