Youth Jewelry Club (Ages 10-13): Daisy Chain Bracelet. January 5, 1:00-2:30. Materials Fee Included!

NEW for 2025: Youth Jewelry Club classes for ages 10-13! 

This mini-workshop in bead weaving daisy chains is a sample of what we will be offering on a weekly basis for tweens in middle school.   

Students will learn how to make this sweet and delicate daisy chain bracelet. Students will have a wide variety of colorful Japanese seed beads to choose from. 

We will cover:

• bead selection
• thread selection
• daisy chain technique
• finishing with clasp

Details:

• Sunday, January 5 from 1:00-2:30 in the Silver Peak Gallery Classroom located at 100 E. Cleveland St Lafayette 80026
• 2 contact hours, ages 10-13
  
• # students: 3 minimum, 6 maximum
• Materials kit fee is included with the price
• Prerequisite: none

The last day to cancel your class registration for a refund or transfer ($25 transfer fee applies) is December 22, 2024.

By registering for this workshop, you agree to our cancellation policy, dress code, and studio rules.

About the instructor, Samantha Chang

Samantha Chang is from Buffalo, NY and recently moved to Louisville, CO after spending ten years in Brooklyn. She's a multidisciplinary artist & jeweler who has studied various jewelry processes including beading, wire wrapping, pearl knotting, fabrication, wax carving, and most recently, welding! She taught her first jewelry making class when she was 16 and fell in love with sharing knowledge & techniques. 

Samantha learned jewelry making through classes at local bead stores, lots of trial and error, and has taken metal fabrication classes at the Jewelry Arts Institute in Manhattan. She then was an apprentice for an independent jeweler in Brooklyn. Most recently, she was a bench jeweler at Catbird NYC before moving out to Colorado with her husband. Samantha now has a jewelry line that she sells on Etsy and in art festivals. 

A few of Samantha's favorite this are: painting, drawing, and spending time with her dog and husband.