Eligibility for scholarships for additional non-credit classes and workshops to gain skills and confidence. Optional group meetings to encourage and support you as you make positive changes in your life. Beauty and the Beads is a creative program in which women transform polymer clay into jewelry and other beautiful objects. In the process, women are creating new lives for themselves. Each creation is unique and expresses the talents and hopes of its creator.
Polymer clay is a user-friendly material, which can be made into many different forms and designs.
The pieces are not painted. Clay cylinders, rods, squares and other shapes are gathered together to form a cane. The cane can then be sliced and added to other components or used alone. The clay is then fired, finished and fashioned into jewelry and other items. This ancient technique was used in early glasswork, mastered by the Venetians.