ABS is EXCITED to host Kinga Nichols in Alaska this March for 3 classes! She is a bead embroidery artist, and her work is nothing short of amazing. She has a blog, and her work can be found all over social media platforms. Kinga will be our first Guest Artist in the ABS Guest Artist Program. All classes are shown below.
About Kinga
Kinga Nichols was born in 1980, in Hungary. At 19, she packed up her life in a backpack and moved to the US where she has been residing since, albeit not at the same place. She currently lives in Boulder, Colorado with her husband Paul Nichols and fur baby Samantha Regina Nichols. Samantha Regina is not only her muse but her model as well. Many of Kinga's best known pieces were popularized by the canine model.
One way or another Kinga has been always making things, which started turning into a career when she was painting murals at the time she lived in New York. The murals were fun, but she did not feel like painting was her calling. Eventually she picked up a bead and Button magazine in 2007, found a bead embroidery project, and slowly but surely the obsession took over.
After that first project, she started creating her own designs and quickly found her own distinctive voice that allowed her to translate her imaginings into beadwork. Kinga is always brainstorming, and her imagination provides an endless supply of fanciful ideas that she translates into bead embroidery.
Her work first got noticed in the first Battle of the Beadsmith, quickly followed by her being a BeadDreams finalist in 2013 and getting 3rd place in the same competition in the Swarovski category in 2014, and a book feature in Marcia Decoster Presents, 2014. In 2015, she won first place in the crystal category in BeadDreams.
In 2013, she started teaching and she hopes to continue this as her chosen profession for a long time to come, not only passing on beady knowledge, but perhaps her unique way of looking at the world as a magical place filled with endless possibilities.
About Kinga
Kinga Nichols was born in 1980, in Hungary. At 19, she packed up her life in a backpack and moved to the US where she has been residing since, albeit not at the same place. She currently lives in Boulder, Colorado with her husband Paul Nichols and fur baby Samantha Regina Nichols. Samantha Regina is not only her muse but her model as well. Many of Kinga's best known pieces were popularized by the canine model.
One way or another Kinga has been always making things, which started turning into a career when she was painting murals at the time she lived in New York. The murals were fun, but she did not feel like painting was her calling. Eventually she picked up a bead and Button magazine in 2007, found a bead embroidery project, and slowly but surely the obsession took over.
After that first project, she started creating her own designs and quickly found her own distinctive voice that allowed her to translate her imaginings into beadwork. Kinga is always brainstorming, and her imagination provides an endless supply of fanciful ideas that she translates into bead embroidery.
Her work first got noticed in the first Battle of the Beadsmith, quickly followed by her being a BeadDreams finalist in 2013 and getting 3rd place in the same competition in the Swarovski category in 2014, and a book feature in Marcia Decoster Presents, 2014. In 2015, she won first place in the crystal category in BeadDreams.
In 2013, she started teaching and she hopes to continue this as her chosen profession for a long time to come, not only passing on beady knowledge, but perhaps her unique way of looking at the world as a magical place filled with endless possibilities.
kinga nichols trunk show
TRUNK SHOW LOCATION: ALASKA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY, CARR GOTTSTEIN BUILDING, 4225 UNIVERSITY DRIVE, ROOM 228 ANCHORAGE
- March 5, 2020, from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
- March 6, 2020, from 6:00 pm- 8:00 pm
- March 7, 2020, from 10:30 am -4:30 pm
- March 8, 2020, from 10:30 am - 4:30 pm
kinga nichols alaska classes
Name of the rose bracelet
Date & Time: two day class on March 5-6, 2020, both days are 5:30pm-8:30pm
Prerequisites: Age 18 or older (unless approved by ABS). Students must be comfortable in working with seed beads and bead embroidery, and making a peyote bezel.
Class Description: This is a bead embroidery bracelet class taught by Kinga Nichols. Kit not included. Separate purchase of kit at class is recommended by Kinga. Participants will work with leather to create the band for the bracelet. The focal is bead embroidery with four bezels. The outcome is a comfortable, beautiful, medieval-looking bracelet, named after Umberto Eco's book, a favorite of Kinga’s.
Class Location: Alaska Pacific University (APU), Carr Gottstein Building, 4225 University Dr, Anchorage, AK 99508, Room 228
Registration Fee: Non-ABS members $100; ABS members $90. Class space limited.
Class Contact Person: Marcy Fergueson
READ THE ABS CLASS POLICY AND REGISTER HERE
Prerequisites: Age 18 or older (unless approved by ABS). Students must be comfortable in working with seed beads and bead embroidery, and making a peyote bezel.
Class Description: This is a bead embroidery bracelet class taught by Kinga Nichols. Kit not included. Separate purchase of kit at class is recommended by Kinga. Participants will work with leather to create the band for the bracelet. The focal is bead embroidery with four bezels. The outcome is a comfortable, beautiful, medieval-looking bracelet, named after Umberto Eco's book, a favorite of Kinga’s.
Class Location: Alaska Pacific University (APU), Carr Gottstein Building, 4225 University Dr, Anchorage, AK 99508, Room 228
Registration Fee: Non-ABS members $100; ABS members $90. Class space limited.
Class Contact Person: Marcy Fergueson
READ THE ABS CLASS POLICY AND REGISTER HERE
Sissi necklace
Date & Time: March 7, 2020, 10:00am-5:00pm (one hour lunch break)
Prerequisites: Age 18 or older (unless approved by ABS). Students must be comfortable in working with seed beads and bead embroidery.
Class Description: This is a bead embroidery necklace class taught by Kinga Nichols. Kit not included. Separate purchase of kit at class is recommended by Kinga. A brand new addition to Kinga's class project line up for 2020! A not too big and not too small, elegant and timeless design that has a gentle, aquatic feel, almost as if dipped in water. The interplay between the marquise shape labradorite, the hand cut mother of pearl fan focal, and the frosted Swarovski stones have a soothing yet regal feel. Named after Romy Schneider playing the Empress Elizabeth of Austria-Hungary in the eponymous 1955 film.
Class Location: Alaska Pacific University (APU), Carr Gottstein Building, 4225 University Dr, Anchorage, AK 99508, Room 228
Registration Fee: Non-ABS members $100; ABS members $90. Class space limited.
Class Contact Person: Marcy Fergueson
READ THE ABS CLASS POLICY AND REGISTER HERE
Prerequisites: Age 18 or older (unless approved by ABS). Students must be comfortable in working with seed beads and bead embroidery.
Class Description: This is a bead embroidery necklace class taught by Kinga Nichols. Kit not included. Separate purchase of kit at class is recommended by Kinga. A brand new addition to Kinga's class project line up for 2020! A not too big and not too small, elegant and timeless design that has a gentle, aquatic feel, almost as if dipped in water. The interplay between the marquise shape labradorite, the hand cut mother of pearl fan focal, and the frosted Swarovski stones have a soothing yet regal feel. Named after Romy Schneider playing the Empress Elizabeth of Austria-Hungary in the eponymous 1955 film.
Class Location: Alaska Pacific University (APU), Carr Gottstein Building, 4225 University Dr, Anchorage, AK 99508, Room 228
Registration Fee: Non-ABS members $100; ABS members $90. Class space limited.
Class Contact Person: Marcy Fergueson
READ THE ABS CLASS POLICY AND REGISTER HERE
Triumvirate pendant design class
Date & Time: March 8, 2020, 10:00am-5:00pm (one hour lunch break)
Prerequisites: Age 18 or older (unless approved by ABS). Students must be comfortable in working with seed beads and bead embroidery.
Class Description: This is a bead embroidery necklace design class taught by Kinga Nichols. Kit not included. This class is for those who are comfortable with basic bead embroidery and want to challenge themselves to create their own design. Participants will learn the creative process of creating a striking pendant around a unique focal. The basic kit, sold separately, includes a large array of materials you can pick from. The image gives a general idea of what can be done; they will not be replicated exactly. Kinga will provide guidance during the whole process. See more about this class on Kinga’s blog!
Class Location: Alaska Pacific University (APU), Carr Gottstein Building, 4225 University Dr, Anchorage, AK 99508, Room 228
Registration Fee: Non-ABS members $100; ABS members $90. Class space limited.
Class Contact Person: Marcy Fergueson
READ THE ABS CLASS POLICY AND REGISTER HERE
Prerequisites: Age 18 or older (unless approved by ABS). Students must be comfortable in working with seed beads and bead embroidery.
Class Description: This is a bead embroidery necklace design class taught by Kinga Nichols. Kit not included. This class is for those who are comfortable with basic bead embroidery and want to challenge themselves to create their own design. Participants will learn the creative process of creating a striking pendant around a unique focal. The basic kit, sold separately, includes a large array of materials you can pick from. The image gives a general idea of what can be done; they will not be replicated exactly. Kinga will provide guidance during the whole process. See more about this class on Kinga’s blog!
Class Location: Alaska Pacific University (APU), Carr Gottstein Building, 4225 University Dr, Anchorage, AK 99508, Room 228
Registration Fee: Non-ABS members $100; ABS members $90. Class space limited.
Class Contact Person: Marcy Fergueson
READ THE ABS CLASS POLICY AND REGISTER HERE