Beaded Jewelry

Location: Colonie

Overview: Learn to design and create your own beaded jewelry! From the basics to the advanced, various methods of bead stringing and design are covered in this one-night course, enabling you to create your own beaded jewelry. Working with flexible wire, crimps, clasps, and a large selection of beads to design from, hands-on instruction is provided to get you from start to finish. Take home your own beaded jewelry creation at the end of this class, and the knowledge to work on your own!

Topics: discussion and demonstration of bead stringing materials (flexible and stiff wires, gauges, needles and threads, hemp and macramι) • clasps, earring findings • tools and their uses • types of beads, styles of beadwork • how to find your own personal design and creativity

Instructor: Frenchy Loeb, formerly of family-owned Adels-Loeb Jewelers, has been an artist of multi-media her whole life. She is most known for her colorful watercolor paintings of Caribbean island scenes. Ms. Loeb has taken on beaded jewelry as her latest venue to express her artistic nature.