BEADelighted Beadwork Classes
eggy Sturman has been teaching beadwork and bead crochet classes for many years at various venues in the New York City metropolitan area. As you will see when you look at the class offerings below, Peggy has become expert in the Right Angle Weave technique after studying with David Chatt and in Bead Crochet techniques after studying with Lydia Borin.
Peggy Sturman maintains a design studio in New York where she designs and makes her distinctive jewelry for sale on M. Sturman.com. Peggy particularly loves to teach beading techniques, both off-loom stitches as well as her particular love, bead crochet. Since 2000, her work has been judged into several competitions, including Swarovski's "Create Your Own Style" competitions; Dairy Barn's 2006 and 2008 Bead International; Palos Verdes' Wearable Expressions; Wayne Art Center ArtForms; and Bead Dreams. Her work has been published in Bead & Button Magazine; Judith Giffin's Bead Crochet Pattern Designs; Diane Fitzgerald's The Beaded Garden; and Lark's Beading with Crystals.
Peggy is a member of SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS' prestigious CREATE YOUR STYLE Ambassador program and teaches classes during the annual CREATE YOUR STYLE in Tucson Show held the first week of February each year during the month-long Tucson Gem, Mineral & Fossil Show there. SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS will also sponsor four of her classes at the 2011 Bead & Button Show in Milwaukee, WI.
The classes listed here range from beginning ones to more advanced ones, something to meet the needs of every student. For the first time, Peggy has included class offerings for some of her M. STURMAN designs, too! Please browse through the following classes that Peggy teaches and contact her directly for more information and to book a class for your bead store or bead society.
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ABIGAIL'S NECKLACE
All levels, 3 hours |
A beautiful, understated necklace to wear to the office or to a formal affair combines SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS crystal pearls and bicones. Make it with various colorways and learn how to combine stringing with Right Angle Weave. |
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BLACK TIE COLLAR AND CUFFS – and EARRINGS Advanced beginners, either project 3 hours; both together, 4 - 5 hours |
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Using SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS, vary the colorway and vary the look! A frilly collar and a cuff on each wrist is a dynamic way to dress for a black tie affair. Learn to add sparkling frills to a Right Angle Weave base and form a hidden magnetic closure. |
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PEARL MANDALA BRACELET Advanced Beginners, 3 hours |
Calmness and clarity will be with you when you wear this bracelet, formed with freshwater rice pearls, gold seed beads and Right Angle Weave. Weave it in white and a bride can wear it! |
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BRIDE'S BOUQUET BRACELET
All levels, 3 hours |
Start out learning how to weave the small flowers with seed beads, then string them alternating with coin pearls. Vary the colorway, expand the size of the bracelet to make a necklace or make earrings with the components -- in all, a versatile technique. |
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SPARKLING FLOWER BRACELET
Advanced, 6 hours |
Using Right Angle Weave and SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS crystal pearls and bicones, learn how to form four different flowers, joined by cords of woven crystal bicones. |
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EXOTIC SHIMMER CUFF
All levels, 3 hours |
Create a sophisticated and sensuous cuff bracelet that looks difficult but is simple to weave using Right Angle Weave, seed beads and sparkling SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS. |
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ELEGANT EVENING BIBS Intermediate, 6 hours |
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Small and understated or large and grand, bibs never go out of style, especially for evening wear. Students will learn how to weave one with SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS and embellish with ELEMENTS filigree, margaritas or with seed beads. |
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PRETTY PEEKABOO CUFF
All levels, 3 hours |
Have fun choosing a colorway for this handsome bracelet, woven of SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS bicones and 3 shades of crystal pearls. |
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DOUBLE RAINBOW CUFF
Advanced Beginners to Intermediate, 6 hours |
What color is your rainbow? You'll be wearing it on two layers of this dynamic cuff, woven with SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS bicones and seed beads. |
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