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| Adrienne Gaskell |
| Adrienne Gaskell utilizes the ancient art forms of bead weaving and kumihimo braiding to create her contemporary, award winning art jewelry. She exhibits her unique, wearable sculptures at national juried art shows. As co-founder of the South Flori... [more] |
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| Anna Elizabeth Draeger |
| Anna Elizabeth Draeger has been beading for 20 years, and teaching for the past 10 years. She works as an associate editor at Bead & Button magazine, is a Create Your Style – Swarovski Elements Ambassador, and the author of Crystal Brilliance – Maki... [more] |
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| Anne E. Mitchell |
| Anne started her creative career over 25 years ago as a professional lighting designer. Looking for another outlet for her artistic energies, Anne began teaching chain making and metal working approximately 13 years ago for just pure enjoyment. Durin... [more] |
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| Bernadette Denoux |
| In 2004 Bernadette began to make and sell jewelry after discovering metal clay, bead weaving, and metal fabrication. In 2005 she received two levels of certification from the PMC Guild. In 2007 she retired from the school system and received a diplom... [more] |
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| Catherine Kononoff |
| A professional educator, Cathy is a jeweler and certified Metal Clay instructor. An avid bead weaver, she teaches bead weaving at Miami Dade College and metalclay/fine jewelry techniques at her home studio. [more] |
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| Chris Thomas |
| Chris Thomas is the owner of a retail bead store and co-founder of “feMaille”, a line of chain maille kits and bulk enameled copper jump rings. She especially enjoys teaching and watching students expand their knowledge and understanding of a project... [more] |
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| Christina Haney-Dykes/Merie Klink |
| Christina is a member of the South Florida Jewelry Art Guild, Florida Society of Goldsmiths, Art Clay Society and Miami Metal Clay Artist. Since retiring 5 years ago she has been attending various jewelry schools and teaching a variety of jewelry tec... [more] |
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| Cooky Schock |
| Cooky feels that the materials she works with have an energy all their own, and she sees so much more than an inanimate piece of metal; instead, an object full of possibilities. The materials offer spontaneous design potential and sharpen problem-sol... [more] |
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| Dia Daniels |
| Dia is a life long crafter and has been beading since the ‘60s. She took her first wire class seven years ago and was fascinated by the materials and possibilities. She continued learning and perfecting techniques at local and regional classes and h... [more] |
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| Holly Gage |
| Holly Gage of Gage Designs has a pioneering spirit that allows her to explore unusual methods and materials, develop new techniques, and teaching her findings to others who possess a similar curiosity and a thirst to learn. She is a full-time Contemp... [more] |
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| Jane Overman |
| I am a self-taught beader and have been beading for 37 years. I began selling macramé beaded jewelry, then I started including beaded earrings. At 40 I went back to college to get my BFA in fibers from East Tennessee State University. I put beads ... [more] |
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| Jennifer Shibona |
| Jenny has been a bead weaver for over 20 years. She has been teaching at the Down the Street Bead Shows and at the St Lucie Rock and Gem Club. Whether designing, beading or teaching others, she always has a unique new design in the works. She was ... [more] |
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| Kate Mckinnon |
| Kate McKinnon is a writer, metalsmith, and a seed bead artist who teaches and lectures internationally. Winner of the Saul Bell award for design with metal clay in 2003. Kate is the author of three popular books on jewelry design, and is widely regar... [more] |
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| Linda Landy |
| Linda has taught bead weaving for more than eight years at the Alper JCC, Bead Boutique and privately. She has given numerous demonstrations for the South Florida Jewelry Arts Guild and will soon teach their six-week peyote boot camp. Linda is known ... [more] |
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| Linda Richman |
| Linda lives in Miami where she spends her days surrounded by creativity. She taught painting for 8 years before she discovered her passion for beading and has been working for a fabulous bead artist for the past two years. [more] |
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| Lisa Allen |
| Combining Fine Arts, Pre-med, Art History, and an advanced training program in Italy through Indiana University, I expanded my artistic horizon and now am able to work in the diverse field of medical illustration. I also explore traditional artistic ... [more] |
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| Lynne Ann Schwarzenberg |
| Lynne Ann Schwarzenberg has been creating with polymer clay for nearly 20 years. Her floral designs have won several prestigious awards, including Bead Dreams, The Bead Arts Awards, and the National Polymer Clay Guild’s Best in Show Award. She is a s... [more] |
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| Phyllis Martin-Rennie |
| A love of working with my hands, color, and stitching are a big part of my world. The "Ah Haa" moment my students get is just like adding hot fudge on ice cream. I’m aware that each person learns a little differently than the next, and that is where ... [more] |
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| Rashan Omari Jones |
| Rashan Omari Jones is a Borosilicate Lampworker living in Albuquerque, NM. A life long passion was found in Spring of 2001 after an apprenticeship opportunity left him hopelessly addicted to molten glass. Inspired by beautiful natural surroundings, i... [more] |
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| Sarah Beam |
| Sarah Beam is the store manager at her mom’s bead shop and co-founder of feMaille Kits. She enjoys teaching and sharing her knowledge of chain maille with new students. Sarah and her mom, Chris Thomas, had a bracelet called “Byzantine Ladder” publish... [more] |
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| Sharon Hessoun |
| Sharon had been a life-long teacher who found beads and wire in the early 1990s, and has taught at several national venues since 2000. Combining beads and wire, as well as off-loom beadweaving techniques, provides her with many creative avenues. Shar... [more] |
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| Sheila Merica |
| Sheila Merica is a Senior teacher with PMC Connection, a certified artisan with Rio Grande and a long time mixed media artist. Sheila has a background in fine arts, finds most of her inspiration from the outdoors, Celtic art motifs, color combination... [more] |
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