I am retired. I began a project to help a group of women in Colombia sell handicrafts here through a website I set up. We decided on jewelry made of local seeds. I have worked with them in setting up a workshop and getting training (although they already had basic beading skills). I have become interested in basic techniques myself and have begun setting up a workshop in my garage to experiment with prototypes designs and to test techniques they might be able to use. Ganoskin looks like a wonderful source of information.