8600 Foundry Street Historic Savage Mill New Weave Building Savage, MD 20763 240-456-4568 info@bead-soup.com |
Join Us For the Souper Bowl of Beads Sunday, February 5, 2012 Click here for all the details!
We were featured in Bead & Button's Newsletter! January 16, 2012
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| Meet The Instructors
Kathy Fritz Owner, Bead Artist, Instructor Bead Soup
 Kathy has been beading small crystal balls from Japanese patterns for quite a while! Still her signature item, she has sold shiny crystal balls for many years to local buyers at craft fairs, friends, family, and in the summer of 2006 to a small shop in Delaware's Rehobeth Beach. This expansion into the retail market really helped to expand her work and the reviews of her beadwork were overwhelming!That one retail experience was the catalyst which produced Bead Soup, located at Historic Savage Mills. Making the decision to open her own shall bead shop, Kathy started teaching beading and selling beading supplies. Constantly improving the size, complexity and variety of her own bead designs, Kathy teaches with enthusiasium to her students. In 2011, Bead Soup and Kathy celebrated the third anniversary of store's opening and she is looking to have many more! "I hope you enjoy the store, products and my designs as much as I enjoy making them!" - Kathy Fritz
Jo Ray Lead Beading, Needle Felting, and Polymer Clay Instructor; Bead and Needle Felting Artist Bead Soup
"quote" - Jo Ray
Mandy Duffy Beading Instructor Bead Soup Mandy says it's the fates that brought her to Bead Soup. In October of 2010 she had been at home for several months due to a lenghty illness recuperation and would need to rest at home for several more. Going stir crazy and needing to get out of the house, she took her first beading class ever, from Kathy at Bead Soup.Although she says she never did finish that Tubular Herringbone bracelet, but she was hooked on beading. A few weeks later she took one more class, this one was a bead embroidery class with Jo. That was enough to cinch the deal.
In Januaryy of 2011, Mandy started a 365 A Day project (click here for more information regarding the projects) determined to teach herself to beads. From that day in January, she would teach herself one new beading lesson a day for one year. That's 365 self taught lessons! This daily disipline lead her right back to Bead Soup's door.
Dia Guest Instructor, Wire Works Bead Soup
Dia Daniels Guest Instructor Dia Designs: Unique Artistan Jewelry
I have been crafting as long as I remember and have worked in paper, fabric, plastics and other media. As a true child of the 60’s, I began beading in High School and never really stopped. I took my first class in wire eight years ago and have been amazed with the endless possibilities. I love the feel of the materials and the look and permanence of the finished artwork. I find inspiration in every day objects and in the natural forms and colors that surround us. My finished pieces are all hand crafted with an earthy, ethnic flavor and are designed to endure frequent wear.
I have continued classes at local and regional shows and have been sharing my love for this craft for four years through teaching in local shops and my home studio, with the Best Bead Show in Tuscon, Miami and Baltimore and in projects published in Step By Step Wire Jewelry.
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