Cliff Swain-Salomon Classes via Zoom! - Saturday and Sunday, August 22 - 23, 2020
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Cliff Swain-Salomon is an off-the-loom seed bead weaver known for creating non-traditional jewelry shapes and pushing the boundaries of color exploration. After injuring and losing use of both of his hands for over three years, he began beading when a friend recommended he try it as part of his hand rehabilitation therapy. Once he started, he was hooked.
In all of his pieces, Cliff integrates over 30 years of study in multiple fields, including graphic design, painting, as well as apprenticeships with several medicine men and women, exploring sacred geometry and chromotherapy. His art has been featured in several publications and exhibits, including Bead & Button (October 2018, June 2019), Style Magazine, Facet Jewelry, Palos Verdes Arts Center, Conejo Valley Art Museum Show, and California Lutheran University, to name a few. Recently, Toho Beads also invited him to be a featured artist for their 2019 Toho Bead Challenge. The piece he designed for them is currently touring the United States and will continue through Europe before being brought to Japan in 2020 to be added to the Toho Museum’s exhibition. Cliff has won several awards for his work including the People’s Choice Award for Bead Dreams 2018 and Juror’s Selection at Placer Artists Studio Tour. Cliff teaches beadweaving at various stores and retreats, and he will be teaching at the Bead & Button show in June 2019. He also has been an invited lecturer and teacher for various bead societies across the United States. |
Phalaenopsis Orchid Pendant and Earrings
Saturday, August 22 - WAIT LIST ONLY!
These orchids are definitely a statement piece and were made in honor of my daughter, whose given birth middle name was Orchid, before adopting and gifting her a new name. In ancient Greece, orchids were a symbol of virility and fertility. Due to the flower’s symmetry, in China, they are considered “Lan Hua” or the epitome of human perfection. In Victorian England these flowers are considered symbols of love, which is why I had them as one of my wedding flowers. The Phalænopsis orchid has just over 60 varieties that grow naturally in the wild, which is a small number compared to the over 35,000 species of orchid varieties that naturally exist.
To pattern these beaded beauties, Cliff actually used one of the many orchid plants that he grows, dissecting one of the flowers to ensure it was anatomically correct and true to the original it is patterned after. For those who are proficient in peyote stitch, this pendant is a great exploration of how to shape flower petals using different peyote techniques. Each flower is made life-sized, true to scale and can be worn as a pendant or adapted to make a beautiful pair of earrings.
This workshop will be held on the Zoom app. You must have a laptop or tablet with a camera and microphone and a WiFi connection. Zoom is a free app and easy to download on either a Windows or Apple platform.
Directions and any materials you require will be mailed, so please register early to insure that you receive the materials before the class
Prerequisites- Flat Peyote, Tubular Peyote, PRAW (recommended but not required)
Downtown Deco Necklace
Sunday, August 23 - WAIT LIST ONLY!
Inspired by jewelry from the recent Downton Abbey film, this stunning necklace is iconic of the crisp lines and subtle floral embellishments of the Art Deco period. Six Swarovski-encrusted V-shaped darts—a figure common to Deco art and architecture—grace the contour of the collarbone. Each dart is joined by Egyptian-revival fans made with Swarovski’s new rice pearls. Suspended from a seventh dart is a Kaleidoscope Swarovski crystal—also new for 2020—that reflects light from multiple directions.
This workshop will be held on the Zoom app. You must have a laptop or tablet with a camera and microphone and a WiFi connection. Zoom is a free app and easy to download on either a Windows or Apple platform.
Directions and any materials you require will be mailed, so please register early to insure that you receive the materials before the class
Prerequisites: Peyote, Strong knowledge of CRAW, PRAW (not required but helpful)
This workshop will be held on the Zoom app. You must have a laptop or tablet with a camera and microphone and a WiFi connection. Zoom is a free app and easy to download on either a Windows or Apple platform.
Directions and any materials you require will be mailed, so please register early to insure that you receive the materials before the class
Prerequisites: Peyote, Strong knowledge of CRAW, PRAW (not required but helpful)
We’ll keep you posted!
Class Prices and Information
Zoom Classes - $90 per session
In Person Classes
1/2 day of classes - $50
1 day of classes - $95
2 days of classes - $180
3 days of classes - $270
Each additional day - $90
Please note: Classes begin at 10:00 a.m. and end at 4:00 p.m. unless otherwise noted.
To register, please call (312) 316-1910 or email citybeads.chicago@gmail.com. Payment is due at the time of registration and will be refunded only in the event another student can fill your seat.
Class Prices and Information
Zoom Classes - $90 per session
In Person Classes
1/2 day of classes - $50
1 day of classes - $95
2 days of classes - $180
3 days of classes - $270
Each additional day - $90
Please note: Classes begin at 10:00 a.m. and end at 4:00 p.m. unless otherwise noted.
To register, please call (312) 316-1910 or email citybeads.chicago@gmail.com. Payment is due at the time of registration and will be refunded only in the event another student can fill your seat.
