Photo of my Earthday necklace with a daffodil bloom in its vessel pendant
Greetings!
I hope this newsletter finds you well and happy.
I hope you have been treated to a week of summer like weather as we have here in the Northeast. Oh my, at times this winter it seemed that warm weather would never come.
And then---over night the leaves are out on the trees and my favorite season has begun.
This month I have some new beads(including a set of two hole beads) and am offering FREE SHIPPING for the month of May to celebrate the end of winter.
Photo of baby lilac buds which sprung open overnight
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On May 5th I will be posting the results of my participation in the Art Bead Scene Collaboration Exploration. I have the great pleasure and honor of creating pieces with Heather Powers of Humblebeads and Lorelei. Heather and I have each sent the same beads to all three of us and the challenge is to create jewelry with them and post them on the same day on our blogs. These artists are fabulous and I feel so lucky to be a part of this. I hope you will check it out. I am not going to spoil the fun with even a sneak preview. But if you look at their websites you will get a sense of what great work they do and what a wonderful idea this is.
Guess what? I am still the current Featured Artist on Foremost Focal Beads, an internet site that sells handmade ceramic and glass focal beads. Whahoo!!!
They are featuring a selection of my handmade ceramic pendants and beads.
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News From My Studio
New Pendants and Beads
These great cobalt blue beads are imprinted on both sides. They are available from my website. They look great with silver chain.
TTwNew beads up close--click on picture
I  am featuring a few new piece of jewelry this month since I have been doing quite a bit of beading recently.
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Classes:
Still Time To Register --
a few openings left in my
clay class
I am teaching a ceramic bead making class at my studio in May. Class dates are: Saturday May 3 and Saturday May 10 Noon to 4:00PM both days. Cost is $85.00 Price includes materials and firing of the clay. On the first day we will be handforming the beads and pendants out of the clay. On the second day we will be glazing the beads. I will also do a Raku bead firing demonstration and you will be able to hold out some of your work to be raku fired.
click on image for more info
Right Angle Weave Class
I will be teaching a Right Angle Weave bracelet class at the Handweaving Museum in Clayton, New York on Wednesday July 16, 2008 from 10:00 Am to 1:00PM. You can register online by clicking the above link.
In this class you will learn how to make a basic right angle weave stitch. We will work this into a bracelet filled with a variety of stones or/and pearls. You can expect to finish your bracelet during class time. The class costs $43.00 for non members of the museum and $38.00 for members. The materials are $15.00 which is a kit which includes thread, needle, stones or pearls, clasp and beads. You will have the opportunity to choose the beads, stones and clasp to fill your kit. The clasp in the picture will be available as a square also. There is also a choice in silver. My handmade raku beads in this picture will be available but for an extra cost i.e. $3.00 per bead ( special price for the class.)
Glazing Ceramic Beads Class
I will be teaching a Glazing Ceramic Beads class at the Handweaving Museum in Clayton, New York on Wednesday July 16, 2008 from 1:30PM to 4:30PM. You can register online by clicking the above link.
The Glazing Ceramic Beads class will cover glazing techniques and results in each student glazing enough bisque beads to make two bracelets or one necklace. There will also be bisque pendants to glaze. In this class you do not make the beads--you will be glazing already bisqued beads. The cost for this class for nonmembers is $43.00 and $38.00 for members. The materials fee is $30.00 which includes the glazes, the bisque beads and the firing of the beads. You will have several choices of bisque bead sizes and shapes to choose from. I will have pictures up in the newsletter next month to let you know more about these bisque bead choices.
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