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| JUNE 4-11, 2017
Wisconsin Center, Milwaukee WI |
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| | | The Bead&Button Show: Your Creative Escape | Most of us feel more creative when we're happy and relaxed. The ideas just seem to flow out of us when life isn't causing more stress than usual. But did you know the reverse is true, too — that creativity can actually relieve excess stress?
Whether you're an experienced artist or just a dabbler, a few minutes of quiet creativity during a period of heightened anxiety can break the cycle of worrying thoughts. Your mind enters a state of flow in which stressors — news headlines, upcoming tax deadlines, the car in need of repairs — fall away and your mind becomes focused on the project at hand.
Art therapists have known this for decades. The mainstream has started to come around, too; just check out the grown-up coloring book display in any craft store! Jewelry makers know this instinctively. No matter what's going on in the outside world, there's nothing more relaxing and satisfying than stitching a vial of seed beads, linking a pile of jump rings, or hammering a sheet of copper.
For a real creative escape, register for classes, book your hotel, and come to Milwaukee in June. After a few days of intense creativity with your fellow jewelry makers at the Bead&Button Show, you're sure to return home happy, relaxed, and with a beautiful new creation that's all your own. |
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| | | Lampworking Classes: Get Your Glow On | | If you've never tried lampworking, the Bead&Button Show is your chance to give it a whirl safely and with an experienced instructor to guide you. (And if you're a veteran who loves to play with fire, there are classes for you, too!) Sessions cover everything from fusing glass and traditional lampworking to finishing techniques. Get your glow on at the Show this year; sign up for a lampworking class! |
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| | | Instructor Spotlight: Lucas Clarke | We asked 2017 Instructor Lucas Clarke a few questions about his work. Here are his answers:
How do you keep your work space organized?
Ha ha! I don't!
What is your most essential tool, and why?
Without hesitation I have to say fire. I can make do without almost any tool I use. But the one time I tried blowing glass without fire, I ended up taking out a light and having to pull shrapnel out of my hands.
What are you most excited about in lampworking right now?
The growing popularity of glass. The more people we have working it the more ideas come out. I've been seeing some astounding work coming up from all over the glass working community.
Where do you find your inspiration when creating your art?
• I get most of my inspiration from my work as a scientific glass blower. The unique shapes and odd seals intrigue me. The beauty of blending form and function. Working only in clear I'm unable to hide behind color, so my design and my execution are clearly visible. The constant flow of ever-changing, challenging work, pushing my abilities everyday.
• When you're asked every day to make what somebody else wants. When it comes to what I want, it's relatively easy. It helps me to be comfortable creating the image I have in my head for an art piece.
Share tips for students to get the most out of your class.
• Relax and remember to breathe.
• Whenever you have something break when you're working with glass, it's okay. So what? We'll make it again. Never let it discourage you.
• When you're learning, push the limits of the material as far as you can. If you don't, you'll be constrained and your work will suffer for it.
• Above all else, have FUN! |
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| | | Get Here and Stay for Less! | | The Show host hotel, the Hyatt Regency in downtown Milwaukee, has rooms at every level available for every night of the show! This is the hotel most conveniently located near the Wisconsin Center. There's complimentary Wi‑Fi throughout the hotel (including in every guest room), every room has a refrigerator for your late‑night snacks and an oversized workstation for your late‑night projects. The on‑site restaurant is open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and the on‑site bar serves 60+ regional and imported wines. The Hyatt is a quick eight‑mile drive or ride from General Mitchell International Airport. Book your room today! |
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| You Will Love These Classes! | | Limited Seating
Gypsy Earrings
Kaska Firor | | Kaska Firor shows you how to use intermediate to advanced wireworking techniques to create these eye-catching earrings. | | | | |
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Golden Valley
Naomi Profesorsky | | Combine soutache, embroidery, and stitching to make this striking necklace in Naomi Profesorsky's six‑hour class. | | | | |
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| Deep Sea Diamonds
Liisa Turunen
| Liisa Turunen teaches you how to encase rows of large pearls with textured layers of stitched beadwork.
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| Torch‑Fired Keum‑Boo Gold on Fine Silver
Katie Baum | | Texture and shape fine‑silver clay into jewelry art with keum-boo embellishiment. Katie Baum shows you how! | | | | |
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