Earrings and Pendants

Instructor: Marilyn Gardiner

Design earrings to complement favourite outfits. Choose from a wide variety of beads and sterling or gold filled ear clips, hooks or posts. Learn to make simple wire loops & wrapped loops. Use these skills to wrap a bead to use as a pendant. We will discuss design ideas and learn about types of earring findings and other supplies as well as resources for inspiration

Technique Focus: Making simple loops and wrapped loops.

Price: $30.00 + GST. payment in advance required. Plus supply fee (see below) payable directly to the instructor.

Skill Level: Beginner

Prerequisite: None

Supplies: $25 plus PST & GST All supplies & tools provided.

Need to Bring: Magnifiers/glasses if needed for close-up work.

To enroll in this class, please call 416.701.1373

or toll free 877.473.2323

(877.473.BEAD)

General Class Deposit Policy: Deposits are non-refundable. Notice given 5 days prior will be converted to store credit. Cancellation after that will forfeit the deposit.

Instructor: Marilyn has a passion for creating jewellery. This is her new lease on a life — she is a retired teacher and school-board computer consultant.

Three interwoven paths are developing in her life. The first is a love of pattern and design from different eras and cultures and its reflection in her bead work and designs. The second is her enjoyment of teaching adults, and the third is the satisfaction of developing beadwork kits with clear, step-by-step directions and diagrams that really work with learners. Many of her beading skills were self-taught using books, the internet, and trial and error but she enjoys seeking out and travelling to learn from experts such as Don Pierce, Virginia Blakelock & Carol Perrenoud (bead loom), William Hodge, Marla Gassner, & David Chatt (off-loom beading), Jennie Might (bead crochet), Bette Kelley (broadcollars), Rod Owen (Kumihimo), Jennifer Campbell & Sharilyn Miller (wirework), Jay Humphreys (PMC), Fred Zweig (silverwork), and Joni Kisro (chainmaille).

She teaches classes in Waterloo Region, Toronto, Texas and Arizona.

http://www.MarilynGardiner.com