Bead Stringing Basics - Turn Your Bead Purchases into Wearable Jewelry!
A Pasadena Bead And Design Show Workshop [select another show]
Instructor: Susan RyzaSusan Ryza designs & fabricates hand-crafted jewelry using a variety of materials, including wire, cord, gemstones, Swarovski crystal, plate metal, chain, fabric & ribbon. As a jewelry teacher as well as a designer, she loves learning & incorporating new techniques & methods – among them chain maille, bead weaving, wirework & bead stringing. She has a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design, and an MS in Education from Long Island University. Since 2000, she teaches jewelry-making & fiber crafts at Santa Monica College, various local Santa Monica schools & stores, & at her home studio. Having a textile design background, she especially enjoys adapting fiber techniques for jewelry – using macramé, crochet, spool knitting, netting, weaving, knotting & braiding. In addition to teaching, Susan worked with weavers in the Peace Corps in El Salvador and owned a wholesale millinery and handcraft import business for 15 years. Website: susanryza.com
Currently not available.
Skill Levels: All
Dates/Times: January 20, from 1:30pm to 2:30pm
Fees: $39 » including any materials needed and printed instructions to take home.
For more information and to sign up for the workshop, email Susan at susan@susanryza.com
or call 310-944-1299. Class size is limited to 6, so register early!