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If you have any workshop queries please email info@spellboundbead.co.uk or call 01543 417650 during normal office hours.
Workshop Timetable 2010
You can see below descriptions of the workshops in this years timetable, plus the terms and conditions and prices, and some information on the course tutors. We have allowed room in our diary to add in extra workshops during the year and these will be dependent on demand so if there is a workshop that you would particularly like to attend but there is not a suitable date listed please email us at info@spellboundbead.co.uk with details of what you would like to be added and we will update the schedule accordingly from March onwards.
Just added - New Beginners workshops in May; New Tiaras workshop in May and New Christmas Decorations in December
March 6th – Liz Thornton Butterflies & Buddleia Lariat -10am to 4pm
March 13th – Beginners - 10am to 12.30pm - FULL
March 13th – Beginners -1.30pm to 4pm - FULL
March 13th – Hair Decorations – 10am to 4pm FULL
April 3rd - 3D Crystal Beads with Jean Hall – 10am to 4pm - 1 places available
April 3rd – Beginners Plus – 10am to 4pm - 1 place available
April 3rd - Beginners 10am to 12.30pm FULL
April 3rd - Beginners 1.30pm to 4pm FULL
April 10th – Tiaras – 10am to 4pm - FULL
May 1st - Tiaras - 10am to 4pm
May 1st - Beginners 10am to 12.30pm
May 22nd – Macrame Day – 10am to 4pm - 2 places available
May 22nd - Beginners 10am to 12.30pm
May 22nd - Beginners 1.30pm to 4pm
June 5th – Beginners Small Beadwork - 2 places available
June 19th - Sylvia Fairhurst Wisteria Necklace – 10am to 4pm
June 19th – Hair Decorations 10am to 4pm
July 3rd – Sculptural Peyote - 10am to 4pm
July 10th – Floral Jewellery – 10am to 4pm - 1 places available
July 17th – Beginners Plus – 10am to 4pm
July 17th – Creating with Wire – 10am to 4pm
November 27th – Jill Devon Athena’s Collar
November 27th – Christmas Decorations with Wire - 10am to 12.30pm FULL
November 27th – Stocking Fillers – 1.30pm to 4pm - 1 place available
December 11th - Christmas Decorations with Wire - 10am to 12.30pm
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Skill Level Required
This year we have included a new guide alongside the workshop descriptions to help you choose if the workshop level is right for you. Choosing the right skill level will give you the best value from your day and will ensure that the tutor can give equal attention to all of the students. If you are not sure please contact us and have a chat with one of our tutors who will advise you on the best workshop for you.
Level One - No previous experience needed but a reasonable degree of manual dexterity is necessary.
Level Two - As Level One but working on slightly longer or more involved projects so these workshops are a bit more intense.
Level Three - Some previous experience and familiarity with hand tools is desirable. We recommend prior attendance on one of our half day beginners courses before booking on any level three course as this ensures you have the basic skills to get the most out of these courses.
Level Four - Specific experience required. Please see individual course descriptions for details.
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About The Workshops
Level One Workshops
No previous experience is necessary for these workshops but you do need a reasonable level of manual dexterity as you will be working with small component parts and threading quite small eye needles.
Beginners Half day workshop £15 includes materials
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If you have never really tried to use all those bits and pieces of metal called findings, or you have tried but are not quite sure you’ve got it all right, this is the workshop for you. Learn how to make a round loop in wire so you can do links and earrings; calottes and lace ends to finish off thread ends; and French crimps to make floater necklaces and finish off tigertail.
This class is two and a half hours long.
All of the materials that you will need for this workshop are included in the price.
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Amanda - who came on a beginners course in March 2009 wrote 'just wanted to let you know how enjoyable and helpful I found it. I have never done any jewellery making before and therefore found it very useful, also the lady who took it made everything very clear and easy to follow.' .
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Level Two Workshops
Like Level One no previous experience is needed but you do need a reasonable level of manual dexterity as you will be working with small component parts and hand tools. In Level Two workshops you will be working on slightly longer or more involved projects than Level One so these workshops are a bit more intense.
Tiara Workshop Full Day Workshop £45 includes materials
An intensive day of tuition and practical wirework, which will enable you how to make any style of tiara, wired hair accessory, or crown. In the morning you will make two practice frames to learn the wirework skills you will need and the afternoon is dedicated to beading techniques for decorating a third frame of your choosing. We will have a whole host of different tiara styles, shapes and colours available for you to copy, or adapt to your own style on the day for your afternoon project, just some of which are shown below, or you can bring your own ideas along with you and we will help you to create your own unique piece.
     
All the wire that you need is included in the cost of the workshop and beads will be available for purchase if you need them for your final design.
If you would like to read more about our tiara workshops take a look at http://prettypeyote.blogspot.com for a review written by one of the students who attended a course with us in March 2009
Hair Decorations Full Day Workshop £45 includes materials
This day is dedicated to hair ornaments – no tiaras today but, using similar techniques, and some new ones, we will be looking at making decorated pins, combs, fascinator style decorations and hair slides. From small and delicate, to bold and beautiful this class will cover a whole host of ideas to create the perfect accessory for any occasion. Some of the design ideas that we have looked at in previous classes are shown below - using beads, wire, fancy threads, small beads or a combination of any or all of these there are many ideas that we will be looking at, encouraging you to find your own unique style and look at how different styles work for different settings, accessories and occasions.
All the materials that you need to learn the techniques are included in the cost of the workshop. A variety of other beads will be available to purchase on the day if you wish to expand on the design ideas.
      
Macramé Day Full Day Workshop £45 includes materials
Macramé is enjoying a huge resurgence of interest at the moment as new materials and ideas have brought this traditional craft bang up to date. In this class you will learn a variety of basic knots in the morning session, moving on to make a piece of jewellery using the techniques you have learnt in the afternoon. You will also see a variety of different materials that are used for macrame work and the different effects that can be achieved by varying the threads that you use. The pictured pieces below have all been made using C-Lon macrame thread which gives a beautiful finish to fine work, but we will also show you pieces that have been made using Rattail, cotton thonging and wire so that you can see the potentials of other materials too.
No prior experience of macramé is needed, as the class will cover all of the basics. The pictures below show some of the different stitches that you will learn, and some of the designs that Lynn has been making to show you the different ways in which you can combine the thread and beads to make your own unique piece.
    
Creating With Wire Full day workshop £45 includes materials
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The Chrysalis bracelet (above) is made using macrame with wire and you will learn a beginners version of this bracelet in one of todays three sections
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A combination of three hugely popular classes that we have run previously including the ‘Eris’ workshop that we held to celebrate the launch of Spellbinding Bead Jewellery.
This day will run in three sessions – in one session you will learn how to use basic macramé techniques with wire and use these techniques to make a beautiful bracelet; in another session you will learn about using pre-knitted wire to make jewellery and use this wonderful, versatile material to make a bracelet like the ‘Eris’ on page 51 of Spellbinding Bead Jewellery; and, in a third session, we will show you how to make simple wire filigrees, without the use of jigs, to make a delicate linked necklace.
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The Eris bracelet (below) is the inspiration for the knitted wire bracelet you will make in one of todays three sessions
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All the wire and basic beads that you need are included in the cost of the workshop – extra beads will be available to purchase on the day if you want to add something extra to your work.
Small Beadwork for Beginners Full Day Workshop £45 includes materials
An introduction to the beadwork stitches that make up the core of a beaders armoury when working with small beads. Once you have mastered these basic stitches a whole new world of beadwork will open up to you – and we will get you started – not just with the basic stitches but bringing them all together to make your own unique piece of jewellery.
The morning will be spent making simple samplers of three of the most common small beadwork stitches, moving on to make a stunning project to utilise your new skills.
All of the materials that you will need for this workshop are included in the price.
Sculptural Peyote Full Day Workshop £45 includes materials
In this class you will be making a stunning bracelet using brick stitch and sculptural peyote techniques. You do not need any prior experience of either brick stitch or peyote stitch for this class but you do need to be familiar with using a needle and thread for small beadwork as a good level of manual dexterity is required. If you have enjoyed the Beginners Small Beadwork class and wish to try another small beadwork technique to build your repertoire further this is an excellent class to move onto.
  
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Level Three Workshops
Some previous experience and familiarity with working with hand tools is desirable. We recommend prior attendance on one of our half day beginners courses before booking on any Level Three course as this ensures you have the basic skills to get the most out of these courses.
Beginners Plus Full Day Workshop £45 includes materials
Floral Jewellery with Wire Full Day Workshop £45 includes materials
Making daises and small lilies from fine wire we will add tendrils, stamens and trailing leaves to an understructure of articulated thicker wire to create intricate necklaces or stunning central pendant pieces. We will be working with seed beads, crystals and quite a lot of diamante for that extra sparkle.
All the wire and basic beads that you need are included in the cost of the workshop – extra beads will be available to purchase on the day if you want to add something extra to your work.
   
Stocking Fillers Half Day Workshop £15 includes materials
Making the most of those little bits and pieces to create some individual stocking fillers. We will be looking at phone charms and bag charms, hat pins and brooches, and using memory wire for rings, wine glass charms, bracelets and napkin rings to make full use of those odd bits and pieces we all have lying around that can be used to make beautiful small presents to give. As with all of our workshops this will be a fully hands on session with lots of made samples in the room for you to take inspiration from.
Christmas Decorations with Wire Half Day Workshop £15 includes materials
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Level Four Workshops
Specific previous experience required. Please see individual course descriptions for details.
Butterflies on a Buddleia Bush with Liz Thornton Full Day Workshop £35 plus materials
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The aim of this course is to create a graceful lariat that represents a Buddleia bush with butterflies settling on the flowers.
Course Outline: The focus of this workshop will be on the following techniques:- right angle weave forms the lariat and also features in the buddleia blooms. The butterflies are in peyote stitch and the leaves are in St Petersburg chain.
Participants should have a good working knowledge of right angle weave and peyote stitch. Students will also be working mostly in size 15s for this class so, if you need special lighting and magnification to work in these at home please bring it with you to the class. Please inform us at the time of booking if you will be doing this as we need to make suitable provision in the workshop room to accommodate any extra equipment.
By the end of the day each student should have made a short section of the lariat and will have started making a collection of buddleia blooms, leaves and butterflies - please note that only one of each is possible on the day.
We will provide bead mats, scissors and thread heaven for use on the day for all students. Students may buy a complete bead pack for the project on the day for £28 or you may bring your own materials along to the class if you prefer. A materials list will be given to all participants at the time of booking.
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3D Crystal Workshop with Jean Hall Full Day Workshop £45 includes materials
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Jean will teach students how to construct a geometric, unsupported spherical bead using triangle stitch with 4mm crystals and size 15 seed beads. Using the same technique you will also learn how to make a discus-shaped bead and a bi-cone shaped bead. This workshop is for students with some previous beadwork experience. The workshop fee includes sufficient cut crystal beads, Soft Flex Extreme and sterling silver findings to make a stunning necklace with matching earrings.
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Athena's Collar with Jill Devon Full Day Workshop £35 plus materials (see below)
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Made with variations of right angle weave, herringbone and peyote stitch, with some stitching similarities to the Alston Lariat that Jill taught at Spellbound in 2009. There are beaded rings in 3 dimensional right angle weave and a stunning centrepiece starting from a Swarovski rivoli. The lovely rope necklace (herringbone) is one of Jill's favourites, and is completed with a toggle closure.
Participants should have a good working knowledge of right angle weave, herringbone and peyote stitch. Anyone who has previously attended an Alston Lariat course will find that this class will show more of the potentials of these stitches but you do not need to have done the Alston Lariat to be able to make this project.
A materials list for this class is available or you can buy a bead pack from Jill on the day in a choice of two colourways for £31.00.
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Wisteria Lariat with Sylvia Fairhurst Full Day Workshop £35 plus materials (see below)
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Launched in May 2009 at the Great British Bead Show this is a simply stunning necklace that is sure to win admiring glances.
This workshop focuses on various techniques for the different components. Five crystal racemes adorned with a few leaves are attached to each end of a chunky spiral rope resulting in a luscious lariat.
Previous experience of right angle weave, brick stitch and spiral rope would be an advantage.
A materials list for this class is available or you can pre-order a pack in a choice of colourways. The complete necklace pack (including the crystals, seed beads, needles and thread) is £64.50, if you wish to order the crystals pack only for the necklace and add in your own seed beads etc, the crystal pack costs £52.50. You can also order, for £6 each, bead packs for the matching ring and earring projects.
Bead packs for this workshop should be ordered at the time of booking, and no later than June 1st. All bead packs are being supplied by the tutor and payment for these should be made direct to Sylvia on the day of the workshop
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Wirework Full day workshop £45 including materials
Take wire into another realm – learn how to select and work with the right gauge of wire to make filigrees, torques and more intricate designs. The day includes a basic grounding in wire types, hardness and durability to enable you to design striking individual items and develop your skills further. This class is ideal if you want to move on from the ‘Beginners Plus’ or ‘Creating with Wire’ workshop and want to start to develop your own individual signature style. We will be working with quite intricate and delicate designs on todays course and it is aimed at students who are confortable working with hand tools for prolonged periods.
All the wire and basic beads that you need are included in the cost of the workshop – extra beads will be available to purchase on the day if you want to add something extra to your work.
   
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About the Tutors
Julie Ashford is our main kit designer and co-author of Spellbinding Bead Jewellery. julie has been making jewellery professionally for 25 years and teaching for over 15 years. Julie has a versatile approach to jewellery design, making full use of the wonderful array of materials currently available, but her first love remains wirework. Her tiara classes have been one of our most popular courses since we began them in Lichfield 12 years ago and she is currently working on a book on the subject. Julie also teaches beginners; beginners plus; starting small beadwork; hair decorations; floral jewellery with wire and the Spellbinding Bead Jewellery day and is also working on a new, mixed media, jewellery workshop.
Pat Ashford is our shop manager and one of our kit testers. Pat also looks after our repairs service and has an in-depth knowledge of techniques and semi-precious stones which are her real passion in beads. Pat looks after our evening workshops program of special classes and jewellery parties (further details below) and teaches beginners, beginners plus and creating with wire in our main program.
Lynn Bennett is one of kit designers and kit testers. Lynn has been beading and teaching beading for many years and and was a founder member of a local beading group. Lynn is an adventurous beader who enjoys mixing materials and techniques, as can be seen in her beautiful wire macrame pieces, but she particularly enjoys small beading and detailed work. Lynn teaches the sumptuous sculptural peyote class, macrame and creating with wire.
Jill Devon is the instigator and founder of The Beadworkers Guild and the creator of the first beadwork show in the country - the popular Great British Bead Show. She has co-edited (along with Liz Thornton) the best selling series of books published by the Guild and more recently co-wrote The Beader's Floral (again with Liz Thornton). Jill has been successfully running The Bead Merchant in Essex for 15 years and designs and sells Beadwork Kits. She also holds beadwork classes both in Essex and around the country and is visiting us this year for a day of intricate small beadwork in Jill’s signature style.
Sylvia Fairhurst will be know to many of you as an active member of the Beadworker's Guild, for whom she is chairman, and can often be found on their stand at beading and hobby shows answering queries and helping with those sticky small bead problems. The owner of Witch Beads, Sylvia has been beading and designing for nearly twenty years, and also somehow finds the time to travel throughout the UK teaching Beading classes and has also taught in Japan. Sylvia will be teaching one of her designs, the stunning Wisteria Lariat, in a class in Lichfield for us this year.
Jean Hall is a dedicated beader and beading teacher of many years standing and an active member of the Bead Society who has contributed designs to their books. Jean has a passion for perfection that can be seen in her exquisite small beadwork and her current obsession - geometric shapes in crystal. Jean has been working on creating a variety of shapes in crystal bicones in the last few years and will be sharing her passion in her special one day workshop.
Erika Schrinner is one of the regular Spellbound staff members with a special interest in all things wire related. Erika is a trained stained glass artist who, alongside her work at Spellbound and stained glass commissions also finds time to make her own lampwork beads and explore all areas of creativity with a particular eye to making every moment and scrap of material count. With this in mind Erika has devised two new workshops this year with a Christmas theme - Wire Decorations and Stocking Fillers. Erika will also be teaching Beginners and Beginners Plus classes and is a tutor on our evening programme.
Liz Thornton is well known as a beadworker with a passion for sharing her knowledge and love of the craft with others through her teaching and writing. Liz has been teaching beadwork since 1995 and was instrumental in founding The Beadworkers Guild, which was launched in 1999 and now has around 4,000 members. She was editor of the Guild's quarterly journal for three years and co-editor of the Guild's popular series of books. A major creative project has been the design of a collection of 3-dimensional beaded flowers. These are now the subject of a book, The Beader’s Floral, that Liz has written, (with Jill Devon), and Liz will be bringing a floral theme to us this year again with the gorgeous Butterflies in a Buddleia Bush project.
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General Information
All workshops are held in the Methodist Church Hall opposite the shop. The building is fully accessible to the disabled however several of the workshops are held on the first floor so please let us know at the time of booking if stairs can be a problem so that we can ensure that everything is in order for your visit.
Light refreshments are served during the workshop. Full day workshops have a half hour break for lunch. The church runs an excellent lunchtime café if you don’t want to bring a packed lunch and the city centre is only two minutes walk away.
Places on the workshops are limited so please book early to avoid disappointment. The classes are limited to 10 persons per tutor except where stated otherwise..
All the tools that you need to use will be provided for the duration of the class. If you wish to bring your own tools please make sure that they are clearly marked or easily identifiable.
The workshop fee for most of the classes includes all of the materials needed to complete the designs on the day. In some classes, other materials will be available to purchase during the class if you wish to expand on the designs or use different materials to those included in the price.
All full day workshops run from 10am to 4pm – if making special travel arrangements for the workshop we ask participants to arrive by 9.50 so that the workshop can start promptly and to allow extra time at the end of the day for finishing off – we find that most students like to finish their day with a visit to the shop and tend to leave us at about 5pm.
Beginners workshops are two and a half hours long and cost £15. Morning sessions start at 10am and afternoon sessions at 1.30pm.
Parking - parking arrangements in Lichfield City Centre are subject to change during 2010 as major construction work is being carried out on some of the car parks. For up to date information on parking arrangements in the City, including a car park map and, if you click on any of the car park markers on the map, information on the number of spaces, whether short or long stay, parking charges, and the number of disabled bays in the car park will be displayed. Please see www.lichfielddc.gov.uk/carparksmaps for further info.
How to Book
Simply read the terms and conditions and cancellation info below and either call into the shop or telephone us on the normal number - 01543 417650 - to reserve your place. We are sorry but we cannot accept workshop bookings via the web-site at present.
Booking information – Terms and Conditions
Places on workshops can be secured with a £15 non-refundable deposit. The balance of the workshop fee will be payable 4 weeks prior to the workshop date. Payment can be made by cash, cheque or credit/debit card. Please phone or visit the shop to book your places. We will need all the names of the people you are booking for, a contact telephone number and the address to which we can send the booking confirmation.
Cancellations
By Us: if a cancellation is unavoidable, an alternative date or a full refund will be given.
By You: The £15 fee to secure a place is non-refundable. If you have booked a full day workshop and the workshop fee has been paid in full the remainder of the fee is refundable up to 28 days prior to the date of the workshop. If a cancellation is made less than 28 days from the workshop date we will try and re-let the workshop place, if we are able to do this we will refund all but the £15 deposit. If we are unable to re-let the workshop place no refund will be offered. If possible a transfer to another workshop may be offered but this can be done once only.
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Evening Classes in Lichfield
If you and a group of friends would like to book a special request evening, contact us on 01543 417650 or email info@spellboundbead.co.uk with your details, the course you wish to do, your preferred dates and a contact number and we will get back to you with availability.
All of our evening classes are two and a half hours long, and most cost £15 per person including materials.
Special Request Evenings – If you would like to get together a small group of friends and have a special one to one evening at the shop with one of our tutors then this could be just the evening out for you. Except for the tiara class, all of the classes are £15 per person, to include all materials necessary to learn the techniques, and can be taught to a class size of four to a maximum of six people. We can schedule a one evening special class on any of the following subjects:
Complete Beginners - For a maximum of six people, and will cover all of the basics of techniques and materials to both get you started and also enable you to give a professional finish to your work. This evening class covers the same format as our popular Saturday classes but in a smaller group – learn all about threads and findings and how to use them for best results.
Knotting and Rethreading – Learn the fine art of knotting between beads. We will start with knotting and giving a professional finish to a string of beads, showing you the difference between using gimp and calotte crimps to complete a piece for the first half of the session and then bring out your jewels – bring with you those broken items that have been lurking at the bottom of your jewellery case for expert practical advice on revamping and bringing your much loved beads back to life.
Basic Tiaras – In this class we will be making one tiara design. We will start by making the base and then build up the decoration so that, dependant on your choice of design, you could leave with your completed tiara at the end of the night. Price for this class is dependant on the tiara design chosen. Choose from Icicle, Mini Corkscrew, Corkscrew, Stella, Briar or Kumiko designs.
Beginners Wirework – A gentle introduction to loops and linking. We will help you to learn how to turn the perfect loop and then build upon it to make simple looped and linked designs.
Knitted Wire – A popular part of one of our multi tutor days this is a ‘Blue Peter’ moment! Playing with pre-knitted wire we show you the potential of the wire and how with a few simple techniques you can create beautiful pieces.
How to Book – Contact the office team on 01543 417650 or come into the shop and book at the back counter. A deposit of £60 is required at the time of booking (80% refundable if a cancellation is more than 28 days from the booked date). There is a minimum charge of £60 for special request evenings.
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