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Meet the 2009 Bead Fest Santa Fe Instructors! Charlene Abrams Charlene Abrams has had a lifelong fascination with color and texture, and seed beading is one of the media in which she delights in exploring shapes and shades, texture and tone. She also enjoys knitting, spinning and dyeing. Her inspiration has no single source, arising from the beads themselves, paintings, fabric prints, or costume jewelry. She teaches regularly at local bead stores and guilds, and also enjoys teaching trips around the country. Show all Charlene Abrams's classes Dale Cougar Armstrong Dale "Cougar" Armstrong is a diehard rockhound, lapidary, and a full-time wire artist and instructor, with more than 30 years of experience. She teaches at major jewelry events, as well as in her personal studio in Southeastern Tennessee. Her award-winning work has appeared in many publications, and she had made a series of instructional DVDs, produced by Jewelry Television. Dale is a frequent contributor to Step by Step Wire Jewelry, and her first book with Interweave Press will be released in Spring 2009. Show all Dale Cougar Armstrong's classes Meredith Arnold Meredith is a comedian-artist specializing in jewelry and mixed media work. Her classes are like drinking from a fire hose with information, but lots of fun as well. Meredith's work is published in many books and magazines and is exhibited nationally on a regular basis. As a professional teaching artist, Meredith travels and teaches in conjunction with being on faculty at two different colleges in the Seattle area. Show all Meredith Arnold's classes Joan Reeder Babcock Joan Babcock is a fiber artist, award-winning jewelry designer, teacher, and author who has been creating jewelry and fiber art since 1988. Her unique style of fiber, bead, and metal jewelry, which highlights Micro-Macramé and Cavandoli knotting, has been featured in Ornament and Beadwork magazines. She is the author of Micro-Macramé Jewelry: Tips and Techniques for Knotting with Beads and an instructional DVD. Show all Joan Reeder Babcock's classes Melinda Barta Melinda Barta is the editor of Beadwork magazine. She holds a BFA in fiber arts, and is the author of Hip to Stitch (Interweave, 2005) and Custom Cool Jewelry: Create 200+ Personalized Pendants, Charms, and Clasps (Interweave, 2008). Melinda has made appearances on PBS, Style Network, and DIY programs. Show all Melinda Barta's classes Janice Berkebile A native of the Pacific Northwest, Janice Berkebile is inspired by the organic forms found in nature, Japanese motifs, textiles techniques, and the sinuous lines found in the Art Nouveau movement. Her focus is sculptural wirework, becoming intimate with the subtleties of wirework, and sharing these techniques with her students. She has partnered with Tracy Stanley to form Wired Arts. Janice has recently partnered with Tracy Stanley to form Wired Arts. They will be creating a website called website wiredarts.net, and will be leading wirework retreats. Show all Janice Berkebile's classes Dawn Binette The Rocky Mountain Bead Society calls Dawn Binette an "enthusiastic teacher." You can tell she is an expert in her medium. Her classes are very unique -- not that same old thing taught in other places. She is very passionate about beading combined with art, and passes her energy and inventiveness onto the students inspiring them to create professional work. Dawn's workshop is a valuable addition to any show. Show all Dawn Binette's classes Nancy Cain Originally from Los Angeles, Nancy lives in Colorado with her husband of 20 years, a son and daughter. She plays with her beads in her home studio and travels nationally and internationally teaching technically detailed 3-D sculptures and jewelry. She worked as a Graphic Artist until 1993, at which time she quit to be a full-time mom. The process of working with something as simple and basic as tiny glass beads has for Nancy, evolved from simple hobby craft to making works of art. Show all Nancy Cain's classes Amy Clarke Moore Amy Clarke Moore, editor of Spin-Off magazine), earned her B.A. from Cornell College in Iowa in 1990 majoring in Art, Latin American Studies, and Spanish. In 1997 she earned her M.F.A. in Fibers from Colorado State University's Art department. Amy started beading in 1998 to complete a staff project for Beadwork magazine. She enjoys the process of stitching the beads to the canvas. She views each bead as a thought and the spiral path of her beadwork is like the passage of time. Her work is born out of a passionate interest in fairytales, myths, and art. Show all Amy Clarke Moore's classes Lisa Claxton Lisa has been beading and twisting wire since her teenage years. Her current work focuses on textile techniques with wire and anything that mixes fire and texture. Although her home base is at Baubles & Beads in Berkeley, Calif., she can be found teaching nationally at shows around the country, and online for Beaducation.com. She is also proud to be on the board of directors and an active participant for the Bead Society of Northern California. Show all Lisa Claxton's classes Doris Coghill Doris left the corporate world in 2000 to pursue beads full-time. Since then she has spent her time being a sales rep for a bead company, designing kits, and teaching them both locally and nationally, writing for the leading bead magazines, leading bead related tours to the Czech Republic, maintaining her Web site and growing her online business. Show all Doris Coghill's classes Gail Crosman Moore Gail Crosman Moore is an artist, teacher, mother, and small business owner. She divides her time between creating her work, showing her work and encouraging others to create their own work, reveling in the spark and arc that travels between her interactions in these different and varied aspects of her life. Recognition of her abilities appears in print, both in trade publications and books in several different fields. Through the granting of awards she has been able to pursue new methods and master new materials. Her work can be seen at her Web site. Show all Gail Crosman Moore's classes David Dean David has produced and taught beadwork for over 30 years. He has taught at many bead shows throughout the country. In addition, he has lectured with the Washington D.C. Bead Society, Boston Bead Guild, and the Denver Museum of History and Science. He is the author of Beading In The Native American Tradition, and has been a contributing writer to other writings. Show all David Dean's classes Dayle Doroshow Dayle Doroshow is a mixed media/ polymer clay artist and owner of design studio Zingaro, stamp of distinction. Her jewelry, home decor, ethnic dolls can be seen at art shows and galleries on the West Coast. Dayle enjoys teaching and sharing her techniques in workshops across the United States and France. Show all Dayle Doroshow's classes Sherri Haab Sherri Haab is a best selling craft author with over 21 published books in print, with several titles selling over a million copies. She is a certified metal clay instructor, leading numerous craft and jewelry making workshops internationally. She also develops new craft products including her own "Image Transfer Solution." Sherri has recently released 2 DVDs (Metal Clay and Resin) and has appeared on several television programs (HGTV, DIY and PBS). She lives with her family in Utah. Show all Sherri Haab's classes Jamie Hogsett Jamie Hogsett is a jewelry designer and freelance editor. She is author of Stringing Style and co-author of the Create Jewelry series: Pearls, Crystals, Stones, and Glass (Spring 2009). Show all Jamie Hogsett's classes Met Innmon Met discovered beadweaving in 2000 and was instantly hooked. Working from her home studio in the Colorado foothills, she enjoys taking her ideas and imagination to physical pieces of art using the colors, shapes and textures of beads. She teaches nationwide at beads stores and shows. She loves teaching, working with students and sharing the common bond and passion for beads. Show all Met Innmon's classes Liz Jones Since 2001, Liz has taught and worked in the bead industry. In 2008, she published her first book, Jewelry Studio: Silver Wire Fusing to share her love for metal working and jewelry making. Liz lives in Seattle. Show all Liz Jones's classes Tina Koyama Tina Koyama is an artist, instructor and writer who has published numerous designs in major beadwork magazines. Her work is included in the Bead International 2006 and 2008 exhibitions. She teaches regularly at Fusion Beads in Seattle and at national shows. Tina's classroom motto is, Bead fearlessly! View more of her work at: www.tinakoyama.com. Show all Tina Koyama's classes Beth Kraft Beth Kraft is the owner of Nordic Gypsy Beads and Jewelry in Rochester, Minn. Her designs have been published in the Interweave Press book Beader's Stash: Designs from America's Favorite Bead Shops, Step by Step Beads, and Beadwork magazines. Beth is a finalist in the 2008 Saul Bell Design Award competition Swarovski category. In addition to teaching bead-weaving and wirework at her own store, she has taught at shows around the country. Her Web site is www.nordicgypsy.com. Show all Beth Kraft's classes Susan Lenart-Kazmer Susan Lenart Kazmer is an artist and jeweler. She is the author of Making Connections- A handbook of cold joins for jeweler and mixed media artists. She was recently involved with the American Fine Craft Council, and presented the 2006 award of Most innovative use of the medium from Robert Lui of Ornament Magazine. Her work has been included in museum exhibits throughout the country such as the Smithsonian in Washington D.C., Art Institute in New York. Susan's recent work includes a wearable circus troop with removable jewelry. Show all Susan Lenart-Kazmer's classes Susan Lewis Susan Lewis has been a metalsmith for over 25 years and exhibits nationally. Her work is included in Cece Wire's book, "New Directions in Metal Clay", 2007, and PMC Guild's "PMC-A Decade of Serious Fun", 2004. A jewelry teacher for 18 years in South Florida, she has taught PMC classes since 1998. In 2006, Susan opened Metalmorphosis Studio in Ft. Lauderdale, where she works and teaches. She was educated at Kent State University, Penland School of Crafts, and PMC Certified in 1999. Show all Susan Lewis's classes Laura McCabe Laura Jean McCabe is a primarily self-taught beadweaver with an education in historical costume reproduction and restoration, and anthropology. She produces elaborately beaded jewelry using a combination of Native American, African, and Victorian embroidery techniques in modern forms and color schemes. Show all Laura McCabe's classes Maggie Meister When Maggie Meister lived in Naples, Italy, the rich culture of the Neapolitan people and the mosaics, frescoes, and jewelry designs from Pompeii became, and continues to be, a major source of inspiration for her designs. Sculptural reflections from the images she loves are translated into jewelry using seed beads with a variety of stitches.Maggie continues to teach workshops nationally and internationally. Her work has been shown in Milan and Naples and has been featured in Beadwork. Show all Maggie Meister's classes Anne Mitchell Anne started her creative career over 25 years ago as a professional lighting designer. Anne began teaching chain making and metal working for pure enjoyment. She found that the creative outlet provided by teaching as well as a consistent demand for her classes to alluring to deny. Leaving lighting behind in 2003, Anne is now a full-time designer, instructor, and author. Show all Anne Mitchell's classes George O'Grady George has been involved in hot glass art for almost 20 years. He started with glass beads in 1993 and began teaching how to make glass beads a decade ago. George’s work has been carried by bead stores and art galleries across the country, including such notable galleries as the Kittrell/Riffkind Art Glass Gallery, noted as on the of the top ten glass gallieries in the country by the American Craft’s Council. Show all George O'Grady's classes Denise Peck Denise Peck is editor-in-chief of Step by Step Wire Jewelry magazine and the projects editor of Jewelry Artist. An editor by trade and a jeweler at heart, she is a metalsmith with a bench jeweler's certificate from Studio Jewelers Ltd., in New York City, and makes and sells her own jewelry when she can find the time! Show all Denise Peck's classes Melanie Potter Melanie's arts and crafts background began with training in couture sewing at an early age of 12. With an experienced eye, Melanie brings her couture sewing background and sense of color theory and design to developing aesthetic ways of using beads in unique, contemporary jewelry. The possibilities of producing three-dimensional structural forms from a variety of bead types, shapes, sizes, and colors are endless and offer a wonderful creative challenge. Show all Melanie Potter's classes Leah Henriquez Ready Leah has been beading and embroidering for over thirty years. She has an affinity for things that sparkle. Show all Leah Henriquez Ready's classes Leslie Rogalski Leslie Rogalski is the editor-in-chief of Step by Step Beads and Creative Jewelry, and a contributing editor to Beadwork. She has been creating, selling, publishing, and teaching her original beadwork designs for many years. She is a regular presenter on the PBS television series, Beads Baubles and Jewels, beadsbaublesandjewels.com. (Also Howtotvonline.com) Show all Leslie Rogalski's classes Melanie Schow Melanie has been working with wire and beads for 13 years, teaching for 9. She designs jewelry, sculpture and most recently art yarn for her business, Solamente. Her classes are offered in southern California and at bead shows around the country. She has been published in Beadwork Magazine on-line projects and Beading Daily. Show all Melanie Schow's classes Stephanie Sersich Stephanie is from a family of artists and has been making jewelry since she was a child. Her jewelry incorporates fibers and her own handmade glass beads. She teaches her beadmaking and jewelry techniques all over the world, and her first book was published last year. www.sssbeads.com(Interweave Press, February 2008). http://www.interweave.com/bead/books/dj_glassbeads/ Show all Stephanie Sersich's classes Jeanette Shanigan Jeanette Shanigan has been working with beads for more than 40 years, and has written 11 beadwork books, as well as articles for Beadwork, Lapidary Journal and Jewelry Crafts. She has taught at many bead shows, including Bead Fest. Having taught high school for 31 years, Jeanette retired in June 2004, and now has time to give her bead career full-time attention. Show all Jeanette Shanigan's classes Liz Smith Liz Smith has lived most of her life in Los Angeles, except for 15 years she spent teaching in Germany for the Dept. of Defense Overseas Schools. During numerous trips to Venice, she became fascinated with beads, and today finds inspiration everywhere. Beading has become her passion, her obsession, and her new career since retiring from the elementary school classroom. She loves creating a piece of jewelry that causes people to stop and stare, to reach out, and touch. Show all Liz Smith's classes Tracy Stanley Tracy has spent her life living in the Pacific Northwest, which has given her a deep appreciation for natural and organic elements. She reflects this in her work and art. She began teaching over 15 years ago and gets a great satisfaction in passing on my knowledge and skills. Teaching her students solid techniques will help them create quality pieces they can be proud of. Check out her Web site: wiredarts.net. Show all Tracy Stanley's classes Sally Stevens Sally has been making jewelry for over 30 years. She works with her lampwork artist daughter, Shannon, out of their home studio in Maryland, creating wire wrapped jewelry and lampwork beads. They may be reached through their Web site www.sunroomstudiosonline.com. Show all Sally Stevens's classes Michael David Sturlin Michael David Sturlin is an internationally renowned studio jewelry artist, educator, consultant, and award winning goldsmith. His minimalist jewelry has appeared in 70 magazine articles and is displayed in select galleries throughout North America. Michael teaches goldsmithing and marketing at the Revere Academy of Jewelry Arts and presents workshops, classes, and professional development seminars nationwide. Visit goldcrochet.com and michaeldavidsturlin.com for more information. Show all Michael David Sturlin's classes Larkin Jean Van Horn Larkin Jean Van Horn is an author, designer and teacher who lives half time in the bead world and half time in the fabric world, and loves the process of blending the two. Her book, Beading on Fabric, has guided many quilters and beaders in their quest for a little more sparkle in their work. Show all Larkin Jean Van Horn's classes Judy Walker Judy Walker has been beading since childhood. She is known for distributing chocolate in all her beading classes, and being the source for hilariously rude button badges. She lives in Monrovia, Calif., where her husband Richard provides encouragement and support, and her many cats create havoc and chaos while beading. Judy is the author of the recently published book The Beaded Sphere. Show all Judy Walker's classes Dustin Wedekind As a technical editor, illustrator, and designer of many things beady, DustinWedekind continuously seeks the simple structure within complex configurations. Find such things in his book Getting Started with Seed Beads (Interweave Press, 2007) or on his Web site bedesman.com. Show all Dustin Wedekind's classes Kristal Wick Award-winning artist, author, Swarovski teacher and designer Kristal Wick is here for the first time at Bead Fest Santa Fe. Catch her new book, Fabulous Fabric Beads, on www.KristalWick.com. Kristal also teaches on cruise ships, invented Sassy Silkies, hand painted silk scroll beads, and designed a jewelry line for the Jimmy Buffet Band. She's been on HGTV and PBS numerous times. Her designs have been in over 4 books and 35 publications including: Belle Armoire Lapidary Journal, Stringing, Beadwork, Bead Style, Simply Beads, Sewing Savvy, Piecework, Step by Step Beads, and Vogue Patterns. Show all Kristal Wick's classes Jill Wiseman Jill has been teaching for several years, and is known by her students as being a patient teacher with a great sense of humor. With designs that aren't too overwhelming for beginners, but offer something to experienced beaders as well, Jill prides herself on writing clear and detailed instructions that anyone can follow. Show all Jill Wiseman's classes Nancy Zellers Nancy Zellers enjoys designing beadwork projects that are deceptively minimalist yet challenging to execute. She teaches internationally, exhibits in contemporary art shows and publishes in beadwork magazines and books. Contact Nancy at nzbeads@aol.com Show all Nancy Zellers's classes All Bead Fest Santa Fe Classes | Bead Fest Santa Fe Instructors (2009) View Classes by Level | View Classes by Technique | View Classes by Length/Type