Brenda Schweder
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Fashion |
| Occupation | Jewelry designer/author |
| Location | Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States |
| Introduction | Brenda Schweder is the author of Steel Wire Jewelry (Lark Books), Junk to Jewelry and Vintage Redux(Kalmbach Publishing Company). A frequent contributor to BeadStyle magazine, Schweder co-authored the magazine’s Fashion Forecast column its first four years. Schweder has been published in all of Kalmbach’s jewelry titles as well as a number of their pamphlets and books. Her third book, Steel Wire Jewelry (Lark Books), is scheduled for release in Spring, 2011. Also a nationally-recognized teacher and jewelry designer, she has the honor of being a Crystallized Swarovski Elements Ambassador. Schweder offers workshops using found and vintage objects in conjunction with iron wire, waxed fibers and Swarovski Crystallized Elements) at the Bead&Button Show in Milwaukee (June) each year. |
| Interests | Jewelry, steel wire, found objects, vintage goodies, ethnic stuff, collage, assemblage. |
| Favorite movies | Fargo, Princess Bride, Shawshank Redemption, Love Actually. |
| Favorite music | Alison Krauss, Bette Midler, Norah Jones |
| Favorite books | A Writer's Space, The Artist's Way, Outliers, The Secret, Art & Fear, Manufractured, The Art of Beadwork, Making Connections, Calder Jewelry, Crystal Chic, Cool Jewels, The Art of Polymer Clay |
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