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THE BEST BEAD SHOW™ INSTRUCTORS
Got to Instructor Adrienne Gaskell Info Page
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]

Got to Instructor Anna Elizabeth Draeger Info Page
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]

Got to Instructor Anne E. Mitchell Info Page
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]

Got to Instructor Bernadette Denoux Info Page
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]

Got to Instructor Catherine Kononoff Info Page
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]

Got to Instructor Chris Thomas Info Page
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]

Got to Instructor Christina Haney-Dykes/Merie Klink Info Page
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]

Got to Instructor Cooky Schock Info Page
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]

Got to Instructor Dia Daniels Info Page
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]

Got to Instructor Holly Gage Info Page
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]

Got to Instructor Jane Overman Info Page
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]

Got to Instructor Jennifer Shibona Info Page
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]

Got to Instructor Kate Mckinnon Info Page
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]

Got to Instructor Linda Landy Info Page
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]

Got to Instructor Linda Richman Info Page
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]

Got to Instructor Lisa Allen Info Page
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]

Got to Instructor Lynne Ann Schwarzenberg Info Page
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]

Got to Instructor Phyllis Martin-Rennie Info Page
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]

Got to Instructor Rashan Omari Jones Info Page
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]

Got to Instructor Sarah Beam Info Page
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]

Got to Instructor Sharon Hessoun Info Page
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]

Got to Instructor Sheila Merica Info Page
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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