04 juin 2009
Back from Nottingham Polymer Play Days
Ok, so "Nottingham Polymer Play Days" are already over. Funny how fantasctic moments flow by so fast!
Just as last year it was a fantastic workshop with people coming from 15 different countries!!! Isn't Europe fine this way?
Thank you to all those of you ladies and gentlemen that came (yes two men, and such talent ones!).
I was so pleased to see what everybody was doing with this backfilling technique. I'm eager to see the second shots done at home with plenty of time.
Thank you to all these great polymer ladies for their warm welcome. Meeting Iris for the first time, meeting Dani and Natalia as well as Alison again...and how to describe Donna...such a generous fabulous, lovely person!
A special big thanks to my dear friend Helen Cox for making it possible for me to share my tips and techniques at their side.
Here are some photos to share with those who unfortunately couldn't come, next time for sure...
Donna of course!
The classes and the fish and chips party!
Edit from the 5th of june :
Helen has just told me she would run this event again next year. I don't have the dates yet, but will give them asap. Keep your eyes open England is just next door !!!!
17 décembre 2008
Remember
Last year some of you including myself had the wonderful opportunity to attend the first Euro Clay Carnival hosted by Helen Cox in Nottingham...
Well the delicious Helen has prepared a new amazing meeting for this year :
POLYMER PLAY DAYS
Let yourself be tempted by three days of claying in Nottingham with the lovely Donna Kato, the delicious Natalia, her charming husband Dani, the discreet Alison Gallant, the talented Iris Mishly and myself .
To get all information click here : ici
30 novembre 2008
Christmas Fair
Only one Christmas Fair this year, due to too less time and courage and because some cities have chosen the same dates!. So next week-end you can find me in Maule (78) :
saturday 6th of december from 10:00am to 8:00pm
and sunday the 7th of december from 10:00am to 6:00pm
I hope to meet many of you there.
In the meanwhile, here are two rings made this week :
A nice week-end to all of you!
24 novembre 2008
Advertising for friends
If I show you this picture, most of you will know who I am about to speak of :
So for all those that keep dreaming to see her at work when looking at her books, for those who find it easier when seeing it rather than following a tuto.... Mathilde Colas has just given us the dates of the workshops she is organizing in Grandville (50) :
- 6, 7 et 8 février 2009 : “Canes : géométrie et couleurs”
Objectifs: Travailler les couleurs et les assemblages pour concevoir des canes complexes.
Prix : 185 €
- 5, 6 et 7 avril 2009 : “Textures : fabrication et utilisation”
Objectifs: Fabriquer des textures rigides ou souples à l’aide de techniques variées puis les exploiter dans le travail de la pâte polymère.
Prix : 195 € (fournitures spécifiques incluses)
If you are interested by one of these workshops, please contact her to recieve the technical description.
Watch out, number of places is limited.....
07 octobre 2008
Grant Diffendaffer
Here's a name most of you already know, for the others, it's an opportunity to discover.
This man works polymer clay marvellously well, with a sens of estheticism I truly admire. His last book was the Christmas present I offered myself, and I never get tired of looking at it. For those who like me admire his work, here's a GOOD news :
Grant Diffendaffer will be inSwitzerland the 6th et 7th of june 2009
for a "Recursive Molded Beads" workshop.
Cost
Class incl. Material: 216,00 Euro
Accommodation (cost per night):
Room (6 beds): 21,50 Euro
Room (2 beds): 28,00 Euro
Single room: 37,00 Euro
Lunch and dinner: 9,50 Euro
Youth hostel fee: 3.50 Euro
For more information contact :
Sabine Backer
Email: sabinebacker@bluewin.ch
http://www.sabine-backer.com
There are places left, it's your turn. Don't forget your dreams stop were reality begins...
06 août 2008
Back from the Euro Clay Carnival!
So I'm back and as promised here are some photos for you who didn't have the chance to go there. It was so much fun, I learned a lot and met such wonderful persons, generous, fabulous, adorable.....You just have to go there!
Ok, let me start by showing you my poker chips, then those swaped on place and last our teachers'!
Great, right? I have to give them a place of choice....
Then, here are the projects we made in our classes. Swell techniques and projects of quality.
Cathy Johnson : a book brooch. I love it!
Sue Kelsey : a pendant that opens. Gives me ideas...
Leslie Blackford : modeling. (I wasn't very inspired, sorry Leslie!)
Wonderful Donna Kato : a Pod with all the canes needed. What a teacher!
Carole Blackburn : "feathering" technique
Natalia Garcia de Leaniz : A hollow pendant. Great idea!
Alison Gallant : kaleïdoscope cane
I kept the best part for the end. Here are the wonders I brought back. Some were bought and the others given to me.... I was spoiled, worse than kids at Christmas. Live your dreams all the way through is all I can say.
I won't even show you all the other marvellous present I got because the most important part is in my head and in my heart. I just wanted to share this great experience with you all.
A great thanks to Helen Cox who had to organize the whole thing and to our wonderful teachers. Big kisses to my friends I had to leave too soon.
More photos on my Flickr album.
03 juin 2008
Work in progress
In order to prepare new work for a fair mid-july and a very big fair in november (I know it's early, but never early enough, I'll tell all about it in time) here is a look at my last canes. I made the same flower (except one) in different colors in order to associate them on my lamps, mirrors and other jewels.
It represents around 2kg of clay! But after that I can start working calmly.
I also want to take advantage of this post to thank you all for your visits and comments . I'd rather have time to thank you individually, but not enough arms for the moment! So thank you once more.
22 octobre 2007
Mamezelle Cat!
Do you know miss Cat's pieces of work? I'm talking about her wonderfull aquarelles, her paintings where each glance is charged with emotions... I often hang around on her blog, her talent touches me, she has a very special way to share her emotions with us.
Anyway, her women faces made me want to get myself into an adventure not yet tried this week-end. I made, for the first time, a "face cane".
I started off with this wonderfull "smile" painting:
It was quite hard, mainly the hand on the side of the face. But after 4 hours of effort, I got to a result I'm quite proud of (except for the hand!). Here are several steps of the making of this cane :
And now, how will I make the best of this smile? Inspiration will come surely.
Many thanks to Miss Cat for the pleasure she gives us.
05 août 2007
A harvest of beads
You saw the cane, you were waiting for the beads....here they are.
Coming soon with different mountings.
02 août 2007
From the drawing to the cane
Sometimes the cane is not just a sucession of techniques especially if you want to get close to the beauty that nature offers to us. I often use a drawing or a photo to give as more realism as possible to a cane.
The last one in date is an iris. Here is a drawing that enables to see the blends, were to insert a veining... All the details that have there place in the end.
Here is the result after two hours of work.
And both side by side to give you an idea of the size.
For the beads you'll have to wait a little.
