Celebrating 20 Years of Bead Fest | Beading
Bead Fest is back again! Soon after a pandemic hiatus, the largest East Coast bead and jewellery occasion is returning August 17-20, 2022, at the Lancaster County Conference Center. Bead Fest will aspect the academic workshops and unique browsing you’ve come to count on, along with entertaining new functions.
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It’s likely to be a terrific put for the beading and jewellery neighborhood to obtain with each other and celebrate.
Earlier to Present
At the very first Bead Fest occasion, there were 7 academics presenting 14 classes and distributors filling 100 booths in the marketplace. Interweave Director of Material Tamara Honaman remembers standing at the doors in hopeful anticipation that individuals would come. A 50 % hour in advance of the quite to start with Bead Fest opened, individuals have been lined up to get inside, and a worth-the-wait tradition was born.
Tamara states, “It’s wonderful to see how it’s grown. It truly speaks to the enthusiasm of beaders and jewelry makers and all of our instructors and sellers who make it all probable.”
This year, extra than 30 instructors will educate 100+ classes on bead weaving, metalsmithing, kumihimo, steel clay, polymer, and much more. You have viewed numerous of the instructors’ initiatives in the webpages of Beadwork and Lapidary Journal Jewellery Artist and these lessons are a enjoyable option to expend time with them and find out alongside them. All students who obtain a workshop ticket mechanically acquire no cost entry to the Market and a special goodie bag (limit a single per particular person).
Learn Your Craft
New this calendar year, there will be four grasp classes that include things like a dinner with the instructor, breakfast just about every day, and other specific perks. Metalsmith Julie Sanford will present two 2-working day workshops, which includes just one covering Mokume Gane. Beader Edgar Lopez will offer two 2-day workshops to advance your beadwork.
Scroll the workshop choices or download the PDF to see all the classes.
Shopportunities
In the Market, you can shop, meet the artisans and exhibitors, and also join with people who really like the artwork and craft of beading and producing jewellery. Many sellers supply demonstrations of their goods, this kind of as new instruments, or tips for making use of their innovations in imaginative techniques. You are going to come across every thing from handmade one-of-a-form beads and factors to jewelry materials to develop your stash.
Artisan’s Alley
Quite a few attendees make their first Market quit in Artisan’s Alley, because this unique location of the present options unbiased instructors and makers. Ceramic bead maker Diane Hawkey admits this is her favourite component of the present. She states, “There’s so substantially creativity in a person put. It’s also exactly where I satisfy my best buddies who are bead artists. It feels like a bead celebration down the aisle.”
You can seem forward to conference the makers and shopping for handmade beads and elements at the demonstrate.
Particular Events
On Thursday evening, Bead Fest will existing Coming up with with the Stars, a reward for Beads of Bravery. Seven rockstar jewelry instructors will direct members as a result of seven parts of jewelry Beads of Braveness founder Jean Gribbon will be on web-site to share the tale. This rapid-paced jewellery-generating celebration always sells out when it’s held at the Beads of Courage headquarters in Tucson, Arizona. We’re so thrilled to share the experience at Bead Fest. All proceeds will help restock the Beads of Courage Bead Pharmacy.
We simply cannot hold out to see you at Bead Fest! Have you reserved your workshop seats?
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