Class Instructors
Ayla is the owner of Ayla's Originals and Ayla's Own Jewelry Design.
Colette Quackenbush has a B.A. in Graphic Design, with a background in textiles and fashion. She brings her designer’s eye and hand skills to the art of jewelry making, particularly knotting and wire-wrapping. She enjoys teaching technique to her students and hopes to pass on the joy of beading.
Jan Atherton has a B.A. in Visual Communications (Animation) from Edinburgh College of Art in Scotland. She has a lifelong interest in textiles. As well as her intricate jewelry making, she enjoys sprinkling her beads into her knitting and embroideries like fairy dust.
Silvana Tandeter, a native of Buenos Aires, Argentina, practices full time as a family physician. After long hours she goes to the beads for therapy. Silvana has been beading for as long as she can remember, and would love to share her craft with busy hands that would like to try it.