My class today was a bead embroidered cuff class with Bead Goddess Sherry Serafini.
This is the third class I’ve taken with Sherry over the years. She is a generous, wonderful teacher and person. It says a lot about the quality of her teaching that the majority of the students in our class today had taken other classes with her previously.
Here’s a look at what I have finished so far on my cuff. It’s slow going because the majority of the beads are size 15 seed beads. The finished bracelet features some interesting techniques new to me: cut away areas and tonal patterns Sherry calls “cross hatching”. The centerpiece is a beautiful borosillicate cab by Robert Jennick.
Tonight was the Meet The Teachers reception.
Every teacher has a table to display their work, and many of the teachers also sell kits. It can be a crazy buying frenzy. I strolled the aisles but there weren’t any beading kits that called out my name. Ihad a good time looking around though, and it was great to say “hi” to Marla Frankenberg, Julie Picarello, and Barbara McGuire among others.
Marla and her daughter:
Julie P:
I tried to buy a pendant from Julie, but she only had a few pieces of work out for display. Apparently I was the fourth or fifth person who wanted to buy that particular pendant. I missed getting a piece of Julie’s work at Synergy too. One of these days I’ll be able to buy something from her!
