05/23/2018

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June 3-10, 2018

Wisconsin Center, Milwaukee WI

 
 

Beginner Track Classes

Try a new technique or two! These four classes will introduce you to the basics of jewelry making. Classroom is sponsored by Fire Mountain Gems & Beads.

 

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Mantra Pendant with Beaded Cord

 Kim O'Neill


Learn how to etch base metal, make copy, prepare metal for etching, and transfer images to metal in this beginning metalwork class.

Finger Bangles

 Phyllis Flora & Scott Mason

 

This perfect introduction to soldering will also teach you to shape, forge, size, and texture rings.

 

 
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Southwestern Wrap Bracelets

 Cindy Kinerson


Weave a multiple wrap bracelet with detailed patterns. You'll focus on the loom bead stitch without using a bead loom.

Layering Transparents: Foils, Tints, and Imagery in Resin

 Susan Lenart Kazmer


Explore the use of resin by learning proper mixing, pouring, and layering tips and techniques.

 
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Teacher Spotlight: Julie Sanford

Award-winning jewelry designer Julie Sanford is known for classes that are fun, organized, and full of professional metalsmithing and bench jewelry techniques. Register for the Show and sign up for one of Julie's exciting and rewarding 2018 classes!

 
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Featured Classes: Stitching 

 Brush up on your bead stitching!

 
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Starman Beads Presents: Chenille Workshop
Cheryl Erickson

 

Learn five different varieties of the chenille stitch. You will dream chenille by the end of this class!

 
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Timanti
Charlene Abrams

 

This richly textured, diamond-shaped focal is suspended on a right-angle weave chain with alternating diamond-shaped motifs.

 
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Midnight Sunset
Kim Leahy

 

Encase a beautiful Czech button. Create a band and beaded toggle closure with triangle beads and seed beads.

 
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Shadowbox Shibori Cuffs
Nikia Angel

 

Learn an innovative way to imitate bead embroidery with peyote and netting. This project is a combination of basic embroidery stitches and bead weaving.

 
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Milwaukee's Downtown Art Exhibit!

Sculpture Milwaukee is back for a second year! This public art exhibition includes a farmhouse, a Harlem Globetrotter, and many more intriguing installations you'll enjoy. If you come to the Show, just wander east from the Wisconsin Center along Wisconsin Avenue, all the way to O'Donnell Park, to see the sculptures. It's a display you won't want to miss!

 
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Your Ticket to SHOP!

If you love jewelry, you'll love shopping the Bead&Jewelry Expo, June 8-10 at downtown Milwaukee's Wisconsin Center. You'll find artisan-crafted finished jewelry, beads, gemstones, tools, accessories, and so much more. Join a quick Make 'N Take, too!

 

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