From bead stringing to intricate bead weaving we offer an unbeadlievably wide variety of classes designed for beaders of all levels. Our class sizes are limited and we have an extremely talented group of professionals and staff lined up. You can click on the Class Schedule above for our current schedule and check out some of our featured projects below. If you see a class you want, but can’t make the time, we will do our best to arrange private lessons for you or for you and a group of friends.

Class sizes are limited, so you should drop by the store or call us to pre-pay and reserve your spot! But, please choose your class carefully as all classes are pre-paid and nonrefundable (unless we cancel due to lousy weather or low attendance)

Kim Z

Donna and Eve

Judy

Erin

Carol

Luxe

Stephanie

Jeri

Erin Gonzalez-Hicks

Erin Gonzalez-Hicks has been creating hand wrought wire jewelry for the past ten years.  A self- proclaimed " Bohemian trapped in a corporate body", when not traveling worldwide for her corporate job, she relishes the opportunity to create what she calls, " bold, brave, and indestructible jewelry".  Her work was recently featured in the Spring edition of Chester County Magazine. 

In Erin's words," the value in jewelry comes from the transformation in making it.  I love the challenge of taking unformed wire and creating something solid and meaningful.  When I make a piece, I want it to be a treasured mandala and tell a story about its contents , the history of the beads and the culture they derived from ."   Her preference is to combine  the strength of wire worked forms with natural stones, found objects and collectible beads from around the world.

Judy Gelzinis Donovan

Judy is a Philadelphia textile artist who has worked her way from beading clothing and quilts to designing and creating beaded jewelry.  Judy has been on the staff of Moore College of Art, the Art Institute of Philadelphia and the Delaware College of Art and Design, where she currently teaches beadwork and textile dyeing courses.  Her beadwork has appeared most recently in Bethany Barry's book Bead Crochet (Interweave Press). She specializes in bead crochet/knitting and off-loom seed bead stitching.  "As long as there are beads and thread in it, I love to do it".

Stephanie Sersich

Stephanie is a full-time jewelry designer and beadmaker, living and working in Portland, Maine. She has been making glass beads for a decade, and incorporates them into all her designs. Using a mixture of vintage glass, ethnic beads, natural materials, and flosses, she creates jewelry that is truly unique.

In Stephanie’s words  “I feel what separates my jewelry from others is my use of both the old and the new. Whether shiny, or pitted, either glass, or fiber, I strive to incorporate multiple elements into my work that give depth, color, and texture. For inspiration I draw on widely varied sources, including textiles, sea life, and any motif that captures my eye…”

You can see samples of Stephanie’s work on her web site. Her spiny knotting technique was featured in Bead&Button August 2000. More recently you can find an article about her and her work in Ornament Spring 2004 and Bead&Button October 2004.

Carol Jones

Carol Jones has been beading since she was a young girl. She was a design major in college. Because of her love of crafts and her involvement with the Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show over the last 17 years, she has maintained close relationships with many craft artists especially bead artists.  Their support and her love of color and enthusiasm for the beautiful beads available today rekindled her interest in beading five years ago.

She has studied with international instructors all over the country. She works mostly in off-loom weave and is proficient in right angle, peyote, herringbone and brick stitch. She has taught privately for the last three years. Carol has had numerous shows where she sells and exhibits her work.

Carol Hatton-Holmes

Carol Hatton-Holmes has been doing needlework in various forms for over 20 years. She started with cross-stitch and needlepoint, but has progressed to beadwork. This beadwork includes jewelry, as well as beaded embellished clothing. She recently won a ribbon at the 2003 National Exhibit for the American Needlework Guild held in Lexington Kentucky, for a jacket embroidered and embellished with a beaded canvas piece on the back. She is a member of both the Embroiderers Guild of America and the American Needlework Guild.

Most recently she was certified to teach Linda Richmond’s Russian Zigzag necklace and bracelet designs as well as her Fan Fringe necklace. She brings many years of needlework experience and a unique teaching style.

Jennifer Friedman

Jennifer Friedman graduated from University of Delaware with a degree in fashion merchandising. After designing clothes, dolls and home accessories, she made the switch over to beaded jewelry design. She loves everything from knotted designs with silk, to sculpting with wire, gemstones and pearls. She recently began designing for a company exhibiting in trunk shows all over the northeastern Unites States as well as select Bloomindale stores (including New York City.)  Her collection can be seen locally at the following locations – Langman Gallery at the Willow Grove Mall, Bonnie Marks Jewelry in Elkins Park and Rebelhearts in New Hope.

Tammy Honaman

Tammy Honaman is past Editor-in-Chief of Step by Step Beads magazine, certified in PMC, and a jewelry designer for over 10 years. She works with wire, beads, metal, metal-clay, polymer clay, and anything else that can be incorporated into jewelry designs. She teaches and speaks at national conferences, local bead societies, and bead stores.

Leslie Rogalski

Leslie Rogalski began playing with beads when she was a flower child in the 1960s. As a professional writer and artist she’s been published in national art magazines including American Style, Niche Magazine, and The Surface Design Journal, for whom she last wrote about using computer software to design beadwork. One of her beaded bracelets is scheduled to be featured in the June 2004 issue of Bead and Button magazine. She has recently been named Editor-in-Chief of Step by Step Beads. Leslie beads every chance she gets between freelance writing and mastering a few web sites. Leslie’s beadwork can be seen online at her web site.

Donna Faye and Eve Eagan

have been beading for 13 years and teach classes in many types of beadwork. Their seed bead art is in several galleries and thier jewelry is sold in shops across the country. They teach nationally and are known for their use of color combinations and texture in their beadwork.

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