Monthly Archive for April, 2009

Traveling

Published on April 30, 2009 in Polymer Clay. 0 Comments

weatheredbookforweb.jpgI’m just about finished here at John Campbell Egyptian_Spell_Book.jpgFolk School and will be traveling to home sweet home tomorrow.  Its been a great two weeks teaching here but always nice to get home.

This will be short as class is about to start, here’s a couple pics of what we worked on this week!

A Quick Hello

Published on April 24, 2009 in Polymer Clay. 0 Comments

butterfly-2Just a quick post to say hi as I am right in the middle of teaching here at the John Campbell Folk School.

Its been a great week of Adventurous Dolls and I’m looking forward to next week’s class -

Polymer Clay for Book Arts.

I have a day off tomorrow and will drive to Chattanooga to see a dear friend for the day, then back here on Sunday.

Here’s a  pic of the type of figures we worked on!

Off to North Carolina

Published on April 16, 2009 in Polymer Clay. 0 Comments

alteredphotoforweb.JPGToday I leave to drive down to  San Francisco to fly out early tomorrow to the John Campbell Folk School to teach for two weeks. I’m four hours away from the airport so my travel days are long.  The saving grace is that the drive is a beautiful one.

The landscape has started to change here with the rolling hills becoming very green from the winter rains.  And the California poppies are springing up alongside the roads.  The landscapes provide me with inspiration for design shapes and color palettes.

Here’s a collage I made by “weathering and antique-ing”  photos I took from my workshop in France (click on France link above for 2010 info).

Take a walk this weekend and record the color palette you see around you.  That lovely shade of “spring green”, that unique color of the California poppies and…….

My Top 10 Ways to get myself into the studio and working

Published on April 8, 2009 in Polymer Clay. 0 Comments
  1. Leave some non-creative task unfinished from the day before- gluing on pin backs, hanging earrings on display cards
  2. Do a simple line drawing of something in my studio (a bowl, a flower) during the first ten minutes I am there
  3. Take an object (vase, small figurine) and photograph it in my studio in a new environment when I first arrive
  4. Lay out a selection of fabrics, polymer clay, collage papers on my studio desk the night before
  5. Choose and lay out a page from one of my idea journals on my studio desk the night before to contemplate as soon as I arrive
  6. Lay out a selection of paint chips for inspiration for a new color palette for that day’s work
  7. Collect pictures from a magazine and arrange by color or texture for inspiration for new ideas
  8. Set aside first half hour to look at a magazine or book for pleasure- ideas will follow!
  9. Set a deadline -self-imposed- to get working
  10. Have a chocolate chip cookie waiting on my work desk

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