Beads for Lissa at her Laurel Elevation

I was honored to make this for my wonderful and talented friend Lissa Underhill as she was elevated to the Order of the Laurel. The beautiful laurel beads were made by Heart of Oak Crafts and the others were made by me.

February & March: Getting to Teach Beginners

I got to co-teach with Lissa at two events in February: Schola in the Shire in Caer Adamant and St. Aegir's Festival in the Shire of Archer's Ford. At Schola in the Shire I narrated as Lissa did a demonstration and then spent the rest of the day demonstrating and teaching.

At the bead day at my house I also was able to teach my friend Molly to make her first few beads.

Stringer Work in March & April...Learning to Make Waves

During a beading day at my house, Lissa helped me with my stringer work to make waves. I worked on building the skills of holding the stringer like a pencil and "painting" the waves onto the bead while also learning to the move the bead/mandrel toward and away from the flame and from side to side (i.e., more moving of the mandrel than the stringer).

practice, practice, practice

practice makes progress

I got to practice again with Lissa's guidance at Mudthaw.

Lissa and I demonstrated and taught at Mudthaw as well.