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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 Classes and events Thomason Stone trunk show! Starts 5/12 Our buddies from Albuquerque have sent several boxes of fantastic stones along for us to set out; we've just finished tagging these and have them ready to go this weekend. Beautiful things here, including turquoise, jet, and some spectacular abalone. If you're looking for quality stone rounds, there is a great selection in stones we don't often have, including snowflake obsidian and tri-color tiger eye. Nikki Beads' beautiful gemstone beads are still here as well, but not for long! Our India contact is back in the country and we'll soon be shipping all of this stuff off to him for the road trip. If you've been mulling over that strand of rubies, snap it up before it goes back home.
Saturday, May 19th, 2-5pm: Tiny shrine workshop, $35 We'll be having a class in crafting a little shrine for our own use or as a gift. We will provide a tiny shrine box and a group of small statues to choose from as well as assorted materials for shrine decorations. Participants will paint their own shrine boxes with quick-drying acrylics and apply patterned paper to adorn the shrine. Our statues will include deities from the Hindu panoply, images of the Buddha, images of the Quan Yin and several Virgin Marys as well. 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! Please consider that the box is very small when thinking about paper patterns. Our shrine box is 3 and 5/8 inches tall and 2 and ¾ inches wide. We can make one with or without doors. The shrine, or nicho, will be perfect for travel or for hanging on a wall. This is an opportunity to create a personal shrine to concretize intent, to demonstrate your wishes for yourself or another, or to create a memorial or as a focus for worship or your practice. Please call to reserve a space in this class - due to the cost of the materials, the charge for this class is $35.
 Sunday, May 29th, 2-5pm: Mala workshop Make yourself a mala using our beads or bring your own beads to string. Malas will be strung on a wire cable for durability and finished with snake knots. Cost is $25 for cable and Jake's tutelage, plus cost of the student's beads - students will be given a discount on a select group of beads for this class or can bring their own beads. We recommend 8mm beads for the most pleasing results. Enrollment limited to six, so call in early!
 Sunday, May 27th, 2-4pm: Pearl knotting, $25 One of our most popular classes! Come learn how to knot a strand of pearls or other beads on a strand of Griffin nylon thread. Challenging, but fun, and a vital component in any beader's mental toolbox. We'll have a selection of our funky pearls to choose from - definitely not your granny's pearls!  |
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