- SARA ADAMS
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Sara Adams has been selling her jewelry creations since the age
of fourteen. It wasn't until after a career of nursing and raising
four children, however, that she returned to her love of art.
In 1980 she studied and taught painting and other forms of art.
She opened a studio in Saint Augustine, Florida in 1990, where
she taught crafts, jewelry making, and painting. Her love of
jewelry finally led her to wire art. Studying first under Cherie
Crist in 1998, she progressed to wire wrapping with Jessie Donnan,
Betty Baxter, and Ruth Ann Moore and wire sculpture under Irene
Francis and Dianne Mason at William Holland.
WIRE I - STEVE ADAMS
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Steve is a former systems analyst and retired Air Force officer.
He has been cabbing since 2005 and was taught by Yates Donnan
and Ellis Bray. Steve learned cabbing so his wife Gloria could
use his cabochons in her wire wrap jewelry. He finds cabbing
both relaxing and fun. His cabochons can be seen online at http://bitterbrookcabochons.com.
Steve is a member of the Alabama Mineral & Lapidary Society
and is a juried member of the Alabama Designer Craftsmen Artists'
guild.
CABOCHONS - LANCE ANDRUS
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Lance Andrus graduated from SUNY Potsdam in Geology and a MST
in Secondary Earth Science. He currently teaches 8th grade science
in Fayetteville, NC. He and his wife Laura began taking classes
at William Holland three years ago and both continue to learn
and grow in their crafts. Lance began faceting 4 years ago using
Jeff Graham's book and learned faceting from David Corn at William
Holland.
FACETING I - GENE BAXTER
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A member of both Georgia Mineral Society and Cobb County Gem
& Mineral Society, Gene has been cutting cabochons since
1979. He has taught at William Holland since 1995 and at Wildacres.
CABOCHONS - MARY BAILEY
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A self-taught scrimshander, Mary has been cutting scrimshaw pieces
for over 20 years. Her love of this art form began by accident
when she saw her first example of scrimshaw done on the handle
of a custom-made knife. Through trial and error, research and
practice, Mary has traveled this creative road to mastering this
ancient art form. In addition to teaching at William Holland,
Mary teaches and demonstrates scrimshaw at the Batson Blade Symposium
in April in McCalla, Alabama. She is a member of the Middle Tennessee
Gem and Mineral Club. Examples of her scrimshaw have appeared
in Blade Magazine, Knives Illustrated, Knives Annual, Wire Artist
Jewelry and Colored Stone. In 2003 she won the best jewelry award
at DragonCon. Her work is also shown in "Wirework, an Illustrated
Guide to Wire Wrapping", by Dale Armstrong.
SCRIMSHAW - TOM and KAY BENHAM
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Although the Benhams have specialized in teaching Intarsia classes
at William Holland, Tom has long been intrigued by the ancient
art of chasing and repoussé and has studied this art form
with Tom McCarthy, John Cogswell, So Young Park, Leonard Urso
and Valentine Yatkov. Along the way, his enthusiasm sparked Kay's
interest and she now joins him as they pass on this ancient art
form. For more than 10 years, Tom and Kay have had numerous lapidary
and metalsmithing articles published in the Lapidary Journal
magazine. Since Jan. 2002, they have co-edited a monthly column
in which they field questions on a variety of jewelry making
topics. They live and work in the Orlando area and are active
members of the Central Florida Mineral & Gem Society and
the NE Chapter of the Florida Society of Goldsmiths.
CHASING & REPOUSSE - SANDY BERGQUIST
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A two-hour class in wire wrapping in 2004 created a full-time
interest in lapidary and wire arts for Sandra. Fortunately, her
husband, David, a long time rockhound, was pleased to encourage
and support her new hobby by providing customized cabochons.
Sandra is always eager to "share the joy" by giving
demonstrations and instructions on wire. She has taught classes
in a local craft store and to members of the Playground Gem and
Mineral Society as well as private lessons in a variety of settings.
She continues to take classes through William Holland and the
Southeast Federation.
CHAIN, WIRE I, WIRE SCULPTURE - BILL BOGGS
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Bill began attending William Holland School in 1993 and started
teaching classes in 1997. He is experienced in lapidary, wirecraft
jewelry, and metalsmithing, but his first love has always been
finding and grinding rocks. For Bill, intarsia is a way to show
off multiple rocks and minerals by combining them into endless
combinations of colors and patterns.
INTARSIA - SARAH LEE BOYCE
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Sarah Lee is a member of the Charlotte Gem and Mineral Club and
has been teaching since the early 1990s. She teaches at Wildacres
and William Holland, as well as at her home outside of Charlotte,
NC. In her classes you will learn triplets, doublets, Australian,
and Matrix opals.
OPALS - ELLIS BRAY
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Ellis Bray is a retired engineering manager, an enthusiastic
teacher, past president of a local rock club, and a creative
and gifted cabochoner and jewelry designer. Ellis and his wife
Jackie make rock-based jewelry, featuring wire wrapping by Jackie
and silver-smithed settings by Ellis. Their motto is: "We
make heirlooms." Ellis started cutting cabs in the 1990s
and has cut many thousands, mostly free forms. He now uses almost
exclusively a no-dop technique. He feels his philosophy and method
promotes creativity (not all great pieces start as slab stock
or end as ovals) and enjoys teaching like-minded students his
skills and insights via several well-thought-out projects.
CABOCHONS II - JIM BROGDON
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Beginning in 1985 until the present time, he has worked in the
arts-woodcarvings, mold making, and casting-jewelry from seashells,
night-lights, and Christmas ornaments. He also taught woodcarving
at BRMA Association. Jim has taken glass fusing from Addy DePietro
at William Holland and has been fusing glass jewelry since 2001,
and teaching glass fusing for the past few years.
GLASS FUSING, WOOD CARVING - DIANNE BROOKS
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Retiring after 30 years in corporate information systems, Dianne
needed an outlet for her artistic energy and, in 1999, discovered
she loved making silver jewelry because it requires the skills
of a technician and the eye of an artist. She also creates intarsia
and fused dichroic glass to incorporate into her designs. Usually
a stone will "tell her what it wants to be" and then
guides the design. Dianne now works in various metals using fabrication,
enamel, precious metal clay, and wire wrap techniques, rarely
duplicating a piece. She has been teaching Silver I and II, PMC,
and glass fusing at the Visual Arts Center in Punta Gorda, FL
since 2001. She has been teaching Cabochons at William Holland
since 2006. She is a member of Florida Society of Goldsmiths
and co-founder of the Jewelry Arts Group at the Visual Arts Center.
CABOCHONS - BOBBIE BROWN
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Bobbie has been doing wirecraft since 1990 and has studied and
taught wire wrapping since that time to the Jacksonville Gem
& Mineral Society, Duval County Adult Education, bead shops
and private classes. She received "Best in Show" in
1990 Jacksonville Fair, Gems and Minerals.
WIRE I & II - PAT BROWN
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Pat has been a wire artist since 1995. She teaches for the Cobb
County Gem & Mineral Society and in her studio. Pat sells
her wire art at fine art festivals and at gem and mineral shows.
WIRE I - CHUCK BRUCE
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With a background in interior design and fashion merchandising,
Chuck has turned his passion to jewelry. He has taken classes
in cabochons, advanced chain making, lost wax casting and spool
knitting from William Holland. He has spent 5½ years silversmithing
and 2 years spool knitting at the Indianapolis Arts Center. His
work can be seen at the Art Center's Basile Studio Shop, Children's
Museum of Indianapolis Gift Shop and Art in Hand Gallery.
SPOOL KNITTING, ADVANCED CHAIN - CAROL BURKS
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Carol has studied design concepts under a state artist for the
former USSR, as well as lapidary arts at various teaching institutes
while developing her own unique style. Her class focus is on
creative flexibility and individuality of design. She started
teaching at William Holland in 1997.
POLYMER CLAY - BILL CADY
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Formerly a member of the Jacksonville, FL Gem & Mineral and
Henderson County, NC Gem & Mineral, Bill is presently a member
of the West Panhandle Chapter of the Florida Society of Goldsmiths.
He now lives in Pensacola, FL. Bill studied silver fabrication
in Florida and silver jewelry and casting through Haywood Community
College in Clyde, NC. Bill has been cabbing and silversmithing
since the mid-1980s. He started teaching silver classes at William
Holland in 1997. He has also taught at Wildacres.
SILVER I - NANCY CALLAWAY
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When Nancy and her husband, Chris, moved to Florida, they were
pleased to find William Holland and began taking classes. While
taking a large variety classes, Nancy was introduced to glass
fusing by Addy De Pietro. She has been teaching glass fusing
for several years. She also teaches the art of creating gem trees.
GLASS FUSING, GEM TREES - BOBBI CHUMACK
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Bobbi started to wire wrap in 1993.This ancient art form quickly
became her passion. She was mostly self-taught until taking classes
at William Holland School. She has been teaching classes for
several years. She takes classes to improve her skills in wire
art and jewelry making. New and exciting designs continue to
flow from her very creative side. Although she works full time,
she finds time to escape into her jewelry for relaxation to recharge
her batteries. It is always exciting to see Bobbie's new designs
and show her talent and love of wire art. Bobbie teaches in Tampa,
FL, at Tampa Bead Café.
WIRE I - SANDY CLINE
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Sandy Cline is a full-time self-taught sculptor who has been
developing his skills for over 40 years. Sandy credits his successes
to the insight that he gained from studying books on sculpture
by Malvina Hoffman. He has taught carving in colleges, museums
and schools across Canada and the United States. He refuses to
believe that special talent is needed to carve. Rather, he prefers
to trust that the urge to create is inherent in all of us and
that the teacher should promote these values in the people who
seek that knowledge. His classes create a very congenial, cohesive
atmosphere that has resulted in some excellent carvings being
completed by students who never believed they could carve. Sandy
had been asked to create pieces for awards and presentations
by various colleges and organizations such as Sir Sanford Fleming
College, the Canadian Synchronized Swimming Team, the Cleveland
Museum of Natural History, the Canadian Nurses Association, Sports
Canada and the Women's World Hockey Championships. Examples of
his work can be found at http://www.soapstonesculpture.com.
CARVING (SOAPSTONE) - DEBRA COBIA
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In the mid-1980's, Debra began making kiln fired clay jewelry
and has been making jewelry with a variety of media ever since.
In 2003, she took the first of eight silver courses at the William
Holland Lapidary School to learn basic techniques as well as
taking other specialty courses. She takes 3-4 courses per year
at the Spruill Art Center in Atlanta where she has continued
to hone her skills. She believes that those who wish to learn
new or additional skills need to understand what they are trying
to do, see how it is done, and practice, practice, practice!
She sells her work on a limited basis through galleries and juried
shows. Debra currently lives in Opelika, AL. She will be teaching
Silver I with Vaughn Millner.
SILVER I - BILL COMPLIMENT
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Bill is a retired Machine Repairman from Autolite Honeywell and
owns his own machine shop. He began teaching himself faceting
in 1973. Upon retirement in 2004 he became more involved with
his faceting and started teaching privately. 2008 was his first
year teaching at William Holland.
FACETING I - DEE & BILL CONYBEAR
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Dee and husband Bill (who does the Ant Colony Castings) built
their home on Lapidary Lane in Young Harris, GA in 1985 when
construction of the William Holland School was starting. They
were among the first volunteers who helped build the school.
Dee has served as coordinator of Elderhostel weeks at William
Holland and SFMS workshops at Wildacres and William Holland.
She has been making chains since 1995 and has taught at William
Holland for several years.
CHAIN I, CHAIN II - DAVID CORN
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David retired from IBM in 1996. He is a self-taught faceter and
has been teaching faceting privately since 1991. David has been
an instructor at William Holland since 2004. He is an active
competition faceter and is a member of the Alabama Mineral and
Lapidary Society, the Midwest Faceters Guild, and the United
States Faceters Guild.
FACETING I, FACETING II - JANET CORN
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Since 1988 Janet and her husband have been participating in gem,
mineral and jewelry shows. During that period, she began making
jewelry for the many shows they attended. After retiring from
Southern Company in 1998, Janet began taking classes at the William
Holland School. Janet works with silver, glass fusing, opal cutting,
lampworking, stone mounting, wire wrapping and wire sculpture.
She privately teaches wire wrapping in her shop and has put a
book together to benefit the beginner in wire wrapping.
WIRE SCULPTURE - JOHN DARLIN
- Elegant, practical and beautiful are words that describe the bracelets crafted by John. John became interested in wire wrapping while a friend was visiting in his home. He avidly pursued his interest and found an instructor in Canada who introduced the intricacies of the art form and taught John to create the beautiful pieces he produces today. For over 19 years, John has created his beautiful bracelets. In 2005 the Office of the Governor of Kentucky chose one of John's pieces to be given as a gift to special guests of the Kentucky Derby. In 2006, he created a bracelet selected by the wife of Kentucky's Governor, Ernie Fletcher, to be presented to special guests of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. As excellent as he in his wire craft, he is equally skilled in marketing. Please visit John's website, www.johndarlin.com, for a sampling of John's creations. He can be emailed at hello_darlin@hotmail.com
- BECKY DEBORD
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Becky DeBord presently participates in more than a dozen juried
art shows a year and spends two weeks each October at Dollywood's
Harvest Festival. Becky is a board member of the Kentucky Guild
of Artists and is Treasurer of the Sheltowee Artisans Guild.
Becky studied under Jessie Donnan, Jane Mobley, Virginia Tuttrow,
Dawn Thornton, Betty Baxter, and Ruth Ann Moore. Becky greatly
appreciates the opportunity to share her skill and knowledge
with future wire artists at William Holland.
WIRE I - ADDY DEPIETRO
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Addy began fusing glass nuggets for accent pieces in her beading
projects. She began teaching at William Holland in 1991 while
owning a full service lapidary rock shop that specialized in
beading materials, stained glass and lapidary supplies. Addy
and her husband, Joe, won the AFMS national "Each One Teach
One" award in 1989 when they were workshop directors for
their local Gem & Mineral Club. She is a retired special
education teacher who has been beading since 1973 and fusing
glass since 1992. She has taught at her Rock Shop in Avon Park,
FL, for SFMS both at Wildacres and William Holland since 1988,
the local Gem & Mineral Club, and at William Holland School
regular season. Addy has her GIA certification in Pearl and Bead
Design.
GLASS FUSING (BASIC & ADVANCED) - JOE DEPIETRO
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Joe has been doing lapidary work since 1974. He has taught Cabbing
and Opal Cutting at his Rock Shop in Avon Park, FL, and at his
local gem club workshop where he was workshop director in 1988.
He has been teaching at William Holland since 1992. He also teaches
at Wildacres and William Holland for SFMS. Joe and his wife won
the AFMS national "Each One Teach One" award in 1989.
He has specialized in Opal Cutting and Casting since 1998. He
has developed "Opal Cure", a simple method of healing
cracks in opals and other soft stones, which he teaches in his
Opal classes.
OPALS - GINO DESKINS
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Since 2003 Gino has concentrated his time taking over 30 jewelry
and lapidary classes at William Holland School. He has studied
with Joe DePietro, Terry Higley, Dan Haga, Jim Dahlhausen, Will
Smith, Randy Armstrong, Preston Kemp, and nationally known jewelry
designer and wax carver, Kate Wolf. Gino has also studied Scrimshaw
with Rich Williams and Sandra Brady. Gino has been actively engaged
in casting and jewelry making in his own studio.
CASTING, SCRIMSHAW, STONESETTING - MARY ANN AND KEN DEVOS
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Mary Ann and Ken have been involved in the creation of art &
craft items for more than 30 years. Mary Ann has been a potter
and a studio jeweler. She now works primarily with silver clay.
She has trained in Japan in the use of silver clay and is a Master
Instructor for silver clay in the US. Ken concentrates on making
chains & the use of silver clay for the creation of jewelry.
Both Mary Ann and Ken have taught jewelry making around the US
as well as in Europe, Canada, South Africa, Australia, and Japan.
Wardell Publications published their first book, Introduction
to Precious Metal Clay, in 2002. Their second book, Precious
Metal Clay in Mixed Media, also from Wardell, was released in
2004. Their third book, Exceptional Works in Metal Clay and Glass,
was released in April 2008.
SILVER CLAY (PMC) I, II, AND III - RICH DILLON
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Rich has been collecting, mining and cutting stones for over
25 years. He has attended classes at William Holland since 1998
and taught Gem ID with Terri Monagle and advanced glass fusing
since 2005. In 2000, he and his wife Linda were introduced to
dichroic glass while she was taking Addy DePietro's fusing class.
He soon caught the "dichroic" bug himself trying to
recreate "dichroic opals", and is now working directly
with 3 manufacturers to create new and different effects in dichroic
glass He is now a distributor for Navitar and C.B.S. (Coatings
by Sandburg). Working in both 90 COE & 104 COE glass has
presented him the materials to create unique fused glass pieces
for jewelry that are now in shops and galleries in Illinois,
Iowa and Wisconsin. You may contact him at his studio/shop for
more information. Nature's Creations, Ltd: 630-377-0197, www.dichroic.biz, and email:
info@dichroic.biz.
GEM ID, GLASS FUSING & GLASS FUSING, ADV. - JESSIE DONNAN
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Jessie is an active member of the Aiken Gem, Mineral and Fossil
Society. She has been teaching wirecraft classes since 1997 and
at William Holland School since 1998. In 2002, she was a Featured
Artist in the Wire Artist Magazine. She has written a series
of wirecraft books with one new book per year since 1997.
WIRE I, II and WIRE III, Exclusively Prongs - NANCY ENGLISH
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Nancy is a retired nursing professor. She is an enthusiastic
teacher, creative jewelry designer and values creative workmanship.
Nancy and her daughter have been involved in lapidary and metalsmithing
for many years. She has attended design and manufacturing workshops
in Nashville, TN, William Holland, Western Kentucky University,
and Louisville, KY. Nancy has taught creative silversmithing
in Nashville, TN, Bowling Green, KY, and at William Holland.
She is a member of the Middle Tennessee Gem and Mineral Society,
and Kyana Geological Society. She has taught silversmithing for
Wildacres for AFMS. As an active silversmith, she maintains a
private workshop.
SILVER I, I+ - MARJI FERRELL
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Marji began her college career as an art major but decided, in
a bow to practicality, to become a nurse. She began taking stained
glass classes in the 1970s and, after a move to Atlanta, became
the operations manager and chief designer at a stained glass
company. During that time Marji began taking jewelry lessons
and became hooked. After a move to Florida, Marji opened a stained
glass studio in Sarasota where she taught classes. In her "spare
time" she continued taking jewelry classes. In 2003 Marji
and her husband relocated to Murphy, NC, which allowed her to
continue to develop her jewelry-making skills. As she nears retirement,
Marji is excited about being able to share her knowledge of stained
glass and silversmithing with others. Marji will be teaching
with Gail Thompson in their Silver I class.
STAINED GLASS, SILVER I - BETTY FETVEDT
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Betty is a glass and fiber artist. Her fascination with the work
of contemporary glass artist Josh Simpson led her to take a beginning
lampworking class in 2003 at William Holland. She has also studied
lampworking with Pati Walton, Larry Brickman, Jennifer Geldard,
Kristen Frantzen Orr, Kate Fowle Meleney, Kristina Logan, Lisa
St. Martin and Sara Sally LaGrand. Her jewelry is fashioned using
her lampworked beads in combination with the ancient Japanese
braiding technique of Kumihimo. The art of her beads combines
painterly elements and the flowing curvilinear forms of Art Nouveau
with the feel of Renaissance bas-relief. Betty is a member of
the ISGB, an exhibiting member of Piedmont Craftsmen Guild in
addition to teaching for William Holland and the Crafts Center
at North Carolina State University. Contact Betty at www.bijoux-de-terre.com.
LAMPWORK BEADS I, II - JOHN FETVEDT
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John, who retired from IBM in 2005, was introduced to chain making
in 2003 at William Holland, and has since done extensive research
on chain patterns. John also teaches chain making at The Crafts
Center at NC State University in Raleigh, The ArtsCenter in Carrboro,
NC, The Sawtooth School for Visual Arts in Winston-Salem, NC,
the Interweave Bead Fests, and the Bead and Button Show in Milwaukee,
WI. Several of his projects were published in the Lark book,
"Chain Mail Jewelry: Contemporary Designs from Classic Techniques",
by Terry Taylor and Dylon Whyte, ISBN 1-57990-723-7. Several
other projects of John's have been published by Art Jewelry magazine.
John's mentors have included Mary Ann Scherr, Blaine Lewis, Thomas
Mann, and Betty Helen Longhi. He can be contacted through www.bijoux-de-terre.com.
CHAIN - VINCENT FLORES, SR
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Vinnie began casting around 1994. He started attend William Holland
School about the same time.
CASTING - BARBARA FIELDS
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Barbara has been working with silver and stone jewelry since
2004. She has taught a silversmithing class in Nashville since
2007. Her own designs tend to be very whimsical and imaginative
in nature. She also works in cabochons, silver, channel, enamel
and intarsia.
SILVER I - SCOTT FORWARD
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Scott has had a lifelong interest in geology. His undergraduate degree
in Geoscience, plus the many years of owning his own environmental consulting
business are evidence of his expertise in mineralogy. Combining these experiences
with his remarkable management skills and years of service in the Air Force
and Air Force Reserves, make him just the kind of instructor you would want to have
to teach you the ins and outs of mineral identification.
MINERAL ID - LORRAINE GARCIA
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Lorraine is a self-taught basket weaver from Ocala, FL. She has
helped her husband teach at William Holland since 1994. Lorraine
has taught at community centers in Ocala and craft stores in
Ft. Lauderdale.
BASKETMAKING - RON GIBBS
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Since the purchase of his first digital camera in 1990, Ron has
specialized in macro and microphotography, and image enhancement.
Ron has presented seminars and classes in digital photography,
scientific visualization, web creation, and beginning animation
at the MacWorld Expo conferences from 1988-2003 in San Francisco,
Boston, and New York. Ron's own non-commercial website, http://www.theimage.com,
has been in continuous operation since early 1996 and is centered
on mineral and gemstone digital imaging and information. Ron
began collecting rocks in Southern California in the 1960's,
started cutting cabochons while taking a university class on
gems and gem forming minerals in 1971, and took up faceting in
1981.
CABOCHONS, DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY OF JEWELRY - BARBARA GREEN
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Barbara has been making beaded jewelry since 1994. It began when
she accompanied her husband on a business trip to San Diego.
While he was in meetings, she spent an afternoon taking a beading
class in a nearby bead shop. Little did she know it would take
over her life and become a necessity to continue creating beautiful
pieces of jewelry. Barbara entered her first arts and crafts
show in 1998 and has been selling her work ever since. Using
a variety of beads from glass, pearl, gemstones, shell, bone
and wood, she incorporates cabochons of stone and glass in her
work. Nature is the inspiration for the colors and flow of the
pieces she makes.
BEADING, SEED - DAN HAGA
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Dan started making jewelry in 1991 and has continued to learn
something new every year since. However, he feels his real education
was in the making of more than 8,000 fabricated pieces. He has
taught at William Holland School since 1995.
SILVER I, SILVER II, SILVER II SOUTHWEST - BONITA HARRIS
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Bonita holds degrees in education from Anderson University in
Anderson, Indiana and Auburn University in Alabama. Her love
of children (and rocks!) has led to her involvement as Chair
of Youth Activities for the Mobile Rock & Gem Society and
the Youth Resources Committee chair of the Southeast Federation
of Mineralogical Societies. In addition, she developed the children's
geology summer camp, "Let's Take a Closer Look at Rocks,"
at the University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama. Her course
offered at the William Holland School tends to be a family affair
as Ed, her husband, and Rebecca, their daughter, have assisted
in this class. Bonita has been teaching at William Holland since
2003.
JUNIOR ROCKHOUNDS - VIVIAN HEATH
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Vivian has been teaching seed beading, basic stringing and pearl
knotting since 1984. She is a professional knotter and worked
for jewelry stores in Jacksonville, Florida. She owned a bead
shop in Jacksonville for almost ten years where she taught classes
and helped customers in bead design. Vivian first came to William
Holland School in 1986 to take classes and fell in love with
the area. She relocated to Young Harris in April 2006 and teaches
six classes a year for the school. She also teaches for the SFMS
from time to time. She likes to start each student at her/his
own level of expertise. Samples and class projects are planned
to hit your "hot spot." She plans the class to advance
at the individual's own speed. Above all else, she wants each
student to have fun and to learn something new! She has opened
a bead shop in her home in Young Harris, GA. Beaded Bunny Hill
is a bead and rock shop.
BEADING, SEED - J. M. "KYM" HOERR
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Kym first learned to make jewelry in 1960 when she was serving
in Germany as an Army officer and has been learning and making
jewelry ever since. Chain making is a fairly recent venture and
has really captured her attention. She sees each pattern as a
challenge and puzzle that needs to be solved. As a member of
the Tampa Bay Mineral and Science Club she has been studying
chainmaking for 4 years. Kym is also a member of the Florida
Society of Goldsmiths.
CHAIN I - BETTY JAMES
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Betty James joined the Mississippi Gem & Mineral Society
in 1983 and immediately began to learn the art of creating cabochons.
The next year she entered a competitive exhibit of cabochons
in the Jackson, Mississippi Show. At that time she began to demonstrate
cabochon cutting in the show and to teach at their local workshop.
She began teaching at William Holland in 2003.
CABOCHONS, MINERAL ID - ALLEN JEWELL
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Allen started studying Lapidary arts in the 1970s while living
in southern Africa. He studied silversmithing through adult education
in Louisville, KY. He has taught and led work sessions in cabochon
cutting, faceting, and silversmithing for the Kyana Gem &
Mineral Club in Louisville and the Blue Grass Club in Lexington,
KY. His work is sold at art and craft shows as well as at Lapidary
shows. Allen teaches in his studio in Versailles, Kentucky.
SILVER I, SILVER II - MARILYN JOBE
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Marilyn has been making lampwork beads since 1992 and has been
teaching at William Holland School since 1996. Being interested
(primarily) in color, has led to an interest in glass fusing,
enameling and, most recently, in polymer clay. Marilyn's focus
is jewelry and she exhibits at various shows, mainly in the Southeast,
and teaches frequently throughout the same area.
POLYMER CLAY - BEVERLY JOOSTEN
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Beverly is a native of Oklahoma and a citizen of the Cherokee
Nation. She began working in stained glass in 1988 as a hobby.
She quickly became enthralled with the artistry of the medium.
She moved from copper foil into leaded work and her interest
and skills eventually led her to larger projects such as entryways
and transoms. She has studied with many of the leading artists
in the field, including Bill Klopsch, Jan Persico, Joe Porcelli,
and Christine Stewart. In 1994 Beverly and her husband, David,
opened Sunrise Stained Glass Studio. They moved their studio
to enlarged quarters in Donalds, SC, where she and David both
teach and create works on commission. David specializes in custom
sand blasted glass carving, fused glass art and woodworking.
In their studio, Beverly teaches a variety of classes in addition
to stained glass including lampwork beads, glass fusing and grouted
and poured mosaics.
STAINED GLASS - DOT KASPER-EBERLE
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Dot has a true love of beads and their history. She started beading
using gemstones in the early 1980's when Southeastern Federation
decided to include beading as part of lapidary work. Dot has
taught workshops for SFMS at Wildacres, Elderhostel groups, Cobb
Gem and Mineral Society, and, her favorite place, William Holland
School.
BEADING (BEAD KNOTTING) - JUDY KELLY
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Coming from a design background, Judy Kelly decided to check
out the field of lapidary arts in 1995. She loved jewelry and
was delighted with the idea of making one-of-a-kind pieces. To
accomplish this, she tried several disciplines including glass
fusing, wire, chain and lampwork. She then discovered bead crochet.
This became her main focus while incorporating her other learned
skills, creating jewelry of multi-media designs. Her class focus
is on learning how to design and use bead crochet to create unique
multi-media pieces.
MULTI-MEDIA DESIGN USING BEAD CROCHET - MARY LOU KICK, G.G
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Mary Lou specializes in gem cutting and gemology and has been
in business since 1981 with her company Gemcutters, Inc. in Smryna,
GA. She is the author of the exciting novel, "On the Cutting
Edge of the World of Gems", which can be purchased at William
Holland for the special price of $12. She can be reached at marylkick@yahoo.com.
FACETING II, GEM ID - JACK KING
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Jack lives in Cornelius, NC. Since the age of 12, Jack has been
a rockhound where he spent every available weekend climbing the
hills around Spruce Pine and Franklin. His dad made his first
tumbler out of a 55-gallon steel drum and his first gem-cutting
machine was a B&I Gem maker from Sears. Jack has attended
classes at Wildacres and William Holland and has been a private
student of Sarah Lee Boyce for years. Although his primary passion
is opal cutting, he loves cutting any material into cabochons.
He prefers to cut free-form stones that his wife Kathy wire wraps.
Jack started teaching for William Holland in 2008.
CABOCHONS - KEN KIPNIS
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Ken has been a commercial photographer for over 70 years. He
graduated from the New York Institute of Photography in 1934.
Kenneth ran a very successful commercial photography business
in Miami Beach, FL for over twenty-five years. He opened the
first color lab in the Bahamas in 1965. His work ranged from
climbing smokestacks, to photographing super tankers at sea transferring
oil, to photographing groups at conventions. Ken has extensive
experience requiring the use of macro photography. In 1975, he
settled in Atlanta, GA, where he opened one of the first one-hour
labs in the city and continued his work in the commercial field.
His extensive experience will provide each student the necessary
skills to digitally photograph their lapidary work to good advantage.
DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY OF JEWELRY - DIANE KUZARA
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Diane has been a member of the Midwest Mineralogical and Lapidary
Society since 1975. Diane started teaching beading at William
Holland in 1999. Diane teaches and demonstrates beading for various
organizations.
SEED BEADING - JULIA LARSON
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Julia began working in stained glass in 1987, studying under
several instructors, including nationally known glass artist,
Vicki Payne. She worked in traditional leaded glass and in the
copper foil method of construction, and also in warm (kiln fired)
glass. Julia is a member of the Art Glass Association, the International
Guild of Glass Artists, the Suncoast Glass Guild, the Suncoast
Gem and Mineral Society, and the Pinellas Geological Society.
Huntington Street Stained Glass, in St. Petersburg, FL, is a
Vicki Payne Certified Stained Glass Teaching Center, where Julia
provides custom stained glass and fused glass.
STAINED GLASS, BEGINNING, INTERMEDIATE & ADVANCED - LORNA LARSON
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Lorna, an RN with a doctorate in nursing, began beading commercially
in 1976. She began teaching bead stringing and knotting in 1978
and continues to update her skills. Economics and esthetics drove
her to learn how to dye her own threads, as commercially dyed
threads frequently did not match the beads. She also began to
fabricate her clasps and some findings for her creations in order
to continue with the item being hand crafted. She began teaching
at William Holland in 1997.
BEADING - MEL LARSON
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Mel began faceting in 1987 with a faceting course taught by Pierre
Rutledge near Washington D.C. Mel has continued his education
at William Holland with courses taught by Bob Raber, Earl Speigle
and others. He has experience with most faceting machines and
has noted each machine as well as each brand has unique "personality"
traits. Mel has taught faceting at the club level since 1995,
and has experienced designing and design modification with gem-cad.
Mel believes when teaching, faceting should be enjoyable as well
as instructive.
FACETING I - VELIMA LAWSON
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Velima has been a wire artist since 1999. She has attended the
William Holland School since 2000. Velima sells her wire art
at fine jewelry, gems and mineral shows, and she also does private
parties. She enjoys teaching her knowledge of wire to others.
WIRE I - CASE LEESER
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Case Leeser is a member of Midwest Metalsmiths, Southeast Gem
and Mineralogical Society and one of the founding members of
the Palmyra Area Arts League. Case creates custom jewelry, primarily
in silver and gold, from her studio in Taylor, MO. She shows
and sells her work from her store, in various galleries, online
and also markets her work in Ireland. Among her pieces are many
intricate works of chain maille. Case has completed art courses
at Morningside College, Quincy University, Culver-Stockton College,
Maryville University, Glasshopper Studio and, most recently,
is a graduate of Gem City College School of Horology and Jewelry,
receiving her bench jeweler's degree. A retired private school
librarian and college archivist, Case lives on a Missouri cattle
ranch with her husband, John, several cats, horses and one very
large dog. Her work may be seen at http://www.wix.com/jcaseworks/jewelry.
CHAIN, INTERMEDIATE CHAIN - CASSIE LOFTIN
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Cassie is a student at Augusta State University, earning her
degree in middle grades education. Her love of children is leading
her to work with middle grade children as a math teacher. Cassie
has been making jewelry for over seven years and she loves to
share her knowledge with others.
WIRE I MIDDLE SCHOOL - RUTHIE LOFTIN
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Has been teaching middle grades for 12 years and loves her job.
Currently, She teaches 6th, 7th, and 8th grade gifted students.
She believes children need to be exposed to as many opportunities
as possible to express themselves, test their capabilities, and
expand their knowledge base.
WIRE I MIDDLE SCHOOL - MEL LONG
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Mel has been teaching in the lapidary field since the 1970s.
She has done work in many aspects of the lapidary business, including
beading, cabbing, casting, faceting, silver, chains, and wire
wrapping. Mel and her late husband taught cabbing at Joliet Junior
College for 18 years. They began teaching at William Holland
in 1987. Mel learned and began teaching wire wrapping at William
Holland in the early 1990's, teaching both Wire I and Wire II.
She has written 3 books on wire wrapping, which are available
for purchase in her class or at the school's shop.
WIRE I, II - DAVID LONSER
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Has been faceting since the early 1960's and is always learning
new techniques to pass on to his students. David has attended
William Holland since 1987, has taught here since 1992 and has
taught at Wildacres since 1986.
FACETING I & II - DIANE MASON
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Diane began her wire career in 1999 and continues to upgrade
and maintain her skills. She began teaching at William Holland
in 2003, teaching basic and intermediate wire. She is a member
of the Charlotte Gem and Mineral Club. Each student is contacted
by mail 4-6 weeks prior to the start of the class. Diane is a
full time registered nurse. Her favorite classes to teach are
the beginning classes in wire and wire sculpture. She and her
husband have traveled since 2000 to juried festivals and opened
their own studio/gallery in 2008. Students are often treated
to a field trip to view other works from simple to very complex
wire products. Diane may teach in other areas and for herself,
but she will quickly tell you that she loves the family atmosphere
at William Holland.
WIRE I & WIRE SCULPTURE, GOLDEN OLDIES I & II - JERRY MASON
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Jerry has been an avid rockhound since 1995. He retired from
Lucent Technologies in 1989 and from IBM in 1996. He is a member
of the Charlotte Gem and Mineral Club. Jerry has attended classes
at William Holland since 1999 and began teaching in 2003. He
has also taught for the SFMS. Jerry teaches private lessons in
Cabochon cutting in Chesterfield, South Carolina where he and
his wife maintain a studio/gallery. As an active silversmith
he maintains a private shop at his home and has sold his work
at major juried festivals in North and South Carolina since 2000.
CABOCHONS - BOB MATTINGLY
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In the late 60's Bob was introduced to the lapidary world through
a small hobby shop in Utah. Since that experience, he has always
had hobbies requiring hands-on activity. From stained glass to
lampwork, the beauty of glass has always drawn him. Fused glass,
lampworking and enameling have been the media where Bob could
actively pursue his love of glass. Enameling is his primary focus.
Fortunately, he lives only a short distance from the Thompson
Enamel Company, and has been able to continue learning his craft
from some of the best artists and technicians in the field. As
he approaches retirement from teaching, he finds that he enjoys
sharing his love of enameling with others.
ENAMELING - GEORGIA MAYER
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Georgia studied as an art minor at the University of Northern
Colorado and took silver classes at the University of Iowa. She
renewed her silver skills at William Holland. She studied cabochons
with Elderhostel and William Holland. She learned silver inlay
with Roger Wilbur and Dale Smith at Ghost Ranch in Albuquerque,
New Mexico. "There are too many rocks and not enough time
to inlay all of them."
SILVER INLAY BRACELETS (ADVANCED) - BARBARA MCGUIRE
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Barbara is an artist whose diverse talents reflect a strong influence
of traditional design incorporating innovative materials. She
has written 10 books on art instruction, developed canes, templates,
stamps, and molds independently and for companies such as EberHard
Faber and Polyform. Barbara appeared over 25 times on the popular
Carol Duvall show and was formerly Brand Manager for Art Alternatives,
Mabef, Letraset and Stabillo products distributed nationally
by MacPhersons. Currently she is producing WOMAN Creative, a
publication focusing on design instruction. Barbara lives in
Buford, Georgia and teaches throughout the country at shows,
stores and in her home studio.
ADVANCED POLYMER CLAY - VAUGHN MILLNER
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Vaughn has studied jewelry making since 2002 at the William Holland
School and Spruill Center for the Arts in Atlanta. She enjoys
the processes of soldering, hammering, sawing, and forming metal.
Each piece she produces is one-of-a-kind. Taking inspiration
from gemstones, she creates earrings, pendants, pins, and bracelets
using primarily silver or mixed metals with a variety of precious
and semi-precious gemstones and fossils.
SILVER I - ANN MONROE
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Ann began teaching as a wirecraft instructor in the mid-1970's.
She has also taught Jewelry Design at Wildacres and Beginning
Silver at William Holland. She also teamed with her husband to
teach Lost-Wax Casting at the John C. Campbell Folk School. She
and Don continue to teach as a team feeling that this approach
gives the students an opportunity to learn more than one way
to produce jewelry. She has studied with several well-known instructors
including Jean Stark, John Cogswell, and Alan Revere. Her studio
work consists primarily of commission pieces incorporating casting,
fabrication, and PMC. Many of the pieces that she and Don produce
feature Scottish or Celtic motifs and are done at the request
of members of various Scottish Clans.
CHANNEL, SILVER I - DON MONROE
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Don started teaching at William Holland in 1997. He uses silver,
gold and blacksmithing techniques to produce commission pieces
based on Scottish, Celtic and Etruscan motifs. He teaches most
often as a team with his wife, Ann. Together they operate a jewelry
business,"Different by Design". Don has taught at the
SFMS workshops at Wildacres and William Holland and on occasions,
at John C. Campbell Folk School. He has studied with several
well-known instructors such as Jean Stark, John Cogswell, Tim
McCreight and Dr. Jim Batson.
CHANNEL, SILVER I - B.D. MOORE
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B.D.'s working life was mainly in the mechanical field. He has
worked on all kinds of equipment, from motorcycles to diesel-electric
locomotives. When he was 47 years old he had an accident that,
in effect, left him unable to continue working. This is when
he became interested in the lapidary field. His wife learned
about William Holland and he began taking classes. His first
faceting instructor was Bill Monagle. He had several instructors
including Earl Siegal, Bill Deazley, and Bob Raber. He started
teaching at William Holland in 2004, and has also taught at Wildacres
and William Holland for the Southeastern Federation.
FACETING I - RUTH ANN MOORE
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After traveling, Ruth Ann worked in a local gift shop for approximately
3 years (1993-1996). She did many shows and now is down to one
big show a year. She has taught at Yia Yia's Bead and Artisan's
Shop in Lakeland, FL since 2003. Ruth Ann started teaching at
William Holland in 1996. She currently wholesales her work and
sells her jewelry at a gallery, Wired Elegance, in Gatlinburg,
Tennessee.
WIRE I & II - KATHY MORRIS
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Kathy was raised and lived in Delaware until 1999, when her husband,
John, was transferred to Greenville, NC. In 2009, they moved
to Hiawassee, GA. She took her first class at Tryon Art Center
in 2000. In 2002 she took her first class at William Holland
in wire wrap. She took two more classes the following year. The
next year she started teaching wire wrap and hasn't stopped.
In 2007, she taught her first cold connection class. Kathy was
the 2009 Director for the Southeast Federation of Mineralogical
Society Workshop, held at William Holland. She was also Director
for the Wildacres Workshop in 2007 and 2008. Besides teaching
at William Holland, she travels around and teaches her craft
at bead stores. She displays her jewelry at Artworks in Hiawassee,
GA. She is also a member of Mountain Regional Arts and Crafts
Guild.
COLD CONNECTIONS, WIRE I & WIRE II - ARCH MURPHREE
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Arch is a former member of the North Mississippi Gem and Mineral
Society, where he served as chair on several committees and is
past president. He is also a member of the American Opal Society.
He started his studies at William Holland in 1998, with classes
in cabbing and silversmithing. After taking classes in Opals,
it became his first love. Arch has been cutting and studying
Opals since 2003.
OPALS - VIRGINIA MURPHREE
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Virginia has been taking lapidary classes at William Holland
School of Lapidary Arts since 2001. She learned chainmaking under
Tim Tater. She offers chain classes from her studio to the public
as well as classes at both of her Mineral Society clubs.
CHAIN, ADVANCED CHAIN - DIONE OUTLAW
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Dione is an award winning jewelry and glass bead artist. She
has won many awards in fine art shows in Florida. She has been
teaching wirewrap for 16 years and glass bead making for 8 years.
Her jewelry and glass beads reflect her love of nature. Her first
passion was wirewrap until she began making glass beads when
her love of working in glass took over. She now uses wire and
her glass beads to create unique pieces of jewelry. She can be
reached by email at outlawdi@aol.com.
You may also want to check out her website at
dioneoutlaw.com
LAMPWORK I & II - BECKY PATELLIS
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Becky is the owner of Naturally, a wholesale and retail company
specializing in semi-precious stone jewelry to compliment the
wardrobe. With a background in apparel, her experience in jewelry
design and production started in 1985. Becky started teaching
at William Holland in 1997. Becky is also a regular instructor
for Beads by Design, Marietta, GA, and teaches private and group
classes in her studio. She has also taught for Beadfest, sponsored
by Lapidary Journal and Step by Step Magazine and the Cobb County,
GA Gem & Mineral Society. Becky had a design, with instructions,
featured in August 2009 Bead and Button Magazine. Her website
is www.beckypatellisjewelrydesigns.com.
BEADING - JUDY PEPPERS
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Judy's art career began in the 1980's with painting. Love of
color brought her to stained glass that soon became her second
passion, kaleidoscopes being the focus. Next, fusing glass in
a microwave kiln from scraps led to wire wrap as a medium to
use the glass in jewelry designs. Since 1993 wire art has consumed
a good portion of her time. In 2000 Judy began classes at William
Holland taking numerous classes and in 2001 began lampwork classes.
Since that time she has taken several workshops and courses from
many instructors. Glass Beads has become her focus! Continuing
education in the jewelry arts brings both classic design and
modern innovative wire art designs to Judy's work. Judy has been
producing and selling at art galleries and craft festivals throughout
the Southeast since 1987. She has her own store, The Frog and
Dragon, in Brasstown, NC.
LAMPWORK I, II, and WIRE I - BETTY PORTER
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Betty is a Graduate Gemologist of the Gemological Institute of
America and a Registered Gemologist Appraiser of the International
School of Gemology. She has taken classes with Mary Lou Kick,
Terri Monagle, Rich Dillon, and Sarah Lee Boyce at William Holland.
Betty has studied scrimshaw with Rich Williams and Sandra Brady,
well-known scrimshaw artists. Her love of colored stones began
30 years ago when she traveled for years to Europe to buy antique
jewelry. This, combined with a Masters from George Washington
University, and a BFA from Memphis College of Art, has given
her experience with the design of jewelry and knowledge of the
use of colored stones through the ages. Knowing what a stone
is and what it's worth often dictates in what kind of jewelry
it should be.
GEM ID & SCRIMSHAW - VICKIE PRILLAMAN
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Vickie is a member of Georgia Goldsmith Group, Florida Society
of Goldsmiths and the North Carolina Society of Goldsmiths. Vickie
completed a one-year apprenticeship with a goldsmith from Germany
in the Atlanta area. She has taught beginning silversmithing
at Wildacres for the Eastern Federation for several years and
has attended classes there. Vickie has attended workshops in
metal techniques with several known masters. Vickie designs and
creates jewelry in silver and gold using these metals in combination
with each other. She started teaching at William Holland in 1997.
SILVER II (ADVANCED/SPECIAL) - CINDY REED
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Cindy Reed began working with stained glass in 1985 and was contented
until she discovered "hot" glass. She began bead stringing
about 20 years ago using natural stone beads. In 1999, her husband
showed her an e-bay auction for handmade lampwork beads and she
was hooked. After buying lampwork beads from very talented glass
artists for several years, she decided to try it herself. Cindy
took her first class with Jackie Knabel in 2001; since then,
she has studied glass with several artists, including Lezlie
Belanger, Betty Fetvedt and Tink Martin. In 2005, she took a
class with Deb Crowley, learning new techniques to make fish
and birds.
LAMPWORK BEADS - CARLOS REYES
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Carlos has been working with jadeite since childhood. He has
developed his own business in Guatemala where today he competes
as one of the major jade produces of the country. Bill Smith
has known and worked with Carlos' business for several years.
CARVING, JADE - JIM RICHARDSON
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Jim's education includes an M.F.A. from the University of Georgia
in 1995 with a focus on silver alloys, repoussé and non-ferrous
forging. He also has a B.A. in Fine Arts from Columbus State
University. For many years Jim worked for the jewelry trade in
a variety of shops learning the traditional methods of production
and repair. For a year he also served as an apprentice blacksmith
in the shop of Ivan Bailey in Savannah. He attended various workshops
from 1984-1993, studying numerous metals techniques. His areas
of interest are ancient metalwork, current and classical manufacturing
techniques, fabricating his original designs, teaching and learning.
He currently works as a full time artist jeweler in Athens Ga.,
producing custom work for private clients. He stays busy designing,
manufacturing and marketing his own line of gold and silver objects.
SILVER I, II, FORMING, STONE SETTING - LOU RIGLEY
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Lou has been involved in art projects for most of his adult life.
It started with painting many years ago and continues to this
day. Approximately ten years ago, he was taught to make cabs,
and he went from polishing cabs to learning how to wire wrap
as a means to display the finished product. Five or six years
ago he became interested in casting. Casting in gold and silver
is now his favorite jewelry hobby. Lou is a person who likes
new challenges and learning to enamel is his newest adventure.
His other hobbies include furniture making, making antique weapons,
throwing pottery, and then applying a raku glaze. Lou will be
assisting Joe DePietro in Casting.
CASTING - BILL ROBERTS
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Bill is a native of Atlanta, GA, and moved to Spring City, TN,
in 2004. He has been involved in lapidary since 1972; cabbing
for 37 years, faceting for 35 years and silversmithing for 34
years. Bill worked for Cohen Co. Jewelry in Doraville, GA, off
and on for 12 years, recutting stones, teaching silversmithing
and doing silver repairs. He taught large classes in Tanzania
twice in 2003, once for cabbing and once for stone faceting.
FACETING I - DON ROBERTS
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Don holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Arts Education,
with a major in metals. Don taught metal and jewelry classes
in the Florida school system. He was a board member of the Florida
Society of Goldsmiths and also its vice president. He studied
four years at The Pinellas Technical Center and received a diploma
in Jewelry Design. He has been teaching silver and gold classes
at William Holland since 1992. Don has taught various workshops
throughout the country, presently teaching classes weekly in
Tampa and St. Petersburg, FL.
SILVER I - FLORENCE ROBERTS
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Florence has been an artist and crafts person for many years.
She began taking silver classes, along with many others, at William
Holland School in 2001. She specializes in one of a kind design,
and has explored mixed metal pieces, and pieces combining silver
with non-metal materials. Having recently retired from teaching
at the college level, Florence sees teaching Silver I as a way
to give back to William Holland for all the wonderful classes
she has been privileged to take there.
SILVER I - PAUL ROBERTS
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Dick Helsley, Della Samuels, and Gene Baxter have inspired Paul's
work in cabochons. He has enjoyed advanced work in lapidary with
Ellis Bray, Tom and Kay Benham, Sarah Lee Boyce, Joe De Pietro,
Bill Boggs, and Don and Ann Monroe. Now he is glad to pay back
some of the exciting knowledge he has received at William Holland.
Paul with his wife Florence, have taught Beginning Silver Fabrication
and Cabochons, and wants to continue sharing his joy of working
with stone.
CABOCHONS - ROWAN ROSE
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Rowan has been a member of the Gem & Mineral Society of the
Virginia Peninsula since the mid 1970's and is now a charter
member. She has been a member of the Kingsport, TN Gem and Mineral
Society since 2007.She teaches one-on-one classes in the area.
One of Rowan's designs was published on the cover and was a featured
artist in the September 2002 issue of Wire Artist Magazine. She
was also featured in the December 2003/February 2004 issue. She
does cabbing, creating many of her own stones to wrap. She has
been teaching wirecraft at William Holland since 1998.
WIRE I - SUE ROWAND
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Sue began making wirecraft jewelry in 1989, while taking classes
at William Holland School. In 1994, after further study, she
began using her professional teaching skills by conducting classes
at William Holland. She has conducted classes every year since
that time. She designs wirecraft jewelry that she sells at her
shop in Lake City, Florida. She has also participated in many
craft shows.
WIRE I - ANN ROYER
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Ann's love of glass began with stained glass, then expanded;
first to fused glass, and then to glass bead making. She is now
addicted to the fluid nature of flameworking beads and small
sculptures. Her work is displayed in Florida and North Carolina
galleries, and at art shows. She has attended classes with Stephanie
Houston, Dione Outlaw, Judy Peppers, Ethan Murray, Michael Mangiafico,
Rocio Bearer and Kim Fields. Ann teaches bead making at the St.
Lucie Rock and Gem Club and at her home studios in North Carolina
and Florida as well as at William Holland. Her classes include
demonstrations as well as detailed step-by-step instruction.
LAMPWORK BEADS I & II - JILL RYON
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Jill has studied jewelry and metal work under many teachers at
William Holland and John C. Campbell Folk School for over two
decades. She recently sold her antique shop, which specialized
in silver items, but continues to deal in and appraise antiques.
She is especially interested in the saving of old silver pieces
and the combining of various techniques to achieve results.
COLD CONNECTIONS - RICHARD SHACKLETON
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Richard's background includes programming, teaching high school
math (28 years!), and over 40 years rockhounding. He is currently
president of the Thames Valley Rockhounds and conducts cabbing
workshops in Connecticut. Richard has been attending William
Holland for many years, and has taken several classes.
CABOCHONS - GENE SHERIDAN
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Gene started making jewelry as a hobby in 2003. A victim of Hurricane
Katrina, the few items he was able to save were his wire making
tools and supplies. He moved to Vicksburg, MS, in 2006, where
he took a position as a wire artist and jewelry designer for
a major company. Gene has made three instructional DVD's: "Interchangeable
Cabochon Pendants Vol. I and II and Interchangeable Bead Pendants
Vol. I." Now that Gene is retired, he teaches privately
at his home studio and at his studio in Huntsville, AL.
WIRE II - HOWARD SIEGEL
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Howard has been taking classes at William Holland since 1994
and has been actively working in the lapidary arts, silversmithing
and chainmaking. He is an active member of the Society for Midwest
Metalsmiths and has taught a number of chainmaking workshops
for them, the Craft Alliance, and the Jacoby Arts Center. He
taught chain classes for Lady Bug Beads in St. Louis in the fall
of 2009 and early 2010. He has a MS in Metallurgy and taught
at Washington University while working for McDonnell Douglas.
He has recently had chain making articles published in Art Jewelry
and Step-by-Step Wire Jewelry magazines, and a book titled "Wire
STYLE". Howard is a "BEST OF MISSOURI HANDS" juried
artist.
CHAIN, ADVANCED - BRENDA SMITH
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Brenda is an artist, metalsmith, and award-winning designer currently
residing in Woodstock, Georgia. Her work has been exhibited at
the Taylor-Kunzel Gallery, Crai Gallery, Gallery 4436. Her unique
collection of jewelry is currently sold at several retailers
through out the Atlanta area. Brenda earned her bachelor of Fine
and Professional Arts from Kent Sate University and an MBA from
Kennesaw State University. She is currently a member of the American
Institute of Graphic Arts, the Cobb County Gem and Mineral Society,
Gallery 4436 in Acworth, Georgia and the Advisory Board for the
school of Visual Arts, Kennesaw State University. She teaches
classes throughout the area, including William Holland.
DESIGN - WILLIAM E. SMITH
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William has a degree in Geology from the University of Nebraska.
He worked as an electrical engineer, MSEE, during his professional
life in the military. After retirement from the Air Force, he
pursued his lifetime love of rocks. He currently lives most of
the year in Guatemala, where his time is spent finding jadeite
and other valuable minerals throughout Central America. Hence,
he is only available to teach at William Holland between visas.
MINERAL ID - KIM ST. JEAN
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Kim graduated from USC Aiken with a degree in Education and a
minor in Art Appreciation. Since 2003, Kim has taught for Swarovski's
Create Your Style Tucson Seminars. She has been an instructor
for the prestigious Bead and Button Show. She teaches at the
Beadfest shows sponsored by Lapidary Journal and instructs regularly
at the Down the Street Bead Shows. Kim was invited to be a guest
on the Glass with Vickie Payne Show, showcasing her Cold Connection
techniques. Several of Kim's designs have been published in national
beading magazines. Kim is now working on her own book to be published
by Kalambach Publishing. Kim and her husband, Norm, own Expressive
Impressions, Inc. in Charlotte, NC, Swarovski Crystal's first
recommended bead store in the US.
COLD CONNECTIONS I, II - CAROLYN STEARNS
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Carolyn is a self-taught polymer clay artist; she has been addicted
to the medium for close to 7 years. She works with clay at least
5 days a week for more hours than she cares to admit! Carolyn
makes far more millefiori canes than she can use, so she started
a website: www.carolynsclaycreations.com
to sell her excess canes, share tutorials and other information.
In addition to teaching at William Holland, she teaches at meetings
of the Greater Atlanta Polymer Clay Guild, at home and online.
POLYMER CLAY - DAWN STEVENS
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Currently residing in Bossier City, Louisiana, Dawn has been
taking classes at William Holland since 2005. She fell in love
with chains after purchasing a kit from a former teacher at William
Holland. In her chain class, you will learn the basics, which
will provide a foundation for intricate chains and weaves.
CHAIN - JOAN STONEHAM
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Joan Stoneham has compiled over 25 years of teaching experience
in basket weaving and various other arts and crafts, including
gourd creations, decorative painting, netted gem necklaces, and
custom clothing designs (painted). Basket specialties include
the weaving styles of Appalachian, naturals, wood bases, antler
baskets, Cherokee, flat bottom, rib baskets, twills, and pine
needles, to name a few. Joan has traveled extensively through
the South and Midwest teaching classes. She teaches classes at
William Holland, John C. Campbell School and in her private studio.
Joan's teaching capabilities allow her to make the brand new
student feel as comfortable as the intermediate or advanced in
creating new or custom baskets.
BASKETMAKING - CHRISTIANA TAGLIAPIETRA
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A life long interest in learning about and making fine crafts
brought Christiana to William Holland, first as a student and,
for the past several years, as an instructor. Now happily retired
in the southernmost town of Canada, Christiana and her husband,
Joe, dedicate most of their time to the production of one-of-a-kind
silver jewelry and pottery.
ENAMELING - GAIL THOMPSON
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After spying some beautiful beads in Carmel, CA, which she wanted
to make into a bracelet, Gail's love affair with creating beautiful
jewelry began. Gail has taken silver classes from Doc Tompson
and Don and Ann Monroe. She has also taken Silver PMC classes
with Mary Ann and Ken Devos. She has continued to develop her
artistic skills by taking private classes as well as other classes
at the William Holland School. Gail will be teaching alongside
Marji Ferrell in Silver I.
SILVER I - DAWN THORNTON
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Dawn has been a wire artist since 1988 and an instructor since
1993. Dawn teaches at her home in Florida, and has taught at
William Holland since 1994. Dawn was a featured artist in the
June 2004, Wire Artist Magazine. "It never ceases to amaze
me what imaginations people have".
WIRE SCULPTURE II - MACK THORNTON
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Mack has taken many classes over the 20 years of designing silver
jewelry. He has been an instructor since 1994. Mack has worked
with silver soldering for over 40 years.
SILVER II - ROBERT V. ("DOC") TOMPSON
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Retired from medical practice of general surgery in 1993, Doc
began silver and lapidary in the early 1970's with private lessons.
He took classes at seminars and then later at William Holland.
He has been teaching since 2004.
SILVER I - DIANE WALKER
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Has been a member of the Tennessee Valley Rock & Mineral
Club since it was founded and grew up with the hobby. Through
an interest in medieval history, she learned to carve soapstone
into molds to cast pewter. She incorporates this technique into
her class, along with bas-relief and 3-D carvings. She has been
teaching at William Holland since 1999.
CARVING - RANDY WALKER
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Randy learned faceting at William Holland in 1988, and has been
teaching at William Holland since 2000. He is an active member
of the Faceters Digest and the Gemking Discussion Group (both
are internet faceting lists), and of the Tennessee Valley Rock
& Mineral Club.
FACETING I - RON WALKER
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When Ron went to Germany to become a clock repairman, he had
to become fluent in the German language in order to be accepted.
He became so skilled in the language that he passed as a native
for many years. He came to William Holland to study lost wax
casting to further his ability to cast delicate clock components
and jewelry. He has taken many classes and designed excellent
pieces in both silver and gold. He works along side Gino Deskins
in casting.
CASTING - LARRY WHITE
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Larry has been doing multi-media jewelry design & fabrication
since 1991.He started teaching in 1998.
GOLD - RICH WILLIAMS
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Rich has been doing scrimshaw since 1983. His work has been featured
in the National Engraver's Journal and he has taught, lectured
and demonstrated his craft on television, in schools and museums
and to various lapidary clubs and associations in Michigan, California,
Ohio and Indiana. He enjoys keeping this historical craft alive
and teaching it to others. Rich has been teaching Scrimshaw at
the William Holland School since 2004.
SCRIMSHAW - RENEE WRIGHT
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Renee began her jewelry career in 1971, managing a bead shop
in Binghampton, NY. She began putting designs together for bead
samples and started doing shows. Renee was mainly self-taught
because of the lack of teachers in the early years. She has traveled
up and down the East coast doing shows for several years. In
2007, she took 4 awards at fine art shows. Renee's jewelry skills
include lampwork beads, enameling, beading, wire wrapping, copper
working, silversmithing, and glass fusing. She has been fusing
dichroic glass since 2001, and has developed many great ideas,
including engraving pieces and adding to them.
ENAMELING, GLASS FUSING