PEARL KNOTTING with Juliana Child

Saturday 4th January 2025 / 9.00am - 4.00pm

Cost: Standard $213 / Early-Bird $183 (All materials provided)

Venue: Mount Hutt College

PEARL KNOTTING - KNOT YOUR OWN STRAND OF PEARLS

Using traditional techniques and your own take-home beading starter kit, hand knot a Princess length, 43cm freshwater white baroque pearl necklace with a silver-coloured clasp.

In the morning the class will all knot their necklaces together, step-by-step. Once you've got the knack you can then go on to make a matching bracelet using the same method, and a pair of dainty earrings in the afternoon.

You will take away with you a "How To" booklet and a keep kit. The keep kit will contain:

• A4 beading board, one-metre square piece of black soft fleece cloth
• needle pliers
• B7000 jeweling glue,
• french wire
• spacer beads
• two stainless sleel clasps in bright silver, gold or rose gold colour
• two-metres of natural pearl silk and needle
• one bead saver thread end clip
• 57cm of 6mm-10mm freshwater baroque pearls
• 3 metres of pearl knotting polymide thread
• 2 ear wires
• 2 matched pearls for earrings
• 2 head pins
• a satin, organza or velvet jewelry pouch

There will be extra gemstone and findings available to fast learners who want to make earrings or bracelets in the afternoon.

Introducing Juliana Child

A retired teacher, Juliana taught visual arts and organic horticulture for nearly three decades. Today she indulges in her own fine arts, producing large scale works on paper by day and jeweling by the fireside at night.