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Earrings, Earrings & More Earrings!November 8, 1:30pm - 3:00pm (ALREADY PAST)November 10, 1:00pm - 2:30pm (ALREADY PAST) Class By Susan RyzaSusan Ryza designs & fabricates hand-crafted jewelry using a variety of materials, including wire, cord, gemstones, Swarovski crystal, plate metal, chain, fabric & ribbon. As a jewelry teacher as well as a designer, she loves learning & incorporating new techniques & methods – among them chain maille, bead weaving, wirework & bead stringing. She has a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design, and an MS in Education from Long Island University. Since 2000, she teaches jewelry-making & fiber crafts at Santa Monica College, various local Santa Monica schools & stores, & at her home studio. Having a textile design background, she especially enjoys adapting fiber techniques for jewelry – using macramé, crochet, spool knitting, netting, weaving, knotting & braiding. In addition to teaching, Susan worked with weavers in the Peace Corps in El Salvador and owned a wholesale millinery and handcraft import business for 15 years.
Class Fee: $39.00Skill Level: All
Everything you need to know to make a forest of earrings! Earring-making is simpler than you think. In this workshop, you’ll learn to make wire loops, connect beads, chain or wire shapes to make any kind of earring your imagination can create. Choose from a wide range of beads and materials and you’ll come away with 2 or 3 pairs of earrings to wear yourself or give as gifts. More importantly, you’ll have the skills to make a lifetime of future earrings! Printed, take-home instructions also included. Tools will be available to borrow in class or for purchase.
For more information and to sign up for the workshop, email susan@susanryza.com or call 310-944-1299.
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