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A short introductory preview from Youtube of a class which I just took at Beaducation with the wonderful Lisa Niven Kelly.
The class, as you can see, is for her "Continuum Earrings", which involves seed beads, coiled wire and wire spirals.You can make a matching pendant if you wish as well! It's FABULOUS!
I cannot describe my fascination with combining the modern and the ancient, but these earrings, particularly if you choose to oxidize the wire ( there is a free class on that at Beaducation you can use) really take elements from both time periods and create something beautifully unique. Possibly that is why they are called "Continuum Earrings". Time spirals on! Just my thought. They could be equally at home in a museum of ancient jewelry or in a hip store in downtown NYC. Make them and you will invigorate yourself after these crazy holidays during which we have all been running around doing too much. It's time to have a little peace and quiet to yourself, and taking a class from Lisa Niven Kelly or her selection of expert fellow teachers at Beaducation is just the thing to chill you out and get you interested in creating beautiful jewelry again. Take my word for it!
The class, as taught by Lisa, uses step by step sections which are clearly videoed for you. Once you buy the class, you can start and stop as you wish. There are two parts to this particular class which Lisa recommends you go to two of Beaducation's free tutorials and take a look at, if you are a neophyte in those areas. A good idea.
The first part of the class is an introduction. Then Lisa shows the tools needed and then the class begins, divided into sections with the times of each section shown right next to the video as you watch it. I was truly entranced by this fascinating pair of earrings, which she makes using matte size 15 chartreuse seed beads in the video. Also, as always, I was totally impressed by her friendly manner and her completely terrific professionalism. They don't come any better than Lisa. Also, if there is anyone who perfected the online tutorial website before she did, I will eat my hat. I have been following her career since day one and she is just world-class.
Lisa now has a collection of teachers, as I mentioned, at Beaducation, so you can select from all sorts of super knowlegable people, and super diverse projects--she has something for everyone. If you haven't been there lately, I recommend that you go! If you have NEVER been--hie yourself there! You will fall in love with making jewelry all over again. Take my word for it! And what a wonderful time of year to energize your own self when you have been doing so much for everyone else. Forget about the leftover turkey, and cozy up with a cup of tea and some projects, like the "Continuum Earrings", or a selection or selections of your own choice, at the great website, Beaducation!
--jean
Labels: a great class I just took which was so FUN-- the Continuum Earring class, A shout out for Beaducation, free tutorials to assist you in your jewelry making, Lisa Niven Kelly, seed beads and wire
4 Comments:
Molt interessant. Feliç any 2011 !!
thank you so much! delighted you liked it!
jean! xox
I've been lucky enough to take a class in person with Lisa. She's a great teacher. She helped me fix a mistake with a wire bracelet--and made it look artistic, as if I had done it on purpose!
Michelle--remind me to tell you the full story of one of the two jewelry classes I ever took outside of my house. I was really happy; doing a lot of banging and hammering away. I was supposed to be making a smooth metal piece. Unlike you and Lisa, both of whom are delightful, this babe plus me = a match made in Hades. I think I was that teacher's worst student she had ever come across and I MEAN it! By the end, I think she wanted to attack me with a jewelry saw! I bet she still has nightmares about me! Ah well, live and learn :)
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