Beading in Paradise
Key West Bead Retreat 2015
January 15 - 18
Hosted by Jenni Gerstle and Jean Disrud
Teachers' Bios
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MARJORIE GARCIA BARNES
Marjorie Barnes is a Venezuelan jewelry designer and instructor. She has been working with a variety of techniques from metalsmithing, Precious Metal Clay, and beading for nearly 30 years. Her current passion, after studying the techniques of Sherry Serafini, is bead embroidery. Marjorie has been teaching Mathematics and Jewelry Design for the past 25 years.
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KATE MCKINNON
Kate McKinnon has been fascinated with beading for about 20 years. She started with flat work, and her interest evolved (as it always seems to) toward architectural forms. She is the author of several books on beadwork and jewelry construction, most recently the Contemporary Geometric Beadwork series. Along the way, Kate taught herself metalsmithing, so she could make her own closures and connections. Her classes are notable for their range; you will leave with a fuller understanding of the work, and a greater confidence that you have the skill set to be able to creatively solve questions of fit, tailoring, and to express yourself with needle and thread.
Kate will bring a series of kits and sample pieces with her, and work with each student to plan, size and begin an original piece of their own., including any of the shapes, forms and techniques in Contemporary Geometric Beadwork. Visit her website here.
KIM STATHIS
Through out my life, I have always needed a creative outlet. I have played with many different types of media and loved them all. The medium that really captured my heart and inspired my creative soul is seedbeads! There is just something alluring and special about those little bits of colored glass that I cannot resist. So many colors, textures and shapes! So many ways to express yourself with beads. I have been teaching my designs nationally for the past five years. It is my hope that students will be inspired by what they have learned in class and continue to do beadwork and enjoy it as much as I do. At home, I have my husband, son and mom, 3 Siamese cats and a Lhasa Apso dog. Life is never dull at my house. I do most of my design work late at night when everyone is asleep!!
Visit her website here.
