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Cultivating Creativity: Cindy’s Top 10 Tips for Beading, Crafting, and Creativity with Cindy Holsclaw
September 17 @ 6:45 pm - 8:30 pm
$5
Speaker: Cindy Holsclaw
Presentation: How do we hone our craft? How do we cultivate our creativity? What do we do when we’re stuck in a creative rut, and how do we push through it? And why are we drawn to beads, beading, and beadwork?
In this presentation, Cindy will explore these questions in depth and provide a window into her own creative process. She’ll show how science and mathematics influence her work, and how she combines geometric principles with inspiration from nature. Finally, Cindy will give her top 10 tips for nurturing creativity in your own beadweaving adventures.
Speaker Bio: Cindy Holsclaw dabbled in crafts for longer than she can remember, but she’s always been most fond of geometric structures. After many years of exploring these mathematical forms in modular origami, in 2006 she learned that these structures could also be made with beads. From then on, she was hooked! In 2009 Cindy started writing patterns for her own beading designs, and in 2012 she dove into designing and teaching beadwork full-time.
With a background in academia and a doctorate in biochemistry, Cindy takes an analytical approach to her design style; she likes exploring different bead shapes and variations on the established beading techniques, and she’s constantly thinking of new ways to put beads together. Biochemistry and mathematics continue to inspire her and often show up in her finished work. As an educator, Cindy challenges her students to learn something new in every class, while giving them the tools they need through her very detailed beading patterns.
In 2015 Cindy was named Designer of the Year by Beadwork Magazine, and a series of her beading videos were published by Interweave in the same year. Cindy taught at the Bead & Button show for eight years, and currently teaches at national and international venues. Cindy makes her home in San Diego, California, with her husband and daughter.
Speaker URL/Social Media:www.beadorigami.com
DATE: Tuesday, September 17, 2024 6:45-8:30pm via zoom Meeting, the meeting will open at 6:45 and the presentation will begin promptly at 7pm.
COST: Free to members; $5.00 for non-members or purchase an annual membership for $25.
Payment for Non-Members ($5.00):
To prepare, please go to https://zoom.us/ and follow the directions to access Zoom®. Sadly, BSNC can not provide tech support.
Please RSVP to judysinclair@beadsocietyofnorcal.org. She will send out the Zoom meeting information prior to each class/speaker event and follow up with a reminder email. Spaces are limited, so please RSVP early.