Upcoming schedule:

...2009…

October 24-25, Phoenix, AZ:  Fire and Friends Holiday Sale! I’ll be there with lots of finished jewelry and some special bead boxes; kits and beautiful sets of materials, packaged in antique handbags and cigar boxes, perfect for giving to beady friends.

November 7-8,  Wired Designs, San Antonio, Texas: Advanced Metal Clay:  Boxes and Birdhouses, $450 per person includes all materials and lunch, a very nice price indeed! Trunk show Friday, November 6th, with wine and cheese of course. Wired Designs does it right!

November 13-15: Tucson: A very special session: A three day comprehensive metal clay class, at my home studio.  (Full)

December 5th and 6th: San Diego:  Advanced beadweaving and beadgineering, component making. At Marcia DeCoster’s beautiful studio in Lemon Grove. Sign up here! Come and play.

…2010…

January 2-6:  Tucson, AZ: The Best Bead Show: Teaching (I’m not sure what yet) and Exhibiting

February 12-14:  St. Louis, MO:  Midwest Glass Experience at the fabulous Third Degree Glass Factory: teaching ringmaking, bead setting, and riveting with glass.

February 19-21:  Phoenix, AZ:  Fire and Friends: Trunk Show and Two Day Class- Boxbuilding!

March 26-29, Chicago, Chicago! Studio Beads: Four days of beadweaving.

April 30 – May 2: New Jersey: Beads By Blanche: Trunk show and three days of beadweaving classes. Can’t wait to see my NYC beady friends!

July 9-11, San Diego, CA: Jay Whaley Studios. These special sessions will explore metal clay from the perspective of a metalsmith: the classes are under development, but will possibly be some of my last on the subject, and will be meant to be fairly incredible. More details coming soon.

September 14-19, 2010, Barcelona, Spain: Gaudi/Dali inspired mixed media jewelry workshop. We leave for Paris August 19th! A whole month to play- please check the link for full information. Only the Barcelona portion of the adventure is a structured class, but there are opportunities to create and sell your work at every stop on the journey. No whiners! Must enjoy food, travel, shopping, laughing, and especially, WALKING!