Diane will also be teaching a class on Sunday, October 18, on how to weave her signature convertible Tila for Two Bracelet. Click here for more information and to sign up for this class.
Written by Cindy Holsclaw
Friday, October 9, 2015
This Month's Presentation and Class by Diane Whiting!
San Diego Bead Society member and author Diane Whiting is our guest speaker for our next meeting. Diane will be talking about the innovative techniques that she uses to build convertibility into beading designs. Join us at 10 AM on Saturday, October 17 at the Mingei International Museum in Balboa Park for this exciting talk!
Diane will also be teaching a class on Sunday, October 18, on how to weave her signature convertible Tila for Two Bracelet. Click here for more information and to sign up for this class.
Written by Cindy Holsclaw
Diane will also be teaching a class on Sunday, October 18, on how to weave her signature convertible Tila for Two Bracelet. Click here for more information and to sign up for this class.
Written by Cindy Holsclaw
Wednesday, September 2, 2015
Kinga Nichols is coming to the San Diego Bead Society!
Kinga Nichols is visiting the San Diego Bead Society! Kinga is a phenomenal bead embroidery artist and she will be talking about her whimsical, imaginative art at our next meeting on September 19.
Kinga will also be teaching two classes on her bead embroidery designs. Click here for more information and to sign up for her classes.
Written by Cindy Holsclaw
Kinga will also be teaching two classes on her bead embroidery designs. Click here for more information and to sign up for her classes.
Written by Cindy Holsclaw
Monday, July 6, 2015
The 2015 Annual SDBS Bead Bazaar
The San Diego Bead Society Annual Bead Bazaar!
August 1 and 2, 2015
Scottish Rite Center, 1895 Camino Del Rio South, San Diego
Scottish Rite Center, 1895 Camino Del Rio South, San Diego
It is time again for our wonderful annual Bead Bazaar! Proceeds from the Bazaar help the SDBS support many activities throughout the year, including speakers and classes, community outreach, and our affiliation with the Mingei International Museum. Our Bazaar brings together finished jewelry from unique jewelry
artists and vendors that provide quality merchandise for all
your jewelry making needs.
What you can find at the SDBS Bazaar:
- Unique lamp work beads and sculptures
- Jewelry designs in chain maille, bead weaving, kumihimo, polymer clay, and precious metal clay
- Copper beads and findings
- Popular and practical beading mats and beading accessories
- Austrian Swarovski crystals
- Czech beads including the new shapes and two-holed collections
- Japanese seed beads in a great selection of colors and sizes
- Lapidary and wire working tools
- Featuring vendors with artistic and contemporary beads and handcrafted items from around the world.
- Make and take jewelry classes and jewelry-making demonstrations will be offered throughout the event.
A list of participating vendors are listed below in alphabetical order:
| Allene's Beads | Allene Rose |
| Anne Mitchell Metalworks | Anne E. Mitchell |
| Artrade | Kevin Lau |
| BeadCenter | Wendy Simpson Conner |
| Bead Island (NEW) | Mary Michael |
| Beads Creation | Kei Wong (Sharleen) |
| Beads U Need | Esaf |
| Betty Cox Beading (NEW) | Betty Cox |
| Craft Fantastic | Anne Engelhardt |
| Crystal Ninja (NEW) | Kellie DeFries |
| Designs by Jonna | Jonna Faulkner |
| Glasscapes | Mingo and Asho Trendel |
| Hastakala (NEW) | Mark Hunter |
| Jane Coursin (NEW) | Jane Coursin |
| Jujee Beads | Judy Carlson |
| Kahn-Fagan | Ellen Fagan |
| Karen Nan Designs | Karen Varela |
| Kilim Company | Daryoush Yerushalmi |
| Kim van Antwerp | Kim Van Antwerp |
| Klew's Gallery | Karen Lewis |
| Laura Souder | Laura Souder Studio |
| Leilani Arts (NEW) | Ken Wing |
| Mountain Robbins | Judie Mountain/Wayne Robbins |
| Nightside Studios | Ralph McCaskey |
| Ocean Sky Beads (NEW) | Dee Layden |
| Penny Michelle (NEW) | Penny Wamsley |
| Saki Silver (NEW) | Liz Chumtong |
| Sandy Shor & Co. | Katy Zimmerman |
| Southern Cal. Local Bead Store Assoc. | Iris Osumi/Delores Marquez |
| Studio M | Susan Blessinger |
| Studio Suzanne | Suzanne Trozzi |
| Tangible Light Studio | Michelle Davis |
| Terry Redfield Designs (NEW) | Terry Redfield |
| Trinkets by T Vintage Beads | Teresa Lawrence |
| Whim Beads | Beki Haley |
Hours:
Saturday, August 1: 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Sunday, August 2: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
FREE Parking
Admission $5.00. $2.00 discount coupons are available on our website. FREE Admission to all active military personnel and their families with proper ID.
ABOUT US
The San Diego Bead Society (SDBS) is a non-profit
organization founded in 1993, affiliated to the Mingei International Museum
(MIM). It provides the community an educational resource in the artistic,
historical, and intercultural significance of beads and related crafts. Regular
meetings are held at 10:00 a.m., on the third Saturday of each month at the MIM
in Balboa Park, except for the months of July and
December.
Thursday, April 2, 2015
Moorish Bead, Diane's great class
Have you been to a San Diego Bead Society class?
This happy looking bunch all took advantage of Diane Fitzgerald's being here in March to spend a day learning from one of the Beadweaving greats.
According to two of the attendees, Ellen and Dee a great time was had by all.
Classes are a great way to increase your beading knowledge and the San Diego Bead Society is an excellent resource for making these classes available. Why not have a look at our upcoming schedule and expand your beading repertoire? Click here or at the link on then top of the page to see who is coming next!
This happy looking bunch all took advantage of Diane Fitzgerald's being here in March to spend a day learning from one of the Beadweaving greats.
According to two of the attendees, Ellen and Dee a great time was had by all.
It's always a delight to meet someone who is a renowned
beader and find that they are also a warm and friendly person, and that
describes Diane Fitzgerald.
All of us in class worked on making a cornerless cube, with
either two or more color delicas.
Several of us had Diane's book, Shaped
Beadwork & Beyond, which has directions for the project, but there is
nothing as good as having the designer there to teach. The
cornerless cube is made up of six flat peyote squares and eight flat peyote
triangles that are zipped together.
Diane started by describing the shapes and how they are the basis for
many different forms. She demonstrated
each shape on large beads so everyone could see, and covered lots of techniques
from how to start a double thread so that there is no tail to weave in through
information on zipping the shapes together and finishing the cube by dipping it
in floor wax to make it stiff.
In addition to covering many techniques used in making the
cube that can be applied to other beading, Diane showed us how to make her
Bubble Bead with two hole lentils (or two hole triangles), and gave us
directions and a kit for a pretty pair of earrings. And, she shared the secrets of her bead kit with
us, including tools she finds helpful and items she takes to keep her bead kit
pretty and fun.
I'll end as I began, everything about Diane and the class was a delight.
I'll end as I began, everything about Diane and the class was a delight.
Classes are a great way to increase your beading knowledge and the San Diego Bead Society is an excellent resource for making these classes available. Why not have a look at our upcoming schedule and expand your beading repertoire? Click here or at the link on then top of the page to see who is coming next!
Monday, March 2, 2015
Class with Cynthia Rutledge
A long time bead artist and teacher returns to San Diego. You may recall Cynthia got her start beading at San Diego's the Shepherdess. That was in my early days of beading and I remember it well.
Cynthia will be giving a two day class resulting in a stunning bracelet featuring a cushion cut cz as the focal. A k nit cable band embellished with seed beads and crystal is the perfect backdrop for the center stone.
Kits will be available in four different colors. This is a unique opportunity to study with one of the best. Click here to sign up while it's still available.
Cynthia will be giving a two day class resulting in a stunning bracelet featuring a cushion cut cz as the focal. A k nit cable band embellished with seed beads and crystal is the perfect backdrop for the center stone.
Kits will be available in four different colors. This is a unique opportunity to study with one of the best. Click here to sign up while it's still available.
written by Marcia DeCoster
Brenda Schweder comes to the Bead Society!
And she's giving a class! Brenda uses the jig she developed to bend wire into amazing, creative designs. She'll show you how to wrangle that wire to make many beautiful projects.
If you'd like to see how Brenda does it, click here to sign up for class
written by Marcia DeCoster
If you'd like to see how Brenda does it, click here to sign up for class
written by Marcia DeCoster
Diane Fitzgerald talk and class!
On Saturday March 21st Diane Fitzgerald will be speaking at our monthly meeting. In her talk "Fads and Trends in Beadwork." Talented seed beader Diane will discuss the latest in the beading world, including the new two hole beads and shaped beads. Please join us for an exciting program.
It's bound to be a wonderful class, with many years of bead knowledge to be shared. The Moorish Tile Cornerless Cube looks like an especially versatile beaded bead sure to delight you with many different color combinations.
To enroll in this class click here.
It's bound to be a wonderful class, with many years of bead knowledge to be shared. The Moorish Tile Cornerless Cube looks like an especially versatile beaded bead sure to delight you with many different color combinations.
To enroll in this class click here.
written by Marcia DeCoster
Monday, February 2, 2015
David Chatt Right Angle Weave Intensive
written by Marcia DeCoster
Those who were fortunate enough to take David Chatt's class offered by the San Diego Bead Society had a rare treat!
David brought what he refers to as his sketchbook, a huge collection of bits and pieces from his years of study. Besides being a visual treat, it guided the workshop experience as David willingly went through the hows and whys of whatever piqued someones interest. On the right you see a standing structure which is covered hardware cloth. It can be cut to any size and shape and can be bent so it lends itself to being covered with CRAW and making structures.
Here we have the interior of a pyramid. David started out giving us a few hints and challenged us to sort out how it was done. Given the talent in the group and the propensity for spacial thinking more than one student was able to go away and build a pyramid! I was not one of those people….
Here we have day four and the group of happy beaders who enjoyed every minute of the experience!
Those who were fortunate enough to take David Chatt's class offered by the San Diego Bead Society had a rare treat!
David brought what he refers to as his sketchbook, a huge collection of bits and pieces from his years of study. Besides being a visual treat, it guided the workshop experience as David willingly went through the hows and whys of whatever piqued someones interest. On the right you see a standing structure which is covered hardware cloth. It can be cut to any size and shape and can be bent so it lends itself to being covered with CRAW and making structures.
Here we have the interior of a pyramid. David started out giving us a few hints and challenged us to sort out how it was done. Given the talent in the group and the propensity for spacial thinking more than one student was able to go away and build a pyramid! I was not one of those people….
Here we have day four and the group of happy beaders who enjoyed every minute of the experience!
Next up is Judy Walker, who you can see tucked in the back left there. Judy will be teaching her loom work class and it another rare treat to work with someone with such a huge breadth of knowledge. See more details here.
Saturday, January 17, 2015
Judy Walker in February!
We are very fortunate to have Judy Walker come speak and offer classes. She has a wealth of experience and it's always a treat to learn from such an accomplished artist.
At our February 21st meeting at the Mingei in Balboa Park, Judy will be speaking on her own beaded journey including highlights from a trip to Japan.
Judy will also be giving a loom class. While she has a paperclip loom of her own design which enable you to not have to weave off all the ends (always a good thing) should you already own a different loom and would like to take advantage of Judy's years of experience you can bring you own loom to class and Judy will work with you.
If you would like to be a part of this learning experience you may sign up here.
If you haven't loomed this a great opportunity to learn patterning with one of the best. Look at the rich colorations and patterns below.
At our February 21st meeting at the Mingei in Balboa Park, Judy will be speaking on her own beaded journey including highlights from a trip to Japan.
Judy will also be giving a loom class. While she has a paperclip loom of her own design which enable you to not have to weave off all the ends (always a good thing) should you already own a different loom and would like to take advantage of Judy's years of experience you can bring you own loom to class and Judy will work with you.
If you would like to be a part of this learning experience you may sign up here.
Judy Walker has been beading for over forty years. Teaching at national bead shows and other workshops, she is well known for distributing chocolate and buttons with funny sayings. Her beadwork has appeared in numerous books, magazines, touring exhibits and galleries. Judy is a two-time winner of the "Treasures of TOHO" international beading design contest. She taught in Japan in the fall of 2006.
Judy's book, The Beaded Sphere and Variations, was over a year in preparation and grew out of her wish to contribute more to the artistic field she loves so much.
Judy has learned that cats make it very difficult to accomplish beading. She lives in Monrovia, California with her husband Richard, their four cats, and her large collection of beads.
Judy's book, The Beaded Sphere and Variations, was over a year in preparation and grew out of her wish to contribute more to the artistic field she loves so much.
Judy has learned that cats make it very difficult to accomplish beading. She lives in Monrovia, California with her husband Richard, their four cats, and her large collection of beads.
ABOUT JUDY
If you haven't loomed this a great opportunity to learn patterning with one of the best. Look at the rich colorations and patterns below.
Wednesday, January 7, 2015
David Chatt
Written by Marcia DeCoster
David Chatt will be presenting his program 'Unecessary Objects, a non traditional approach to an ancient form' at our January 17th meeting. 10:00 a.m. at the Mingei Museum, Balboa Park, San Diego.
David has a long history of bead weaving and has been instrumental in advancing the popularity of right angle weave and cubic right angle weave with his innovative use of both stitches.
I was fortunate enough to have taken a class with David back when Bead and Button was still called Embellishment, seventeen years ago. He shaped my own explorations of the stitch and I look forward to hearing him speak.
I was also fortunate enough to see his Retrospective at the Bellevue Arts Musem in 2005 called "Two Hands, Twenty Years and a Billion Beads"
David will be giving a four day class the Sunday and Monday following his program and the next Saturday and Sunday.
To register you must be a member of the San Diego Bead Society (membership may be paid for at the time of class registration) To be taken to the class payment and registration page, click here.
David Chatt will be presenting his program 'Unecessary Objects, a non traditional approach to an ancient form' at our January 17th meeting. 10:00 a.m. at the Mingei Museum, Balboa Park, San Diego.
David has a long history of bead weaving and has been instrumental in advancing the popularity of right angle weave and cubic right angle weave with his innovative use of both stitches.
I was fortunate enough to have taken a class with David back when Bead and Button was still called Embellishment, seventeen years ago. He shaped my own explorations of the stitch and I look forward to hearing him speak.
I was also fortunate enough to see his Retrospective at the Bellevue Arts Musem in 2005 called "Two Hands, Twenty Years and a Billion Beads"
David will be giving a four day class the Sunday and Monday following his program and the next Saturday and Sunday.
To register you must be a member of the San Diego Bead Society (membership may be paid for at the time of class registration) To be taken to the class payment and registration page, click here.
Stay tuned for updates on future programs and classes.
Thursday, October 2, 2014
October 19, 2014 Class
October 19th 2014, Sunday Class
If you are totally new to this technique, here is an introductory video to soutache embroidery and to Aimee SweetMcNamara. Enjoy.
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zXIN-1RyT9Y
Here is the class project.
Hope we got you interested.
This class will be the last one for 2014. We hope you enjoyed the variety of programs and classes this year.
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| Blossom Pendant for Anu |
Hope we got you interested.
This class will be the last one for 2014. We hope you enjoyed the variety of programs and classes this year.
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
October 18, 2014 Program
This month we are hosting Alice Scherer, the co-author of the book that started the beading revolution in 1992 The New Beadwork.
The topic of her presentation is:
Woven Native Beadwork in the 19th-century Greater Pacific Northwest
This program showcases the woven bead work of indigenous peoples of the greater
Pacific Northwest from northern California through Oregon and Washington and
into British Columbia and Alaska during the 19th and early 20th
centuries and describes its evolution from the very early basketry-derived
techniques to when Western-introduced beading looms and frames and
easier, more flexible bead embroidery work became the dominant forms of
beadwork expression throughout much of the region.
Woven Indigenous Beadwork places
Northwest indigenous beadwork in the context of beadwork worldwide during the
19th century and discusses the importation of beads into the region
both during the British and American fur trading eras (1808 to c 1860) and the
several-decades-long flood of American pioneers which followed relatively soon
thereafter (1842 through about 1890).
Each era had its stylistic effect on the
native work of the times, as did the types of beads which flowed in.
Beadwork from Northeastern Indians came in with the fur trappers and traders. This style of work was later taken over by the designs and techniques which came with the women pioneers and the ladies magazines of the day.
Further inspiration was provided by printed designs on fabrics and wallpapers, and advertising images in newspapers and magazines at the end of the 19th century.
Beadwork from Northeastern Indians came in with the fur trappers and traders. This style of work was later taken over by the designs and techniques which came with the women pioneers and the ladies magazines of the day.
Further inspiration was provided by printed designs on fabrics and wallpapers, and advertising images in newspapers and magazines at the end of the 19th century.
About Alice Scherer
Alice
Scherer
is the Founder of the Center for the Study of Beadwork, established in
1989 in
Portland, Oregon to promote the field of contemporary beadwork. This
organization now serves primarily as a base for her independent research
in
indigenous beading traditions worldwide.
She is currently the
Secretary/Treasurer for the Society of Bead Researchers, an international
organization devoted to gathering and disseminating bead and beadwork research
through its publication Journal of the Society of Bead
Researchers.
She is also co-author of the seminal book The New Beadwork, which established the “beadwork as an art form”
movement in 1992.
She has written numerous articles on beadwork in:
- Threads Magazine
- Ornament
- Fiberarts
- Beadwork Magazine
Monday, September 8, 2014
September 2014 Program and Class
September 20, 2014 Saturday Program
Mingei
Museum, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA 10
a.m. until noon
She describes her work and design approach:
A color wheel is not enough when you're designing beadwork. Seed beads come in thousands of colors, different opacities, finishes, textures and shapes-- not to mention the pattern and the dimensional shape of the beadwork itself. All these things change the way light and color are perceived.
Years of hits and misses have led me to some interesting observations which I will share in dozens of photos and samples.
I don't believe there are any right or wrong combinations. Only that the more you know, the more you can ,manipulate the interplay of your palette and control the finished effect of your beadwork. I am endlessly fascinated by color and the textile quality of beadweaving. I cannot wait to share my excitement with you.
Kim Van Antwerp has been working with seed beads since the 1990ies, most recently creating work for Kate McKinnon's Contemporary Beadwork Volume 2. Still exploring the possibilities introduced in this inspirational book, Kim also makes mixed-media jewelry combining the two disciplines.
When she is not making jewelry, you can find her on her bike or her snowboard near her home in South Lake Tahoe.
In this class, you learn to prepare and color silk cocoons as jewelry components. Then you add an iridescent patina to fine silverpods. You make layered flowers with them which you can wire to a silver frame or a branch to make a unique pin or pendant.
With time permitting, Kim will also discuss simple ways to turn small objects into useful jewelry components. She is bringing some of her own things to demonstrate this. Students are welcome to bring their own materials for discussion.
Class is held in a private home. Directions will be emailed to participants who have paid for the class.
There is a kit for class materials for one pin or pendant for $30. Additional supplies are available for sale in class.
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| Silk Coccoon Flowers |
Jen
is a natural storyteller who found mixed media art a decade ago and
never looked back. She’s drawn to the imperfect, the funky, the quirky,
the artsy and the authentic: be it people, object or art. Jen is
currently the Director of Education and Marketing for ICE Resin Susan
Lenert Kazmer. She is also the author of “Art Chooses You,” a new art
marketing column for Belle Armoire Jewelry. Jen is also a monthly
columnist on CreateMixedMedia.com for the Creative Insights blog. - See
more at:
http://www.createmixedmedia.com/meet/artist-profile-jen-cushman#sthash.QutpweoL.dpuf
Jen
is a natural storyteller who found mixed media art a decade ago and
never looked back. She’s drawn to the imperfect, the funky, the quirky,
the artsy and the authentic: be it people, object or art. Jen is
currently the Director of Education and Marketing for ICE Resin Susan
Lenert Kazmer. She is also the author of “Art Chooses You,” a new art
marketing column for Belle Armoire Jewelry. Jen is also a monthly
columnist on CreateMixedMedia.com for the Creative Insights blog. - See
more at:
http://www.createmixedmedia.com/meet/artist-profile-jen-cushman#sthash.QutpweoL.dpuf
Jen
is a natural storyteller who found mixed media art a decade ago and
never looked back. She’s drawn to the imperfect, the funky, the quirky,
the artsy and the authentic: be it people, object or art. Jen is
currently the Director of Education and Marketing for ICE Resin Susan
Lenert Kazmer. She is also the author of “Art Chooses You,” a new art
marketing column for Belle Armoire Jewelry. Jen is also a monthly
columnist on CreateMixedMedia.com for the Creative Insights blog. - See
more at:
http://www.createmixedmedia.com/meet/artist-profile-jen-cushman#sthash.QutpweoL.dpuf
Jen
is a natural storyteller who found mixed media art a decade ago and
never looked back. She’s drawn to the imperfect, the funky, the quirky,
the artsy and the authentic: be it people, object or art. Jen is
currently the Director of Education and Marketing for ICE Resin Susan
Lenert Kazmer. She is also the author of “Art Chooses You,” a new art
marketing column for Belle Armoire Jewelry. Jen is also a monthly
columnist on CreateMixedMedia.com for the Creative Insights blog. - See
more at:
http://www.createmixedmedia.com/meet/artist-profile-jen-cushman#sthash.QutpweoL.dpuf
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