Katalin Budainé Nagy
Butterfly
This whimsical beaded butterfly features elegantly stylized wings adorned with intricate patterns of shimmering beads in vibrant hues. Each wing is a tapestry of glistening crystals that catch the light, creating a dazzling display that sparkles with every movement. The butterfly is delicately crafted, showcasing beautiful crystals, cupchain and assorted accent beads, adding an enchanting touch to this fairy-tale creature. Perfectly capturing the essence of nature’s beauty, this beaded butterfly is a mesmerizing work of art that brings a touch of magic to your jewelry box.
One more colorway on the way!
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Kinga Bledsoe (née Nichols)
Riverrrun
Riverrun is a back to the roots type of bead embroidery project: it's a large cuff with beautifully color coordinated segments that have the look and feel of a river running around sediment. From a technical perspective only the most basic stitches are used, but the way they are used yields one of a kind results. Students will design the segments and thereby design their own cuff with guidance throughout this class. The beads in the kits can be used in a multitude of ways to achieve differing results too. Besides rivers flowing, the abstract pattern is also reminiscent of cells under a microscope. A world within a world.
Riverrun is named after the first word in James Joyce's classic, Finnegan's Wake. It hopes to inspire creativity, out of the box thinking and joy in the form of painting with beads.
During class, we will talk about composition, layout and all the things that will allow you to make this bracelet your own. After class you will have permanent access to a pre-recorded, detailed and organized online video course to make sure no matter when you are picking your project up, you can keep on working on it right where you left off.
The kit comes with all the Japanese seed beads, crystals, focal, foundation, leather and buttons to complete the bracelet as shown, no matter what size your wrist may be. From your own stash you will need size 11 beading needles and a thread of your choice in a color that goes with the project in your chosen colorway. You will also need scissors, a white gel pen, E6000 and a beading surface.
This project is suitable for beaders with some bead embroidery experience.
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My name is Katalin Budainé Nagy, alias BéKata.
I live in Budapest, Hungary. I have always loved all kinds of creativity, in my younger years I was sewing, drawing and painting for years. I graduated as an interior designer in my early thirties, where I studied art history, chromatics, drawing and furniture history amongst other subjects. I enjoyed those years very much, these studies developed my creativity and designing skills. I turned to jewelry making 15 years ago, at first I worked with wire, but that was not for me. Then I started beadweaving, but it was not satisfying enough either, I felt I could not fly high enough. So I decided to try bead embroidery… When I saw the American and Russian ladies’ artworks, I felt I had arrived in my own creative world… I am continuously learning new techniques, looking for new materials, tools, I love mixed media, and my new love is polymer clay. It is huge fun to combine these two techniques, the result is always a completely unique piece of art. I have been teaching bead embroidery in Hungary for 4 years, in the biggest beadshop of Budapest.
My personal Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/budaikata
My jewelry Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/bekatajewels/
My Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/budaikata?ref=si_shop
My blog: http://bekataekszer.blogspot.com/
Sherry Serafini
Calliope
With a name literally meaning "beautiful-voiced" (from kallos, meaning "beauty," and ops, meaning "voice"), Calliope was the most prominent of the Muses—the nine sister goddesses who in Greek mythology presided over poetry, song, and the arts and sciences.
Create a beautiful bead embroidered neckpiece utilizing a variety of components crystals and two hole beads. There are several components involved and some bead weaving techniques that embellish the embroidery.
Creative freedom is always welcome in my workshops. While we will work on many “parts”, you don’t have to use them all.
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Kinga Bledsoe was born in 1980, in Hungary. At 19, she packed up her life in a backpack and moved to the US where she has been residing since, albeit not at the same place. She currently lives in Boulder, Colorado with her boyfriend and furbabies Samantha Regina Nichols and Marley. Samantha Regina is not only her muse but her model as well. Many of Kinga's best known pieces were popularized by the canine model.
One way or another Kinga has been always making things, which started turning into a career when she was painting murals at the time she lived in New York. The murals were fun, but she did not feel like painting was her calling. Eventually she picked up a bead and Button magazine in 2007, found a bead embroidery project, and slowly but surely the obsession took over.
After that first project, she started creating her own designs and quickly found her own distinctive voice that allowed her to translate her imaginings into beadwork. Kinga is always brainstorming, and her imagination provides an endless supply of fanciful ideas that she translates into bead embroidery.
Her work first got noticed in the first Battle of the Beadsmith, quickly followed by her being a BeadDreams finalist in 2013 and getting 3rd place in the same competition in the Swarovski category in 2014, and a book feature in Marcia Decoster Presents, 2014. In 2015 she won first place in the crystal category in BeadDreams. She has done a number of instructional bead embroidery videos for Interweave publishing in 2016 and 2017, and has been featured in magazines in the US and Europe.
In 2013 she started teaching and she hopes to continue this as her chosen profession for a long time to come, not only passing on beady knowledge, but perhaps her unique way of looking at the world as a magical place filled with endless possibilities.
Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/crimsonfrog
Blog: http://crimsonfrogdesigns.blogspot.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kinga.bledsoe
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Unusual objects and shapes become part of a new story as Sherry stitches beads and gemstones, one at a time, to a felt like base. Most pieces are born spontaneously as the beads and Sherry’s imagination dictate the design. She seldom works from sketches. Sherry finds this meditative form of art to be a rich counterpoint to a society full of instant gratification. Some pieces take a year to complete. Each is unique.
Sherry was raised in a military family, moving every few years. She credits that nomadic lifestyle with giving her an adventurous and uninhibited approach to her work.
Sherry was voted one of the top 10 instructors in the United States by Bead & Button magazine. She lectures and teaches throughout the U.S. and has won numerous awards for excellence in design, including Saul Bell Outstanding Jewelry Design Award, Bead International 2006, Kennedy Best of Pennsylvania and Kennedy Best of Nationally. She has been published and has written articles for several well-known magazines. Her work has been featured on the covers of trade magazines and catalogs and is the co-author of the Art of Bead Embroidery with artist and dear friend Heidi Kummli and Sensational Bead Embroidery by Sherry Serafini
Sherry’s beaded art is known internationally and is owned and worn by Grammy winner Melissa Etheridge, Steven Tyler of Aerosmith, Lenny Kravitz, and singer Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas. Her beadwork has been seen at fashion week in Milan.
Instragram: sherryserafini@instagram
Email: sherryserafini@gmail.com
Website: www.serafinibeadedjewelry.com