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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 where she is originally from. She owned a bead shop in Jacksonville for nine years where she taught classes and helped customers in bead design. She also was an officer in the Jacksonville Gem and Mineral Society where she taught classes in bead design. She also taught through the Jacksonville Community School System. She 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 is teaching six to seven classes a year for the school. She is also teaching for the Federation from time to time. She loves teaching and likes to start each student at his/her own level of expertise. Samples of class projects are planned to hit everyone in the heart, whether a beginner or advanced student. And she plans the class to advance at the individual's own pace. Above all else, she wants each student to have fun and to learn something new! She is happy to share any and all information with the student and welcomes phone calls at any time. Vivian has opened a full service bead shop in her home.

CLASS DESCRIPTION

The class will cover peyote stitch, brick stitch and herringbone with variations on each technique completing two to three projects in a week. She will also be teaching kumihimo with beads.

LAB FEE: $25.00 lab fee includes first project, leather, felt, glue, pins and copies. You can bring your own materials or purchase from Vivian; she will have everything needed for class.

MAXIMUM CLASS SIZE: 8

Pre-requisite: None