Contemporary Beaded Jewelry Making with Sharon Zeisel, owner of Bead On Bond

 

 

         Learn how to create custom, on-trend beaded jewelry!

 

 

In each class we will learn a new beading technique and leave with a beautiful piece of handmade jewelry plus the know-how to continue creating. Necklaces, bracelets, pendants, and earrings- we will do it all! These lessons are perfect for those who have never made jewelry before and each technique will be presented with clear steps and patient guidance. Not only will we be making beautiful things, beading can be a wonderful exercise in mindfulness. Like yoga for the hands and head, it allows us to become completely enveloped with the task at hand. Join us in a fabulous journey of jewelry making and create an entire accessories wardrobe out of beads, cord, wire, and more.

Since we are doing this virtually, students will have to acquire their own materials.  The class materials list is as follows, and can be acquired either through various places on the web or, if you want to do this with less hassle, through the instructor's web site at https://beadonbond.com/collections/tools/products/gerritsen-beach-bk-library-students-supply-box.  She's agreed to give students in this class a special deal for a box with the necessary materials in it for $80 (significantly cheaper than the materials would be a la carte), and if you order your box this week (it should be listed 1/25 or 1/26), you should be able to pick it up from Gerritsen Beach Library on Monday 1/31 or Tuesday 2/1 afternoon of next week.

BKPL 2022 Gerritsen Beach Contemporary Beading Projects/Supplies

We will be using 4mm Czech Glass Beads for all projects except for Knotting (project 4). Any/All colors are appropriate, this is student’s choice!

TOOLS: Bead Design Board, Bead Stopper, Awl, Flush Wire Cutter, Chain Nose Plier, Round Nose Plier, Ring Mandrel (or household cylindrical form like the neck of a wine bottle), plastic drinking straw/coffee stirrer, Four earhooks (gold or silver)

MATERIALS: Large lot of 4mm glass beads, One 30FT Spool of 49 Strand Soft-Flex Beading Wire, Two spools of craft wire (20G and 24G- gold or silver), One pack of size 4 Griffin Bead Cord (any color), One 16” strand of 6-8mm glass beads, One small spool of C-Lon micro cord (any color), 50 2x2 crimp tubes (gold or silver), Six 5mm Lobster Clasps and Ten 5mm Jump Rings (gold or silver), Ten 3” 24G headpins (gold or silver), Two bead tips (gold or silver)

1. “Floating” Necklace, crimping technique

Tools: Bead Design Board, Flush Wire Cutter, Chain Nose Plier, plastic straw/coffee stirrer

Materials: 10-40 4mm Glass Beads, 49 Strand Soft-Flex Beading Wire, Thirty 2x2mm Crimp tubes (in either gold or silver), One 5mm Lobster Clasp and One 5mm Jump Ring

2. Beaded Drop Earrings, wire wrapping technique-linking beads

Tools: Flush Wire Cutter, Round Nose Plier, Chain Nose Plier

Materials: 4-8 4mm Glass Beads, One spool of 24 Gauge(G) craft wire (gold or silver color), Ten 3” 24G headpins (gold or silver; we need 2 per earring pair, but extra is suggested for practice and for more earrings!), One pair of earhooks (gold or silver)

(this can be a pendant project if you don’t wear earrings)

3. Wire Wrapped Hoops, wire wrapping technique- creating hoops and wrapping beads on

Tools: Flush Wire Cutter, Round Nose Plier, Chain Nose Plier, Ring Mandrel (or another cylindric form like the neck to a wine bottle etc.)

Materials: 40-50 4mm Glass Beads, One spool of 20G and One spool of 24G craft wires (gold or silver), One pair of earhooks (gold or silver), Three 3mm Jump Rings (gold or silver: two for earrings, one for pendant)

4. Knotted Bead Necklace, hand knotting technique

Tools: Bead Design Board, Awl (pin tool), Flush cutter or small cuticle scissor, Chain Nose Plier

Materials: 16” strand of 6-8mm round glass beads, Size 4 Griffin Bead Cord (one 6FT package, any color), Two bead tips (gold or silver), One 5mm Lobster Clasp and One 5mm Jump Ring (gold or silver)

5. Micro-Macrame Bracelet, square knotting

Tools: Scotch tape, lighter or matches (for burning cord ends)

Materials: 20-25 4mm Glass Beads, Small spool of C-Lon micro cord (any color)

6. Torsade Necklace, crimping technique: multi-strand, braided

Tools: Bead Design Board, Bead Stopper, Flush Wire Cutter, Chain Nose Plier

Materials: Three 2FT Strands of 4mm glass beads, 49 Strand Soft Flex Beading Wire, Six 2x2mm crimp tubes (gold or silver), One 5mm Lobster Clasp (gold or silver), One 5mm Jump Ring (gold or silver