Creative Aging: Inspired Jewels
In this 9-week workshop participants will learn basic jewelry making techniques. They will create beaded bracelets using elastic cord and steel memory wire. Participants will also learn to create beaded earrings and necklaces. The teacher, Merrill Matthews, will instruct in wire looping, wire cutting, design layout and beading aesthetic. Participants will create their own jewelry.
- Week One - Stretch Beaded Bracelet
- Week Two - Multi Strand Drop Earrings
- Week Three - Pre-Shaped Wire Earrings
- Week Four - Memory Wire Bracelet
- Week Five - Designing and Crafting A Beaded Necklace
- Week Six - Final Additions Crafting the Beaded Necklace
- Week Seven - Crafting Earrings and Necklaces
- Week Eight - Crafting Bracelets and Ankle Bracelets
- Week Nine - The Culminating Event
Supplies will be provided.
Registration Required. For any questions please call the Dekalb Library at 718.455.3898.
Hosted through Services for Older Adults.
Creative Aging programs at BPL are made possible with support from The Sills Family Foundation; Wallerstein Foundation for Geriatric Life Improvement; Jean and Louis Dreyfus Foundation; Apple Bank, celebrating over 25 years in Brooklyn and 160 years of neighborhood banking in greater New York (Visit applebank.com for more information); and several BPL Friends Groups, private funders, and volunteers.
In this 9-week workshop participants will learn basic jewelry making techniques. They will create beaded bracelets using elastic cord and steel memory wire. Participants will also learn to create beaded earrings and necklaces. The teacher, Merrill Matthews, will instruct in wire looping, wire cutting, design layout and beading aesthetic. Participants will create their own jewelry.
- Week One - Stretch Beaded Bracelet
- Week Two - Multi Strand Drop Earrings
- Week Three - Pre-Shaped Wire Earrings
- Week Four - Memory Wire Bracelet
- Week Five - Designing and Crafting A Beaded Necklace
- Week Six - Final Additions Crafting the Beaded Necklace
- Week Seven - Crafting Earrings and Necklaces
- Week Eight - Crafting Bracelets and Ankle Bracelets
- Week Nine - The Culminating Event
Supplies will be provided.
Registration Required. For any questions please call the Dekalb Library at 718.455.3898.
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