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Linda has been designing and teaching bead weaving and wire work for over 15 years. You can find her teaching classes at most Innovative Bead Expo shows, and many bead stores along the east coast.
Linda has had over 100 of her designs published in many of the major beading magazines as well as Easy Does It by Bead & Button, Dichroics by Jacky Paciello-Truty, Bead It with Beadwork, Beadwork creates necklaces, the portable crafter by Susan Ure, Brilliant Crystals 2 by Bead & Button,Vol 2, 3 and 4 of Creative Beading and Wire Style by Denise Peck. Her book “Great Beaded Gifts” Sterling Publishing NYC, was released in hard cover in 2005 and re-released in 2007 in soft cover. Her classes are beginner friendly and she always shares tons of wonderful beading and wire tips in each class!
Linda will teach at the following Innovative shows:
Edison, November
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It has been almost 15 years since Meg realized that the perfect recipe for her artwork was to combine beads and fabric. Meg beads on quilts, scarves, ribbon, hats, shoes, clothes, dolls, even her dog’s fancy collar! The design possibilities are endless!
Meg teaches Basic Beading, Beading around a Cabochon, Bead Embroidery, and Beaded Scarf Fringe at all the Innovative Beads Expos.
Meg and her mother, Moggie, own Bead My Love and host an annual Bead Embroidery Retreat in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.
Look for Meg on HGTV's That's Clever in 2010. She is featured creating a quilted, beaded wall hanging.
Meg will teach at all 27 of the Innovative shows this year. Check her schedule below:
Marlborough, September
Allentown, September
Albany, October
Clarksville, October
Syracuse, October
Mt. Laurel, October
Marlborough, November
Edison, November
Doylestown, December
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Marti is a professional artist and craftsman. She received her BFA in jewelry making from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Marti has been designing jewelry for over 28 years using primarily metals and gemstone. She has been teaching jewelry classes for 21 years at different venues and in her own studio. Marti is certified to teach Precious Metal Clay by the PMC Guild. She is a juried member of the Bucks County Guild of Craftsmen, the Reading-Berks Guild of Craftsmen and the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen. Marti has worked in a variety of traditional and contemporary jewelry metals and processes. Currently she works in niobium, a colorful metal, Precious Metal Clay and of course beads. Recent trips to Tucson during the gem shows have reintroduced her to the joys of playing with beads. She is constantly looking for new sources of inspiration and has added bead weaving and PMC bead making to her techniques. Marti's studio is located in Frenchtown, NJ.
In addition to teaching wire techniques, this years class offerings will include some beginning sheet metal techniques.
Marti will teach at the following Innovative shows:
Marlborough, September
Allentown, September
Albany, October
Clarksville, October
Syracuse, October
Mt. Laurel, October
Marlborough, November
Edison, November
Doylestown, December
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After being involved in the world of fine art for 24 years (she was a painter), Dottie began to explore jewelry design and wound up a frequent contributor to various bead magazines and a popular teacher. Her designs have been featured in books, magazines, and can also be viewed on her website - stonebrashcreative.com.
This year her classes for Innovative Beads Expo will concentrate on one of the most versatile mediums around, polymer clay, and the equally fun art of Beadweaving. Classes are beginner friendly, focus on technique, and include information on design, color theory, practical tips and shortcuts. She is constantly coming up with new designs and encourages her students to explore their own creativity!
Dottie will teach at the following Innovative shows:
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Ray Cooper is a glass and PMC® artist from Blue Hill, Maine. Ray has been working in PMC® since 2004, and has been a certified PMC® instructor since 2006. Ray loves to enthusiastically share his love of PMC® and the skills he has learned from studying with such master teachers as Tim McCreight and Fred Woell. This is his fourth year teaching at IBE shows. For 2010 Ray is bringing back his popular Introduction to PMC® class, plus he will also be teaching an Introduction class to the new metal clay, COPPRclay™. This material works like PMC®, but at roughly 1/8 the cost is a much less expensive alternative. Check the schedule to see where this class will be offered. Please note that because this new metal clay has a very long firing time (5 or more hours) you will need to pick up your work the following morning. For the more experience PMC® artist, Ray will be offering three classes this year. Hollow Forms in PMC® and PMC® Rings are for those with basic experience, and a new class, Tips and Tricks for the Experienced PMC® artist, will be a fun class with many “tricks” and sharing of ideas. It will only be offered once this year, at the May Marlborough show. Ray’s work and his metal clay forum can be found on his website, www.cooperbeads.com.
Ray will teach at the following Innovative shows:
Marlborough, September
Marlborough, November
Edison, November
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Sue Quinque was a high school art teacher for 34 years. Her passion for beads began 7 years ago with a stringing workshop and continued to grow expanding to wire, chain maille and metal clay. She finds the most rewarding aspects of beading are learning and sharing new techniques as well as meeting wonderful people who share the same passion. She teaches at My Father’s Beads in Coopersburg, PA and Buttercup Beads in Pottstown, PA.
Sue will teach at the following Innovative shows:
Edison, November
Doylestown, December
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Pat is a New York based beadworker who got started 9 years ago while watching a 12 year girl old make fabulous looking plastic earrings. “If she can do that, I can do better!” Eight years have passed and yes she can make "better" earrings. Years of classes, (you can never take enough) and she is a very proficient beader. Her first love is teaching others what she had learned.
Let’s get together and have a fun day making these beginner classes - the Reversible Swarovski® Crystal Donut, the 2 needle “Odd Count Peyote” and the Swarovski® Heart - which you’ll leave wearing your heart, not on your sleeve.
Pat will teach at the following Innovative shows:
Edison, November
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Deb entered the field of jewelry design with a background in fine art, illustration, and advertising. Seeking to express herself in a 3-dimensional form, she turned to glass as a medium incorporating her flame worked beads with off-loom weaving. Deb has taught at a number of East Coast studios including The Walk-In Workshop of Corning's Museum of Glass, the Carlisle School of Glass Art, Salem Community College and at the Glassworks of ArtsQuest's Banana Factory. Her woven jewelry, glass pendants and figurines are shown at Wheaton Arts in Millville, NJ, the Noyes Museum in Hammonton, NJ and The Banana Factory in Bethlehem, PA as well as fine crafts and beads stores from Florida to New York. Her recent publication from Schiffer Books, "Off-loom Woven Bead Necklaces," is a comprehensive guide to Square Stitch weaving. Come join Deb for a fun class using her hand made Moretti beads woven into either an amulet bracelet or vessel necklace.
Deb will teach at the following Innovative shows:
Allentown, September
Doylestown, December
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Gina Galli has been making jewelry since 1992, and has considered herself to be a serious bead addict ever since. She enjoys working in all mediums, but her true passion is to create distinct, one-of-a-kind pieces with wire. Gina is also the new owner of Beadeologie in Berwyn, PA. Since May 2007, she has prided herself in offering a diverse selection of unique findings, semiprecious stones, freshwater pearls Venetian glass, Swarovski crystals and glass beads.
Along with her love for beading came a love for teaching. Gina teaches group classes at her shop as well as private beading and jewelry sessions. She also teaches beading classes at a private elementary school for children with learning disabilities and special needs. Additionally, she teaches a glass at a local senior center and is a staff instructor at the Main Line School Nights.
Come join Gina at the following Innovative shows where she will teach her very popular, Crystal & Pearl Wire Crochet Cuff Bracelet:
Clarksville, July
Mt. Laurel, October
Edison, November
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Adele Rogers Recklies came to beading through her career making costumes for
Broadway shows, film, dance, and opera. Her work has been seen in such films as Memoirs of a Geisha and Broadway shows such as CATS. Her beadwork has been included in 500 Beaded Objects: New Dimensions in Contemporary Beadwork, juried into Bead International 2006 at The Dairy Barn Arts Center, and exhibited in various venues in Japan and New York City. Adele has also been invited to speak and teach beadwork classes at the International Bead and Beadwork Conference in Istanbul, Turkey, the Bead Society of Great Britain, and
bead societies in the U.S.
She is also the author of Bead Crochet Snakes: History and Technique. One of her latest designs, a Turkish Loops Bead Crochet bracelet, was published in the December 2009 issue of Bead and Button. Adele loves designing projects suitable for all skill levels and sharing her knowledge through teaching.
Adele will teach at the following Innovative show:
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