The 2006 Bead Bazaar teachers are listed below in alphabetical order. Click a class number to see the description for that class. To see a listing of classes by time of day, go to the 2006 Class Schedule.
Nikia Angel manages a bead store in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She is famous for her Sparkly Wheels and Sparkly Wheels Holiday Ornaments using crystals and Delicas.
29-02 Graduated Wheel Necklace
30-01 Luscious Lace Bracelet
Zelda Bailey, in addition to creating contemporary beaded jewelry, fashions stone and glass cabochons of unusual shape and composition into pendants using 14k gold filled or sterling silver wire. Zelda began teaching wire wrapping techniques in 2005 and students have excelled in making their own wire creations. Her jewelry has been featured at a number of Colorado shows over the last nine years including the nationally acclaimed Rocky Mountain Bead Society Bead Bazaar, the internationally known Denver Gem and Mineral Show, the Golden Fine Arts Festival, Denver Gem and Mineral Guild Show, RAMs Gem and Mineral Show, Gardens at Columbine Boutique, Poudre Canyon Craft Fair, Winter Park Craft Fair, and Pikes Peak Gem and Mineral Show.
29-07 Create a Wire-Wrapped Pendant
30-09 Create a Wire-Wrapped Pendant
Sonja Colt is a beadaholic as well as the creator of and Secret Beads and Bead Street greeting cards for beaders. She loves to teach and frequently has submissions in Beadwork magazine.
29-14 Embellished Checkbook Cover
30-15 Get Loopy 101
Jeannette Cook is a nationally recognized bead artist and workshop instructor. She was one of the nation's original beadwork instructors. She has taught and lectured at many bead societies. She and Vicki Star have written six beading books: The Beady Eyed Women's Guides.
29-09 Mastering the Curl
29-15 Pop Bead Toggle
Elaine Kelty has been beading using various techniques since childhood. She has experience teaching with both fiber and beads to young and old alike. Elaine has been active with the RMBS since 1999 and has served as the Society's Vice President of Programs and Workshops. Her work has been shown and sold in Colorado and she has designed custom pieces. Elaine studied Art at the Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois, and has a lovely collection of Native American bead work.
29-11 Easy Loops Bracelet
30-12 Easy Loops Bracelet THIS CLASS IS FULL
Dina Green
29-12 Twisted Wire Bracelet
30-08 Twisted Wire Bracelet
Nana Mizushima is a Certified Artisan and Teacher of precious metal clay. She enjoyed a career in International Education, working with universities and Fulbright Commissions overseas. She loves traveling, shopping, and exploring. She started her jewelry career after returning to Boulder, Colorado.
29-10 Fine Silver Made Fun and Easy
29-16 Making Your Own Fine Silver Beads
30-11 Folding Silver Origami
Sharon Rawson is a retired florist living and beading at 9,000 feet in the Colorado Rockies. She lives with her husband, Stan, and a Wirehaired Dachshund named Sandy Paws. Her original bracelet design, "Dimensional Kisses," was featured in the Beadwork Bracelet Book published in 2002. She really enjoys teaching, beading, and people, and has received many awards for her work.
29-04 Double-O Lace
30-02 Ruffled Netted Choker
Leah Ready is a fiber and bead jewelry designer who began her art life as an embroiderer. She creates both original jewelry and beaded and embroidered dolls and figures and animals. She teaches at Poppy Field Beads and Bead Obsession in Albuquerque and at Bead Expo in Santa Fe and Miami. Her jewelry has been chosen for exhibit at Embellishment from since 1995 and at Yeiser Art Center for "Fantastic Beads" and "Gleaming Treasures."
29-01 Bead-Embroidered Cuff
30-04 Bead-Embroidered Earrings
Ann Scheer is a recognized bead artist who has been designing and making seed-bead jewelry since she left Corporate America. She has taught beading for various stitching guilds, the RMBS Bead Bazaar, and the Bead Renaissance Show. Her work is shown and sold in galleries and juried shows.
30-13 Cellini Spiral Bracelet
Ann Severine had the winning entry in The Beadwork Quarterly Challenge: Summer Skies with her "Two Angels Dancing." Of this beaded work Ann said, "I love working with these carved bone faces from Bali." Her Victorian Rose Necklace is truly a beautiful work of art.
29-05 Ruffled Beaded Bead THIS CLASS IS FULL
30-05 Ladder Beaded Bead
30-16 Victorian Rose Necklace / Earrings
Laura Shea loves creating beaded beads and beadwork based on the patterns provided by polyhedrons and geometric tilings. Although she has been teaching many different forms of beadwork since 1995 to adults and children, Laura began concentrating on teaching her geometrically inspired beadwork in 1999. She has taught at the Bead and Button Show yearly beginning in 2000 as well as for the Bead Society of Greater Chicago and at a number of bead stores in the Midwest. She created "A Dancing Rainbow" because she could rarely find an adequate selection of crystal colors, sizes, or shapes at local bead stores in Evanston, Illinois. In 2003, she moved to Parker, Colorado. Laura is currently working on a book about geometrically inspired beadwork.
30-18 Small Window Bead and Cube
Janet Kay Skeen is well known for teaching classes in her own "Freeform Peyote Bracelet" and of her teaching, it has been said "Kay is a HOOT!" Janet has been a featured artist in fiber media (quilting, basketry, beading, etc.) and has a most beautiful and impressive collection of designs utilizing semi-precious stones, pearls, and high-quality silver. Exquisite closures and quirky bits describe her jewelry. Her work is shown in galleries in Boulder, Colorado.
30-06 Cabochon Brooch with Beaded Bezel
Mary Timme began beading since 1998. She has expertise in many areas of beadwork. Her favorite things are weaving on a loom with beads and bead embroidery. She has been a weaver since 1988 and enjoys designing. With color and light being a particular interest, beads and the way they catch light were a natural progression. Beginning with brick stitch, Mary made one amulet and didn't pick up a bead for almost two years. Then peyote stitch and Delica beads entered her sphere and there was no looking back. Mary sells her work at bead shows and her work has been at Foothills Gallery Gift Shop and Holiday Mart. She has been published in Beadwork magazine several times. Her work has appeared in local shows and was juried into the "Focus on Glass" show. She teaches out of her home and at local venues, enjoying passing along her passion for beads and beadweaving. She is working on several projects for juried shows and her new method for weaving on a loom with beads. She hopes Spider Woman will smile on her latest adventure in weaving.
20-03 Over Hill and Dale Bracelet
30-14 Cut It Up
Deanna VanAssche, prompted by numerous requests to teach bead knitting to the customers, frequently attended trade shows looking for ideas and bead kits. Most of the kits offered were too large and complicated for the inexperienced knitter so Deanna designed her own and started teaching. As her students become more proficient at bead knitting, Deanna will continue to design patterns to challenge their skill levels.
29-08 Knitted Beaded Cuff Bracelet CANCELLED
30-07 Bead-Woven Bracelet
Nancy Zellers has extensive beading and teaching experience. She shows frequently in bead and art shows. Her work is shown at local and national bead and art shows. Nancy is included in The Best of Contemporary Beadwork and Bead and Button Bead Dreams 2002 Special Issue. She frequently has articles published in beading publications, such as Beadwork magazine. Nancy teaches regularly at BeJeweled and Bonnie's Beads.
29-06 Peyote Clinic
29-13 Helix Swirl Bracelet
30-10 Advanced Right-Angle Weave Clinic
30-17 Art Deco Bracelet CANCELLED
