New! Tapestry Scrollwork Tutorial!
 

I posted this in the gallery but this is probably a more appropriate place to put my little bit of news! It's taken a few months longer than expected, but my tapestry scrollwork tutorial is finally finished. Yay! Now available in my Etsy store....if you add it to your tutorial collection I would love to hear what you think and hope you will post your beads to show and tell! :)

Enjoy!

Hee hee, got one :)

I'm so excited!! I will get one very soon I hope!

I'm On It....
 

Mine! Mine! Mine!!

:mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen:

I am SO all over this one!!!!

Awwwwe shucks!

Thanks so much you guys! I've been working so hard on this thing and I hope you all really enjoy it! I had absolutely no idea what I was getting myself into but I learned alot, that's for sure. :) I would really love to hear what you think of it and please post your beads to show and tell!

I'm almost finished my second tutorial which will be on how I make my dragonflies and then next....a bee! Stay tuned! :)

hooray kerri! :) it was really awesome to meet you. :love:

I'm taking the class at the end of this month, and think I may get one of the tutorials after the class - cause I take really poor notes - LOL
Way to go Kerri!!!

Hi Ali!

It was great meeting you too! I treasure the bead I got from you. :) Keep on beading, girl!

Hi Jane!

We are going to have a blast! Get lots of sleep before the class 'cause I cram alot into this workshop! lol! See you then!

OMG!!! I have soooo wanted to learn to make these. I am on pins and needles. Just bought the tapestry.

Yeah! Taking a class with Kerri was great!!!

and i treasure the bead from you! it is beautiful, you rock! :love:

I so love your beads. Looking forward to reading your tutorial. Thanks for doing this one.

damn, that's cool. I want one!

Very impressive Kerri!! Oh god those beads are beautiful!! You do such unique and glamorous work! I love watching for your posts of new work!!

This is a must have! I am soo excited about your next one and the bee one also. I have been wanting to learn how to do those. Can't wait till they come out also!

Wow! That is so well done. I will hit the torch for a try tomorrow. Thank you, Barb

GOOD FOR YOU!! not so good for my budget!

LOVE YOUR WORK!!

The tutorial looks great! Can't wait to give it a try this weekend! Thanks for sharing, Kerri!

Shirley

Laurie - thanks so much! Please post your tapestry beads when you make them - I want to see them! :)

Thanks Barb! I'm so glad you had fun!
Thanks Ali!!!
Hi Anzie! I look forward to hearing what you think of it!
Thank you Bruna! :)
Hi Sandy! That's so sweet. I've been really slow in posting beads in the gallery these days, but I put a dragonfly up today that was published recently - I'm so excited!!
Thanks Corey! I'm glad there is interest in my future tutorials....keeps me focused knowing that there are people waiting for them. :)
Thanks Barb! Looking forward to seeing what you create!
Thanks Litsa! It means a lot to have you spend your hard earned dollars on my tutorials - I hope you get a lot out of them!

Hi Shirley!

Awesome! Glad you like it! Have fun!! :)

Very nicely done tutorial , thank you for sharing and keeping it affordable!

I just bought one! :-)

It's also quite exciting to learn that you will have one on the dragonfly soon!

Thank you Sally and Mary Beth!

Lookin' forward to seeing your beads! :)

This tutorial is awesome! Thanks so much for offering us the opportunity to learn your techniques.

Leah

Thanks Leah!

I really appreciate your feedback. You are more than welcome, I'm just so amazed that so many people want to learn from me. It's great to hear what people think of it!

Thanks again!

Woohoo! I just got this amazing tutorial - it is wonderful!!! Clear instructions, illustrated well (for us visually inclined folks), super tips that will help with many different kinds of beads. This is the first tutorial I have bought - love it! Thanks Kerri! Can't wait to see your other tutorials when they come out - not alot of opportunities for taking classes around here - this is the next best thing. Off to give this a whirl! :-) :-)

jenny

Hi Jenny!

Thanks for the great review! Have fun with it! :)

Kerri, this is a must have for a tut. Totally understandable and as you said in the beginning of it, "Read the whole thing before you attempt the bead". I didn't and my first attempt was a mess. lol. So back I went and read, re-read, and read it again. Turned on the torch and made the prettiest bead I think I've ever done. I did two and they are cooling right now. So if all goes well and they don't self destruct I'll take a pic later this afternoon for you.
Thank you again so much. Hat's off woman.\\:D/

My attempts, I totally love them. Thanks again.
http://i680.photobucket.com/albums/v...509563x422.jpg

Anzie - those are awesome! Love the heart especially :) Thanks for the great feedback and for sharing your photos - it means alot that people are trying the tut and having success with it. I hope you make a lot more of these beads and keep posting pics of them!! :)

Just ordered mine, I CAN"T WAIT!!!!!
Nita

I've admired your Beads for quite some time Kerri !! Bought your Tutorial and can't wait to read it and get on the torch !

Also, can't wait to see your Dragonfly Tut !

Thank you Nita and Lorraine!

Your tutorials are sent - I hope you have fun with it and that you will post some pictures of your beads!

Thanks again! :)

Thanks Kerri, I got it, (after some email whoohoo that is)
and I'll be trying this today!!
Nita

Thanks Kerri !! Just finished reading thru it, looks great ... now to get on the torch and try your techniques !!

Thank you Nita and Lorraine! :)

Thanks, Kerri. I just got mine. Can't wait to get to the torch!

Got it can't wait till it comes. Thanks I have so admired your style.

I got one too! I hope I can pull this off on the Hot Head - at least until the cricket is up and running!

Thanks for offering it!

De in CA

love your beads-i own several! just bought your raven bead as a gift for my niece- will you do a raven tutorial in the future?

Just curious as to when you will be having your next tutorial out? :-\" ;-)

Wow! Such nice comments - thank you all so much! :)

To answer some of your questions, yes, I am considering doing a raven tutorial although since the raven is all black I'm not sure if it will photograph as nicely as a colored subject would. I am going to give it a try, however, and see if it will be visible enough. If not, I may do a bird in another color to at least show the same sculpting techniques that I use to make my ravens/crows.

The next tutorial coming up is on how I make my dragonflies. I had hoped to have it ready by now but with my teaching and show schedule this year I'm a bit behind! That said, I'm trying to finish it so I can release it in time for the Bead and Button show in a few weeks time. I will then finish up the honeybee tut with either a raven, swan or other bird tut after that.

If any of you are interested in other tuts from me, please throw some suggestions out there! I'm considering also maybe a landscape tut, owl babies and maybe horses. Other thoughts and suggestions would be really appreciated!

Thanks again and I'm looking forward to seeing pics of your tapestry beads ladies!! :)

Those are beautiful. I just ordered my copy!

Personally, I think the Raven would be the most valuable to me. I would prefer to learn how to rely on the sculptural techniques using a single color, rather than simply changing colors for different areas.

Awesome, thanks for the class!
 

I have posted this pic in the "Gallery" section but I have to post again here to say....what an awesome, informative class and the tutorial is so well written!

I learned so much from this tutorial and now I need to PPP...LOL!

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...rrisclas-2.jpg

Thanks Kerri!


Janet

Kerri, great tutorial! I'm so excited about it.=D>=D> I have admired your beads for so long. I am having a problem. For the life of me I can't get my pick to pull out the leaves. I keep it cool like you said but it's not working for me. I thought maybe I wasn't heating enough so I tried that and all that did was melt in the stringer all the way](*,)](*,)](*,). Am I doing something wrong or is my tool wrong. Its a very pointy bent tool like yours is. Anyone else have this problem. I can pull the leaves with stringers, but would still like to know why my tool won't grab the glass. Any thought?:-D

Hi everyone!

I've been away at the Bead and Button show and am glad I popped in to see if anyone had questions or beads to post and I see there are both!

Great job, Janet! I'm so glad you had fun in the class and that you posted your class bead. I hope you will continue to show us more of your tapestry beads and I would love to see a dragonfly too!

Tamara - is your pick tungsten or steel? Tungsten won't work well for this technique as it's too "slippy" so it must be steel to grab the glass. They look the same so if you aren't sure what you have, use a dental pick or borrow or buy a steel one to see if there is a difference. Let me know how it goes! :)

Thanks Kerri. I'll get another tool.

Thank you Kerri for the great tutorial.

My humble attempts.