Bead Embroidery Workshop Hosted by Lynn Holland

Lynn Holland, a bead artist, will be hosting an intimate and unique workshop at Stalph! This workshop will teach you how to use seed beads and needle and thread to create a miniature work of art. We will start by sewing or glueing a focal point, which can be a cabochon, charm, button, or piece of jewelry. Then you will learn two basic bead embroidery stitches--Back Stitch and Couching—to add the seed beads. You can work a specific pattern, or be completely random. 

Supplies Provided:

-4” x 4” beading foundation

-Beading needle

-Beading thread

-Choice of focal bead (or bring one of your own)

-Size 11 seed beads

Additionally, you can bring a cabochon, charm, button, or piece of jewelry to use as the focal point. It is better if this piece is flat-ish and has a hole so it can be sewn on. Focals can also be glued on if needed. Any other beads you would like to incorporate into your work.

When: Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024, from 12pm to 3:30pm.
Where: STALPH 110 E Lafayette St. Pine Village, IN 47975
Cost: $44 includes a kit with all beading materials & supplies. You may bring your own
beads, focal point and special items to incorporate in your piece.

This workshop has space for 10 participants. Ages 18+.
RSVP's close Sunday, August 11

About Lynn Holland

Beads have long been a sacred art material. They gather, hold, and transmit energy, healing, and power. I am inspired by indigenous cultures, world religions, and nature. I’m drawn to symbols, stories, and other iconography. When I find a power object that holds an energy that I recognize, I am attracted to it. I create power objects out of beads for the sheer beauty of it, and for those who need the power of beads in their lives. I mostly use small seed beads accented with larger focal beads and found objects. I begin pieces with a single bead or concept or design idea and continue adding whatever comes to the needle until it is done. For some pieces I sew the beads onto a backing one by one. On other pieces I use glue to attach the beads to the surface, always one by one. The process is slow and meticulous, zen-like. It is
my meditation: I say a prayer with each bead. My career as a writer, editor, and publisher taught me about storytelling and about design. My first bead teacher was Nan Fullerton at the public library in Frankfort, Indiana. I live in an old farmhouse and tend 30 acres in central Indiana with my husband. My beadwork includes bracelets and other jewelry, sculptural objects, altar pieces and sacred tools, birth records, and dolls.