1 Stop Bead Shop is proud to introduce you to our visiting artists for 2009-2010. Many of them teach nationally. 

Sheila Cleary

Sheilah Cleary has won numerous awards and her authentically reproduced Baltimore Album quilt was judged the finest of its class in several national competitions. But, by far, her best-known creations - and  absolute favorite handwork - involve wire and bead design.

She is thrilled to have taught her techniques in all sections of the US mainland, Hawaii and in many foreign countries including Singapore, Australia, and Japan…where she is called a Sensei of Sensei or a master teacher of master teachers. It is also a thrill for her to have done design work for the president and founder of the Miyuki Shoji company where she sincerely believes the world's finest beads - Delicas - are produced. During these trips, she has had the opportunity to conduct classes for their senior instructors and representatives in Tokyo, Osaka and Hiroshima. Her work has been the subject of numerous newspaper and magazine articles and she frequently contributes to BEADWORK/INTERWEAVE publications.

* Sheila will be teaching for 1 Stop Bead Shop in May 2010.  Classes are already filling fast - sign up for your spot today!

Mellisa Muir

While I enjoy creating unique jewelry items, my passion lies in teaching. My classes are filled with energy and an easy going atmosphere. My goal is to have my students walk out comfortable with new techniques and confident in their own jewelry making ability. Working as a professional computer trainer for 10 years I learned that there are many ways to teach, and each person learns differently. I strive to use that knowledge to benefit my students. When you take a class from me, I won't ever "leave you in the dust". I will do my very best to make sure you understand the concept and technique we are covering in that course. I look forward to expanding my teaching opportunities.

http://www.melissamuir.com/

* Melissa will be teaching for 1 Stop Bead Shop on Jun 5, 2010.  Class registration is not yet available.

www.goodrivergalleries.com

* Hannah will be teaching for 1 Stop Bead Shop on December 5-12, 2009. Classes are filling fast - sign up for yours now.

Sherry Serafini

We are so excited that nationally acclaimed artist Sherry Serafini has agreed to come beack to 1 Stop Bead Shop! Sherry is best known for her bead embroidered jewelry design. She has won more than 20 awards for her work, including most recently, 3rd Place & People’s Choice award in the 2006 Bead Dreams competition at Bead & Button. Her work has been featured on the front cover of Bead & Button and Belle Armoire Magazines.

http://www.serafinibeadedjewelry.com/

* Sherry will be teaching for 1 Stop Bead Shop on October 22-23, 2010.  Her class already has a waitlist from last time she taught for us, so we are considering it FULL.  Please email or call the store to be placed on our next waitlist.  We're trying to get more days with her!

Jeannette Cook

Teaching is my number one joy! I have been teaching for 20 years, beading for 36 years and was born to be an artist! I see many people come into my class with preconceived limitations regarding art and beadwork. I strive to guide them through those limitations through experimentation and play. So many of my students are literally afraid to bust out and create freeform, fun beadwork. By the end of the class session, many thank me for pushing them beyond previous limits. This is the most satisfying aspect of teaching. I continue to push my own creativity and fears about acceptance of my art and try to listen to my instincts when making beaded art or art-to-wear objects.

http://beadyeyedwomen.com/

* Jeannette will be teaching for 1 Stop Bead Shop again on August 19-20, 2011!  Class registration is not yet available.
 

Leslee's passion for all the colors and textures made possible by the marriage between beads, metals and stones keeps her excited. She fabricates clasps and connectors and often sets semi-precious stones to enhance the design. Her art jewelry pieces are one of a kind. Leslee has won awards for some of her combination bead and metal projects.

http://www.lesleefrumin.com/

Dallas Lovett

Dallas began his design practice in 1993 after completing a degree in fashion design at Woodbury University in Los Angeles. His philosophy and approach to design is to take his wire wrapping and weaving to a higher professional standard that he refers to as Jewelry Art.

His work has an engineering feel as well as an aesthetic derived from the spare and sculptural landscape of his native Arizona. He combines silver wire and beads (seed beads, pearls and semi-precious stones, or lampwork beads) to create three-dimensional forms in which all the parts relate harmoniously to each other and to the whole.

Dallas is co-owner of Trade Wind Gallery, a jewelry and bead store in Phoenix, Arizona.

http://www.tradewindgallery.com/dallas.htm

Dallas will be teaching again for 1 Stop Bead Shop in 2011.  Dates have not yet been decided.

In July 2003, Jim McIntosh began to search for a way to use the artistic side of his brain. For years he had spent time in the airline industry exercising the analytical side.

One day while searching the web for metalsmithing tutorials, he came across a web site that featured a type of jewelry making that he had never seen before. It was an entire tutorial on border wrapped, wire jewelry. Seeing the versatility and elegance of this art sent his creative mind spinning. "This is it!", he exclaimed. He had found his new found art. Wasting no time, he ordered stones and wire, and quickly began to work.

As the months passed, his new found art began to take shape. Each new piece began to look better and better. In October of 2003, he and his wife Kim took part in their first Arts and Crafts Show. He has since taught nationally and writtten a number of books.

http://macjewels.com/

Maggie Meister

Maggie has taught and continues to teach workshops nationally and internationally in Turkey, Germany and Italy. Her work has been shown in Milan and Naples and has been featured in BEADWORK Magazine, BEAD & BUTTON Magazine along with others.

http://www.mmmbeads.com/

* Maggie will be teaching for 1 Stop Bead Shop again in Jan 2011.  Class registration is not yet available. 

Huib Petersen

In 1995 I moved from Holland to San Francisco, and I opened a small arts and crafts workshop and gallery on Nob Hill. Inspired by a chance encounter with 19th century Russian beadwork, I discovered the beauty and challenges of designing with beads.

I use different sizes of beads as a building material – like little bricks – and a variety of traditional stitches as a flexible, tensile sort of mortar. Placing beads one by one, row by row on top of each other, I combine my needlework, theater and jewelry skills to create sculpted bugs, butterflies, birds, and sea creatures in their environments. The result is a unique kind of wearable art that offers the intricacy of embroidery and lace, the depth of a theater set and the durability and brilliance of glass.

I have been doing beadwork full time for the last seven years, and all of my pieces are unique.

http://www.petersenarts.com/

Vicki Star

Vicki Star has taught more than 500 classes, designed hundreds of patterns and kits, written 7 books, worked in 3 bead stores, and had booths in multiple bead shows around the country.

She has twice appeared as a guest on the DIY Network's Jewelry Making show.

Vicki is the author of Beading with Herringbone Stitch and co-author of Beading with Peyote Stitch. Both are available from 1 Stop Bead Shop.

http://www.vickistar.com/