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Saturday Beading Basics classes: FREE!
Every Saturday from 10am-1pm Nomad offers two free beading basics sessions each Saturday: 10-11:30: WIRE WRAP BASICS. Class covers tool discussion, wire discussion, and wrapped-loop technique, a foundation skill used in earrings, rosaries and in making wrapped links for all manner of applications. 11:30-1:00: STRINGING BASICS. Class will work with beading cable and with crimps, learning the skills necessary to finish a basic necklace or bracelet. There is usually some flex time in this session to discuss additional technique, such as stretch bracelets or design principles. Please be prompt! The table we work at can accommodate five people per session, and we're running on a first come, first served basis. Our instructor will do her best to catch people up mid-session if necessary, but it's far easier to learn what we have to teach when the whole group is working at roughly the same point.
If you'd like to tackle a more advanced technique
beyond the basics covered in these sessions, please let us know! We are eager for feedback on additional classes we should
offer, and we also host individually-instructed lessons at $25 an hour. Consign your excess beads and findings with Nomad
Bead Merchants! Please click here for further details. Beading Birthday Parties: Please inquire |
News
at Nomad Rounding the corner We all survived the holidays and it's a brand-new year! Many, many projects are in the works for Nomad, including
classes, the big annual Tucson trip and an honest-to-goodness online store. We most sincerely extend to you our best wishes
for this new year and our gratitude for your patronage in the year just past. The Tucson trip
will likely begin in the last week of January, and we are still working out our class schedule for those two weeks. Please
stay tuned for updates! Turquoise trunk show! Just before Christmas, we got in a couple
of boxes of wonderful turquoise from one of our largest turquoise vendors. These beads are fantastic, available in many shades
including a natural vivid spring green, and we have terrific prices on them. Make sure you come in and check them out as they
will only be here with us until about the 18th of January. January classes and events Sunday, January 8th, 2-4pm: Tiny
Shrine Workshop, $35 Craft a little shrine for personal use or as a gift. We will provide a tiny shrine box and a group of small statues to choose from along with assorted materials for shrine decorations. Participants will paint their own shrine boxes with quick-drying acrylics and apply patterned paper to decorate according to their own tastes. Statue selection will include deities from the Hindu panoply, images of the Buddha, images of Quan Yin and several variations on the Virgin Mary. We will supply everything that you need, but please feel free to bring along small pieces of old jewelry to decorate your shrine or pretty paper to use - whatever lifts your spirits!  Sunday, January 15th, 2-4pm: Chain-and-strung necklace plus earrings, $25 We will teach a combined chain/strung necklace using pearls or gemstones. This technique is thrifty, using fewer expensive beads, and cuts down on weight - a great way to use heavy, spectacular stones. A staff favorite for its versatility.  Sunday, January 22nd, 2-4pm: Hammered Wire Hoop Earrings, $25
Learn how to make a pair of earrings using hammer and anvil to shape wire frame components. We'll also be learning how to embellish these frames with tightly coiled fine wire and small beads. This is a spectacular and widely adaptable technique well suited to using tiny gemstones.  |
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