Dates & Time: Sunday, November 13th from Noon to 2:00PM In this class Maggie Manley will teach you to make a simple, but elegant wire wrapped ring with gemstone heishi beads. This is a beginner level wire wrapping project. Cost $30.00; Fee includes all materials and use of tools; Duration 2-hours. Minimum age is 16. …
Dates & Time: Sunday, November 13th from 3:00PM to 5:30PM In this class Maggie Manley will teach you to make an approximately 18” long spiral chain using 8/0 seed beads with a clasp. Cost is $40.00. Fee includes all materials and tool usage. Duration 2-1/2 hours. Minimum age is 16. This is an excellent beginner…
ANNUAL HOLIDAY PARTY Participants must be minimum age 5 to attend meetings and be accompanied by a parent or guardian at all times when at the clubhouse. Particpants must be active HGMS Youth Members or included in an active HGMS Family membership. Masks REQUIRED for all participants and observers. See HGMS Events for additional program details.
11:00 AM to Noon, 12:00 PM to 1 PM by Nancy Searle and Charlie Holden, Day Light Section Nancy and Charlie will teach you to make two pair of holiday earrings or a pair of earrings and a Christmas/Hanukkah snowflake decoration. These will be great stocking stuffers for the holidays. Earring kits will be available…
10:30 AM to 12:00 PM, 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM by Maggie Manley, Educ. & Beading Chair Maggie will teach you to make an adjustable knotted necklace with tassel. You will knot beads onto waxed cord and create a fancy tassel with bead cap. This necklace adjusts from approximately 19” to approximately 38” in length,…
10:00 to 10:30 AM, 11:00 to 11:30 AM, 1:00 to 1:30 PM, 2:00 to 2:30 PM Taught by Neal Immega, PHD Paleontologist & Museum Docent Neal will teach you to prepare fossils by removing matrix using pneumatic tools and micro sandblasters. Dress to get dusty. You will leave with a fossil and knowledge of how…
10:00 AM to 12:30 PM Join us for a fun, slightly messy class to learn the Shibori tying and clamping method and dye 26” square cotton tea towels in an indigo dyebath. Each student will have time to dye 4 or 5 tea towels during class (depending on the number of students). Indigo is a…
10:30 AM to Noon by Michele Marsel Michele, HGMS Shop Supervisor, will teach you to polish a cabochon in the HGMS Lapidary Shop. You will be provided with a prepared cabochon preform that has been cut, shaped, and dopped to streamline the process. You will polish the stone on the machines in the Lapidary Shop. …
10:30 TO Noon By Susan Burch Susan will teach you to create one or more components, depending on the amount of time you wish to spend in this session. You will choose copper or sterling silver wire and genuine stone or high-quality glass beads for your kit. You will learn to wrap and curl wire…
1:00 to 2:30 PM By Susan Burch Susan will teach you to create one or more components, depending on the amount of time you wish to spend in this session. You will choose copper or sterling silver wire and genuine stone or high-quality glass beads for your kit. You will learn to wrap and curl…
1:30 to 3:30 PM by Jeanean Slamen In this class you'll learn to use a jeweler's saw and a small butane torch to make two sterling silver stacking rings similar to the photo, from beautiful patterned wire. Jeanean Slamen is the teacher. LOCATION: Metalsmithing Shop COST: $50.00 Includes all materials and tool usage DURATION: 1-1/2-hours…
3:00 PM to 4:30 PM by Maggie Manley, Education & Beading Section Chair Maggie will teach you to make an approximately 2-1/2” tall beaded ballerina or a beaded boy that can be used as a pendant, purse charm, zipper pull, bookmark, etc. This beautifully detailed little figurine is custom designed by Maggie for HGMS as…