Small Business Saturday

Give up the hustle & bustle of exhausted shopping with crowds!   Join us at the BeadBush Studio for Small Business Saturday.

We are located between two state parks on the mountain called Mt. Delight!  Does that give you a clue how special the area is?

We have lots of gift ideas:  Gift certificates, a beading class, beaded pins, coveted hair barrettes, pendants ready to wear, a favorite semi-precious strand of beads, a box of fire polish beads, a collection of beading thread/needles, threads and beading books.  And oh, there is lots more……come and see.

You’ll Find:  50% Off All Store Purchases, 20% Off All Ready Wear, Instant Drawings For Gifts,  Annual Coupons, and Refreshments.

Saturday: November 27, 2021

Chain Maille Basics: Helm Weave

This is an ideal class to learn chain mail basics OR pick up a new weave. And best of all, you’ll be creating beautiful jewelry at the same time.

Learn the helm weave and make a chain or curl it into a flower like design.   You will use two different sized rings to create a bracelet, pendant and/or earrings.  The helm weave works up quickly to create beautiful pieces.

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Patchwork Cuff

This free 1 hour class has been designed to help you plan and start a Patchwork Cuff.  The cuff using a flat peyote technique works up fast once you get started.  Each cuff you make will be unique and special.

You must know how to do a flat even count peyote before you take the class.

Class size limited to three.

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Creating Bead Embroidery

These bead embroidery classes are focused on supporting your journey in creating your own style of bead embroidery.  You’ll explore creating your own pieces using your choice of a variety of materials and techniques.  With practice and exploration you’ll be creating bead embroidery that speaks to you and of you.

Topics to be covered:  designing, preparation of foundation, material choices, embroidery stitches, techniques using soutache, fabric, ribbons, cabochons, shaping techniques,  finishing/edging techniques,  and more.  You’ll create the item of your choice–pin, pendant, collar, cuff, etc.

The class fee of $75, includes a $20 value starter kit of backing, pre-packages of beads in the colors of your choice, and mats.

Class size limited to four.

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Netted Cuff

This delightful faux freeform cuff is created using a regular netting technique.  Choose your own colors, beads sizes and shapes to construct the contours and texture you want.   What variety you can create by using different colors and bead shapes.  This is a piece to just have fun with….and making it will put a smile on your face!  You’ll need several cuffs in a variety of colors.  Three hour class,

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Fused Glass: Molds

This class will expose the absolute beginner to working with glass. Learning basic cutting, layering, firing and finishing of several small pieces, one should expect to leave the class after day 2 with a small cast piece, and several pieces made from sheet glass. Handouts will include technique information, a tool list for future work with the medium, a list of vendors to purchase glass from, both locally and online, and technical information on firing schedules. There will be discussion about how a kiln works, and how to make decisions regarding firing.

This is an approximately 2 1/2  hour class.  Pieces created can be picked up within a few days of firing.

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Innovative Approaches to Color & Design # 3: Do You See What I See!

This class will look at some of the ‘tricks’ that our brains and eyes play on our on perception.  We’ll have some fun looking at different trompe l’oeil devices in color and design and analyzing how they work from the artist’s as well as the observer’s perspectives.  2 1/2 hours.

Prerequisites:  Color Awareness, Designing with Beads, and three of the four intermediate Applied Color & Design classes.  

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Innovative Approaches to Color and Design #2: The Ugly Color

Have you ever looked at a painting, a swatch of fabric, a collage, or a patch of beadwork and thought, “Well, those colors just don’t do it for me!”  This session will provide a framework for analyzing how colors interact.  We will also try to figure out why some colors or color combination just feel ‘wrong,’ then consider what (if anything!) we can do change the way that we look at these ‘ugly’ colors and control the effect that they have on our work…at least on our beadwork! 2 1/2 hour class.

Prerequisite: Color Awareness, Designing with Beads and the four Applied Color & Design topics.  

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Study #2 in Applied Color & Design: Emotive Properties of Color

This class will investigate how color communicates messages, evokes predictable reactions and affects our moods and our emotions.  We will look at color from a number of different perspectives including cultural, physical, physiological and psychological.  And we will consider how we can use color in our beading or other artwork to set a tone, communicate a message, or evoke a response.  This 2.5 hour class is fun and surprisingly thought-provoking! 

Color Awareness is a pre-requisite for this class.

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Study #1 in Applied Color & Design: Integrating Color & Design

This workshop, Integrating Color and Design, will increase your understanding if color as you explore more complex color relationships including….triads, tetrads, split and compounds.  This session will also encourage exploration of ways that use color coordinated design elements to define and enhance the impact of your pieces.  This workshop is one of four applied color and design workshops.  You may take the four workshops in any order.  The two prerequisites for this class are Designing with Beads and Color Awareness.

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