Teri Dannenberg
“I began beading about 25 years ago in my previous life as a geologist in Texas. My love of rocks and minerals drew me to semi-precious beads. I started with stringing and pearl knotting all the wonderful Earth materials together. Then a few years of a career change to teaching, family obligations, and a move to California and beads faded from my life. Then a friend from Texas came to visit and she brought a bead project she was working on with her. I loved the look of the tiny seed beads she was working with. We had to find a bead store and SOON! It was all over then, my obsession with beads, color, and all the patterns they form was rekindled.
“In the last 10 years I have worked almost exclusively with seed beads, crystals, and pearls. I also dabble a bit in PMC, wire, and pearl knotting, but my love is off-loom seed bead weaving. My professional background is in science and teaching and both these disciplines guide me as a beader and a bead teacher. I am always wanting to discover what happens if I do this or that with beads. And I love teaching and encouraging my beading students to try new things or new color combinations. When I teach a class, I am teaching you a technique or my vision of a design, but what I really want is for you to take it and change it so that it is your own vision.”
Contact Teri at teridann@berkeley.edu.
