Cindy Friedman |
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Cindy Friedman, owner of Moonrise Bead Company, teaches most of our beginner/ intermediate classes. It is Cindy's intention to create excitement amongst those "beaders in the rough" who may not quite believe that they have what it takes to become a full-fledged jewelry artist. Join Cindy for her classes and you will find yourself in a patient and helpful environment, and leave with a renewed sense of confidence in your ability to create your own works of art!
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Wendy W. Casperson |
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Wendy W. Casperson, Jewelry Artist, is a graduate of the Art Institute of Pittsburgh and a current member of the Pittsburgh Book Arts Collective and Pittsburgh Polymer Clay Guild and says, "Art has been a part of my life as far back as I can remember. Some of the other classes I have taken over the years include stained glass, weaving, paper making, book arts, mixed media and jewelry. In 2005, I started to explore chain maille and I was hooked. I love that I'm repeating a process that is both ancient and beautiful. For me, creating chain maille is a relaxing and meditative process and I want to share that process with others."
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Barbara Clougherty
Barbara holds a B.S. degree in Art Education from the Pennsylvania State University and an M.B.A. from Baldwin Wallace College in Berea, OH. She and her husband live in Naples, Florida, but spend the summer months in Murrysville. Although Barbara has spent her working career in the banking field, she constantly had some art related projects going on....from macrame to stained glass. She has painted with both oils and watercolor. She is also accomplished in sewing and many form of needlework. Barbara's latest passion is bead weaving. She spends every Saturday at the Naples Bead Store, learning from Barbara Ellis, a very accomplished bead weaver.
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Adina DeRoy-Stouffer |
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Adina DeRoy-Stouffer specializes in Sterling Silver and Gemstone jewelry creations. Adina is a Squirrel Hill native and graduate of the University of Pittsburgh. She has continued her family's tradition in the jewelry industry, designing and selling jewelry for the past ten years. Adina teaches a number of our wire working classes and has provided her students with a well-rounded grasp of the necessary skills and techniques needed to accomplish a variety of different pieces.
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Kathy Frey |
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Kathy Frey has been working with wire for more than eleven years. She studied graphic design at Carnegie Mellon University right here in Pittsburgh, but she couldn't deny her passion for working with her hands and making fine silver and gold jewelry. Her line of sculptural wire jewelry is now her full-time endeavor and her studio in Chicago has grown to include 4 assistants. Kathy exhibits her work at various high-end art shows and has won several prestigious awards. Her jewelry is carried by more than 30 galleries around the country.
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Dee Garvin
MoonRise Bead Company welcomes Dee Garvin as our newest class instructor. Dee will be teaching many beading techniques, however, her initial instruction is the Kumohimo Beaded Bracelet. Kumohimo is the ancient Japanese art form of braid making. She is eager to share her knowledge and beading expertise with you.
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Suzanne Peterson
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Suzanne is the newest Faculty Member in the MoonRise School of Beadology. Primarily self taught, she has been bead weaving since the age of 10. Her favorite styles include embroidery, peyote stitch, right angle weave and Ndebele. Suzanne is also an award winning tattoo artist.
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Sherry Serafini
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Sherry Serafini, nationally published Bead Artist Extraordinaire. Sherry's art has been featured in many magazines and other publications for years. She teaches all over the country with much success.
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Jeanne Shuff |
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Jeanne is a jewelry designer and Partner in JS Designs. She is a Pittsburgh native whose current passion is bead crochet. Jeanne has been creating bead crochet art for over three years and finds the technique combines her love of jewelry with her experience in the needle-arts. Jeanne's work is prominently displayed here at MoonRise. Her classes are fun and informative.
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