Planting Spring Seeds of Creativity with more May Classes

This is the time of year when garden centres get busy - rich topsoil, lots of gardening tools and, best of all, plenty of seeds that promise full blooms and delicious vegetables. Classes are like that too! Our instructors plant seeds of know-how with a promise of beautiful jewellery. Yes, we need to cultivate and give ourselves some practice in new techniques but, when you have a wonderful finished piece that you're proud of, you know know the effort was worth it!

May classes continue with Liz Reynolds who will show you how to add colour to metal clay without heat. Cindy Goldrick has a new leather class and Anne Marie Desaulniers will take seedbeaders on a new free-form journey. Marilyn Gardiner brings us a new chainmaille design. Pamela Kearns, who might be pushing the Christmas season a bit, is teaching a new ornament project using triangular peyote.

And, of course, we have lots of encore classes with Kelly Garland, Jenn Jevons, Iris Rogers Melamed and Amy Waldman that you will love.

Here are the classes scheduled April 15 - 30:

Wednesday, May 18
Lampwork: Just a Taste!
Instructor: Deb Muss
6:30 - 8:30pm

Thursday, May 19
Introduction to Art Clay Silver
Instructor: Jenn Jevons
12:00 - 7:00pm

Friday, May 20
NEW Faux-namel on Metal Clay
Instructor: Liz Reynolds
12:00 - 5:00pm
(Class continues on Saturday, May 21; 12:00 - 5:00pm)

Open Metal Studio: Metalwork

Facilitator: Cindy Goldrick

5:00 - 8:00pm

Saturday, May 21
Exploring Formfolding
Instructor: Cindy Goldrick
10:00am - 1:00pm

NEW The Leather Look

Instructor: Cindy Goldrick

2:00 - 5:00pm

Thursday, May 26
Jewellery Making 101
Instructor: Pamela Kearns
5:00 - 9:00pm

Friday, May 27
NEW Funky Freeform Peyote Rings
Instructor: Anne Marie Desaulniers
5:00 - 9:00pm

The Art of Jewellery Maintenance

Instructor: Kelly Garland

6:00 - 9:00pm

Saturday, May 28
NEW Celtic Wings Bracelet
Instructor: Marilyn Gardiner
10:00am - 1:00pm

Intro Weekend to Lampworking

Instructor: Amy Waldman

10:00am - 2:30pm

(Class continues Sunday, May 29; 11:30am - 4:00pm)

Hot Connections 1: Intro to Soldering
Instructor: Iris Rogers Melamed
10:30am - 4:30pm

Sweetpea Necklace or Bracelet

Instructor: Marilyn Gardiner

2:00 - 5:00pm

Sunday, May 29
NEW Caldera Christmas Tree
Instructor: Pamela Kearns
10:00am - 5:00pm

Wire Wrapping: Arrowhead Pendant

Instructor: Jen Rosen

12:00 - 3:00pm

Complete information about each class and open session, including course descriptions and fees, is on our website. Click on 'Classes' and follow the links to the May calendar.

Bring your projects and join us at our FREE open beading sessions! 

Wednesday, May 18
Wednesday, May 25
Open Bead Night
Facilitators: Bonnie Cottingham, Pamela Kearns or Malliga Nathan
6:00 - 8:00pm

Thursday, May 19

Thursday, May 26

Afternoon Bead Tea

Facilitator: Pamela Kearns

1:00 - 3:00pm

We are pleased to offer these FREE sessions; however we request that you use our merchandise in our facility. Thank you.

March into Spring withTerrific Classes

The coming of March it means that Spring is finally just around the corner! If you've been suffering from cabin fever, then break the monotony and come on out for a class or two and get those creative juices flowing again.

We have a number of NEW classes in the first half of March. Pauline Peskoff, a new instructor with BeadFX, is teaching a bracelet and earring set that is perfect for daytime wear or glammed up for evening wear. Metal enthusiasts will love Iris Rogers Melamed's updated spinner ring. Liz Reynolds is teaching a 2-day metal clay class using Hadar's Clay to create a new slider bracelet design. Cindy Goldrick is combining leather and rivets for a bracelet. Deborah Beesley is bringing us a new wire twisting project for an exciting and beautiful necklace! Last, but definitely not least, Chistine Woollacott is teaching a new cloisonne project.

Of course, we have lots of encore classes happening too in case you missed a chance to take them before.

Here are the classes scheduled March 1 - 15:

Thursday, March 4
Open Metal Studio: Hot and Cold Connections
Facilitator: Iris Rogers Melamed
6:00 - 9:00pm

Friday, March 4
NEW "Elizabeth" Bracelet/Earrings Set
Instructor: Pauline Peskoff
6:00 - 9:00pm

Saturday, March 5
From Junk to Beads: Making Paper Beads
Instructor: Anne Marie Desaulniers
10:00am - 5:00pm

UPDATED DESIGN Hot Connections: Spinner Ring

Instructor: Iris Rogers Melamed

10:30am - 4:30pm

Sunday, March 6
Wire Wrapping: Simple Bangle
Instructor: Jen Rosen
12:00 - 3:00pm

Wire Wrapped Stone Bracelet

Instructor: Bonni Poch

12:30 - 3:30pm

Thursday, March 10
Open Metal Studio: Kiln Enamelling
Facilitator: Christine Woollacott
5:00 - 9:00pm

Wire Macrame on Flat Leather

Instructor: Pamela Kearns

6:00 - 9:00pm

Friday, March 11
NEW Metal Clay Medallion Slider Bracelet
Instructor: Liz Reynolds
11:00am - 5:00pm
(continues Friday, March 18; 11:00am - 5:00pm)

Open Metal Studio: Metalwork

Facilitator: Cindy Goldrick

5:00 - 8:00pm

Saturday, March 12
Viking Knit
Instructor: Cindy Goldrick
10:00am - 1:00pm

NEW Moto Chic Leather Riveted Bracelet

Instructor: Cindy Goldrick

2:00 - 5:00pm

Sunday, March 13
NEW Cloisonne on Sheet Metal
Instructor: Christine Woollacott
11:00am - 4:00pm

NEW Romancing the Pearl Necklace

Instructor: Deborah Beesley

11:30am - 4:30pm

Complete information about all classes and open sessions is on our website. Click on 'Classes' and follow the link to the March calendar.

Bring your projects and join us at our FREE open bead opportunities: 

Wednesday, March 2
Open Bead Night
Facilitator: BeadFX staff members Bonnie Cottingham, Pamela Kearns or Malliga Nathan
6:00 - 8:00pm  

Thursday, March 3

Thursday, March 10

Afternoon Bead Tea

Facilitator: Pamela Kearns

1:00 - 3:00pm

BeadFX is proud to offer these FREE open sessions; however please use our merchandise in our facility. Thank you. 

Final Round-up of Summer Classes

"Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened."

- Dr. Seuss

Eight weeks of summer are just flying by. Pretty soon we'll be discussing Fall colours and getting ready for holiday shopping - BUT NOT YET! Until then, we have two weeks of wonderful classes provided by our inspirational instructors. Christine Woollacott is teaching how you can create a patterned sheet of mokume gane from which you can use to create all sorts of jewellery. If you're looking to learn how to do basic right-angle weave, then Pamela Kearns has the class for you - very useful too for a refresher before Jill Wiseman's classes. If you're interested in metal clay, Sue Henry's class will take you through the basics of Prometheus bronze clay. Metal enthusiasts will enjoy Kelly Garland's Forged Sterling Ring with Pearl and wire aficionados will enjoy Jane Doidge's class on creating a pendant bezel inspired by Spirograph. Sureka Sriharan brings us a beautiful bracelet incorporating cupchain, regular chain and leather - no stitching required!

Of course we have lots of returning and encore classes - just in case you missed them the first time around!

Here are the classes scheduled August 16 - 31:

Sunday, August 16
Peruvian Wire Crochet Camp
Instructor: Gio Paz
10:00am to 1:00pm and/or 2:00 - 5:00pm

NEW Patterning your own Mokume Gane Sheet

Instructor: Christine Woollacott

11:00am - 5:00pm

Thursday, August 20
NEW Flat Right-Angle Weave 101: Dog Tag Pendant
Instructor: Pamela Kearns
6:00 - 9:00pm

Friday, August 21
NEW 3-D Bronze Pendants or Earrings
Instructor: Sue Henry
5:00 - 9:00pm

Saturday, August 22
NEW Forged Sterling Ring with Pearl
Instructor: Kelly Garland
11:00am - 5:00pm

Beading without a Net: Intuitive Bead Embroidery 

Instructor: Anne Marie Desaulniers

11:30am - 2:30pm

(continues Sunday, August 29; 10:00am - 5:00pm)

Sunday, August 23
Beaded Kumihimo: Everything You Want to Know 
Instructor: Angela Peace
11:30am - 4:00pm

NEW Spiro-Bezel

Instructor: Jane Doidge

12:00 - 3:00pm

Friday, August 28
Open Metal Studio: Metalwork
Facilitator: Cindy Goldrick
5:00 - 8:00pm

Saturday, August 29
Foldforming Basics and Beyond
Instructor: Cindy Goldrick
10:00am -1:00pm

Hot Forged Bronze Bracelets

Instructor: Cindy Goldrick

2:00 - 5:00pm

Sunday, August 30
NEW Cupchain Elegance
Instructor: Sureka Sriharan
12:00 - 3:00pm

Complete information about all classes, including course descriptions and applicable class and kit fees, is on our website. Click on 'Classes' and follow the links to the August calendar.



Bring your projects and join us at our FREE open bead opportunities: 

Wednesday, August 19
Wednesday, August 26
Open Bead Night
Facilitator: BeadFX staff members Bonnie Cottingham, Pamela Kearns or Malliga Nathan
6:00 - 8:00pm 

Thursday, August 20
Thursday, August  27

Afternoon Bead Tea
Facilitator: Pamela Kearns
1:00 - 3:00pm

BeadFX is proud to offer these FREE sessions. In return we ask that you use please our merchandise in our facility. Thank you.