Stephanie,
If you’re actually staying in San Francisco, one of the best-known
wirework teachers, Kate Ferrant-Richbourg, now has a store there,
called Beadissimo, where she teaches classes. You can Google it for a
class schedule.
I have studied with two great teachers, near but not in San
Francisco: Lisa Claxton, who teaches at Baubles and Beads in Berkeley
and whose classes fill up very quickly (but, if you get on the wait
list, and stay flexible, you can often get in at the last minute);
and Eve Navarro, formerly of Baubles and Beads, who now teaches out
of her home in Novato, which is in north Marin County. Eve also does
private lessons. If you want to get in touch with her, email me off
list. And, if you’d like to have coffee some time this summer, email
me anyway–if I can’t make it to SF, it will give you an excuse to
take the wonderful ferry ride to Vallejo.
Have fun!
Lisa Orlando
Aphrodite's Ornaments
Benicia, CA
PS: to Tiffany, I am sorry to say that the Susan Cummins Gallery
closed–a truly heartbreaking event. And the supplier in Sausalito is
called Makens, but they’re very tiny–I like going there, but some
people might feel claustrophobic in their 2 x 4 “waiting room.” Also,
compared to Otto Frei, they’re pretty limited as to tools, etc.
