The 2008 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 2008 Class Schedule.
Mary Alicea-Moore has been with the bead society for many years serving as class chair, bazaar co-chair and programs. She enjoys working with mixed media. Her website is A Beaded Creation.
26-15 Polymer Clay
Joan Babcock Her website is Joan Babcock.
26-04 Intro to Micro-Macramé Jewelry
26-10 Intro to Micro-Macramé Jewelry THIS CLASS IS FULL
27-03 Macramé Fiber Bead Bracelet
Zelda Bailey is a geologist and jewelry designer living in Golden, Colorado. Her one-of-a-kind beaded and wire jewelry mingles metal, stone, and glass in simple yet bold combinations. She has taught wire-wrapping techniques with RMBS since 1993. Her website is Geodyssey-Rocks.
26-12 Create a Wire Wrap Pendant
27-13 Embellish Your Wire Wrap
Rex Brown designs and sells handmade chain mail jewelry with partners in Poly's Pleasures.
26-11 Beginning Chain-mail
27-14 Beginning Chain-mail
Sonja Colt has accumulated beads for since 1986. Color and uniques inspire her. She loves teaching to see the students "ah" moment of understanding. Sonja's projects have been frequently shown in Beadwork magazine.
26-08 Russian Rope
Jeannette Cook has been teaching beadwork for more than 20 years. She is a well known author and has been featured in several magazine articles and books. Jeannette owns Beady Eyed Woman. Her website is Beady Eyed Women.
26-03 Jewels for an Empress
27-04 Mastering the Curl
27-17 Pop-Top Toggle
Pennie Cook is from San Diego, California, and is an artist that crosses boundaries of beading, fiber art, painting, flower arranging, and then some! Each piece is an original, thus her company name" Never Twice."
26-07 Beginning Kumihimo
27-09 Knitting with Beads CANCELLED
Betsy Ellis is a charter member of the Rocky Mountain Bead Society and has been beading since 1992. She sells her jewelry locally and has taught many classes for RMBS over the years.
27-15 Reversible Star Pendant
Karey Grant has taught a majority of her time in California's central valley and bay area as well as in Colorado. Her website has various ideas for class offerings, a student gallery, and step-by-step instructions. Her website is Inspired by Stones.
26-05 Pearl Knotting
26-14 Budding Branches
27-08 Zen Bracelet
Dina Green has been creating jewelry since 1993 as an Art Major at the university of Iowa. She taught her first jewelry making class in 2002 and is currently working as a jewelry designer. Dina's work can be seen at shows throughout the Colorado front range.
26-06 Twisted Wire Bracelet
27-12 Twisted Wire Bracelet
Shawn Janecek is a first generation American from Czech parents. She has been beading for about 20 years and is mainly self taught, "truly by taking things apart." She works with seed beads, stones, CZ's, and silver and gold fill. She is a teacher by request and has since learned how to teach. Now she really enjoys the teaching process.
27-00 Beading for Kids
27-10 Finishing Techniques
Lynn Kearney Her website is River Run.
27-11 Wire Crochet Beaded Necklace
Dana Peters represents her own Artesean Gallery. She is a senior instructor with Art Clay World USA and has been working with and teaching metal clay around the United States since 2001. Her website is Artesean.
27-01 Intro to ART Clay Silver
Melanie Potter brings her couture sewing background and sense of color theory and design to developing aesthetic ways of using beads in unique, contemporary jewelry. You can see a portfolio of her work at Melanie Potter.
27-02 Swag Collar
Leah Ready has been beading all of her life! She teaches nationally and does Art Shows from Arizona to Virginia. Her website is Leah Ready Designs.
26-02 Bead Embroidered Pendant
27-05 Hand Pin
Ann Severine began beading in 1990 and has studied with many talented teachers and artists. She has taught in many places in the United States as well as studying with the Saraguro people in Ecuador, and continues to support their efforts in the art community. Her website is Ann Severine.
26-01 Saraguro Palitos Necklace
27-06 Spring Flowers Earrings
Janet Kay Skeen, or "Janet from Another Planet," is an active member of RMBS and experienced teacher. Her work has been shown in several international shows. She is known for teaching "short cuts." Her website is Janet 2 Planet.
26-13 Criss-Cross Bracelet
Kelly Wiese has been teaching beadwork since 1998 and is the owner of Bead Parlor in Ft. Collins, Colorado. Her website is Bead Parlor.
26-09 Reversible Pendant
27-07 Layered Bracelet
Dustin Wedekind practices what he beads, from technical editing to artistic expressions. You can see his work in Beadwork magazine, on the web at Dustin Wedekind, or in his book Getting Started with Seed Beads (Interweave Press, 2007).
26-16 Fish Soup Bracelet
27-16 Super Clever Square Stitch
