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Classes, Lectures & Events


Margie's Teaching Schedule:

June 19, 2010

Bead Society of
San Diego
Meeting
10:00am

Mingei International MuseumBalboa Park
San Diego, CC

August 5, 2010

Atlanta Knitting Guild
7:30pm

St. Patrick's Episcopal Church at 4755 North Peachtree Road, off Exit 30 on top-end I-285.

 

August 15, 2010

Best Bead Retreat

call The Beadcage
877-THE-BEAD

The Beader's Color Palette has been chosen by the Library Journal as the BEST How-To Craft Book of 2009.
It doesn't get any better!


Personal Artist's Color Consultation with Margie

Color Consultation with Margie

We each possess a unique color voice. When you express yourself through color, do you mumble or sing?

Take your artistry to a higher level with one-on-one consultations with Margie. Learn your strengths and weaknesses, and get on the path to discovering your true color voice.

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The Language of Color

50-minute Interactive Lunch & Learn
Understand the emotional and physical impact of color, its symbolism, and how to apply it in business and marketing. This rich, fun, and fascinating talk is for marketing and advertising professionals.
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The Magic of Color

50-90 minute Interactive Lecture
Delve into the mysteries of color and understand how it is far more than a visual phenomenon. Increase your awareness of its impact and power.

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A Passion for Color

2-Day Intensive
Get out of the rut of using the same colors and gain new confidence in creating powerful, effective color combinations with all the hues, tints and shades available.
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Draped Loop Collar

One-day Project Class
Learn about color properties and combining bead surface finishes while creating the “Draped Loop Collar” from Margie’s book, The Beader’s Color Palette.

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Collar of Glass & LightCollar of Glass & Light

One-day Project Class
Discover the poetry of analogous color combinations while creating the “Collar of Glass & Light” necklace from Margie’s book, The Beader’s Color Palette. Read the October 2008 Margie's Muse column to learn more about this gorgeous necklace.
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Rainforest Cascade NecklaceCascade Necklace

One-day Project Class
Learn the magic of complementary color combinations while creating the “Rainforest Cascade Necklace” from The Beader’s Color Palette. This stunning neckpiece is featured in the June/July ‘08 issue of Beadwork Magazine.
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FEstival of Fringe Necklace

Festival of Fringe

One-day Project Class
Learn about color properties and making harmonious combinations while creating the “Festival of Fringe” from Margie’s book, The Beader’s Color Palette.

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Courting Complements

50-90 minute Discussion
Understand how and why complementary harmonies are the most powerful combinations in your palette... and change the way you use color forever!

Through images, color swatches, and beaded examples we’ll explore the unique attributes of complementary pairs, and experience the dynamic dance each pair does in action.

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Courting Complements

One-day Class (and project)
Hands on class with project geared to help you understand how and why complementary harmonies are the most powerful combinations in your palette.

Through images, color swatches, and beaded examples we’ll explore the unique attributes of complementary pairs, and experience the dynamic dance each pair does in action.

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Around the Wheel in 5 Hours

One-day class
Understand the color wheel and how to use it. If you love color, but the color wheel has always intimidated you; or if you want to know more about how to work with color, but the word “theory” overwhelms you, this is the workshop for you.

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Extraordinary Palettes from Existing Sources

50-90 minute Interactive Lecture
Look around you: color inspiration is everywhere. If you’ll grasp the importance of color properties and the power of proportions, you can take any scheme you find, put yourself into it, and create unique color palettes expressive of your color voice.
Based on The Beader’s Color Palette, Margie will show you how to take your inspiration, navigate through color properties and proportions so you can concoct extraordinary color schemes. Everyone will take a leap forward in their artistic growth. Anyone that makes jewelry for gifts and for sale will not want to miss this presentation.

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Life on a Loom

Margie and her first book, Out On A Loom, have been teaching beaders to weave on a loom for almost a decade. Now, with Margie at your side, you can learn the basics of looming, and move on to more advanced techniques like increasing and decreasing, weaving openings and focal beads, tying warps on and off the loom, and multiple beads between warps.

Project varies according to skill level.

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The Emotions of Color

One-day Class
Experience the emotional magic of color through examples, experience, and hands-on practice and exercises.

This lively, interactive course conveys the emotional magic of color through examples, experience, and hands-on practice and exercises. You’ll learn the psychological effects of color and how to create a mood, communicate an idea, or elicit a reaction with color.

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Toning Your Color Voice

One-day Class
Deepen your personal relationship with color. Develop your color voice so your art becomes a true expression of you. Based on Margie’s Masterclass article in the April 2007 issue Beadwork Magazine, “Toning Your Color Voice” explores your personal relationship with color. In this lively, interactive day you’ll explore not only colors you like and don’t like, but families of color, and combinations that resonate with you.

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The Beader's Handbook, published by Bead & Button (Fall, 2008) features a color article by Margie called "Select Colors that Liven Up Your Work."
The Beader's Handbook is a ready reference for everything you need to make beautiful beaded jewelry. You'll consult this complete resource from Bead&Button over and over again! Use it to make 9 brand-new, exquisite jewelry projects and also to find in-depth information about tools and materials.



Step-by-Step Beads

Step-by-Step BEADS features "Colorworks," Margie's color column. Be sure to read it each issue - you'll expand your color horizons by leaps and bounds.


Beadwork Magazine

BEADWORK Magazine's April/May 2007 issue features Margie's Color Masterclass article. Available in book stores and bead stores in late March 2007.


Interweave Press's special publication, BEADS 2006, names The Beader's Guide to Color as one of the top 20 beading books available!


Margie is Guest Editor for Bead & Button magazine's 2005 special issue, Beading Basics: COLOR!


Contact Margie for teaching engagements, book signings, and gallery and private shows.