Trolls in Your Own Backyard
October 10, 2012
Inspirational Art
I really was planning on getting away from the Fall theme but then, I thought, why ruin a good run? 🙂
So for a little happy fun on a beautiful Fall day, how about a wee little Fall troll to get you smiling? This kindly looking creature is a creation of Dawn Schiller. She is known for her personality-filled fantastical creatures and recently published a book, FaeMaker, all about creating your own gremlins, goblins, faeries and the like.
Originally Dawn was to be at this year’s Clay Carnival Las Vegas teaching her sculpting techniques but unfortunately health issues have interfered. Donna Kato and Leslie Blackford have teamed up to replace Dawn’s class with a new class on sculptural pub signs for those attending.
Unfortunately, Dawn is not the only one whose health is getting in the way of their fun. I was suppose to be at Clay Carnival as well but have had a resurgence of some health issues and have decided that the wise thing would be not to push it and stay home this year. It’s nothing very serious but I need to keep it that way, right? So, there may still be a seat or two left at the Carnival if you are a spontaneous clayer in need of a serious creative injection. The event is just fantastic.
Clay Carnival in Las Vegas anyone?
June 8, 2012
Polymer community news
You may have read the article in the present Summer 2012 issue of The Polymer Arts magazine and as I promised, we are announcing that Clay Carnival registration is now open! Clay Carnival Las Vegas 2012 will be October 18 – 21st at the Imperial Palace Hotel.
This is 4 days of total polymer clay immersion with 8 instructors and one of the easiest, best laid out set-ups. You get there, get a spot in one of the 3 or 4 workrooms and the instructors come to the room so you get to spread out and play straight through without all the packing hassle at the end of the day. And it’s in Vegas! Play with clay during the day (oh, my that rhymed all too well!) then play out into the lights of the Las Vegas nights.
There is a core group of 4 instructors – Judy Belcher, Kim Cavender, Leslie Blackford and Donna Kato and each year they invite four more. This year they also have Sarah Shriver, Wendy Malinow, Dawn Schiller, and Natalia Garcia. Six of the eight classes are already posted on the website including information on Sarah Shriver’s Acorn pendants you see here. Clay is provided by Van Aken International for classes. The event is capped off by the Pizza Party Carnival Night of which we had lots of photos in the article so you can see just how much fun this group is. Do consider joining this year if you can.
So are you going? I’ll be there again (it was too much fun to miss) and bringing my camera and light box to get shots of attendees artwork for the blog and magazine.
Don’t forget to follow the news and announcements on their blog or on Facebook.
I really was planning on getting away from the Fall theme but then, I thought, why ruin a good run? 🙂
So for a little happy fun on a beautiful Fall day, how about a wee little Fall troll to get you smiling? This kindly looking creature is a creation of Dawn Schiller. She is known for her personality-filled fantastical creatures and recently published a book, FaeMaker, all about creating your own gremlins, goblins, faeries and the like.
Originally Dawn was to be at this year’s Clay Carnival Las Vegas teaching her sculpting techniques but unfortunately health issues have interfered. Donna Kato and Leslie Blackford have teamed up to replace Dawn’s class with a new class on sculptural pub signs for those attending.
Unfortunately, Dawn is not the only one whose health is getting in the way of their fun. I was suppose to be at Clay Carnival as well but have had a resurgence of some health issues and have decided that the wise thing would be not to push it and stay home this year. It’s nothing very serious but I need to keep it that way, right? So, there may still be a seat or two left at the Carnival if you are a spontaneous clayer in need of a serious creative injection. The event is just fantastic.
Read MoreYou may have read the article in the present Summer 2012 issue of The Polymer Arts magazine and as I promised, we are announcing that Clay Carnival registration is now open! Clay Carnival Las Vegas 2012 will be October 18 – 21st at the Imperial Palace Hotel.
This is 4 days of total polymer clay immersion with 8 instructors and one of the easiest, best laid out set-ups. You get there, get a spot in one of the 3 or 4 workrooms and the instructors come to the room so you get to spread out and play straight through without all the packing hassle at the end of the day. And it’s in Vegas! Play with clay during the day (oh, my that rhymed all too well!) then play out into the lights of the Las Vegas nights.
There is a core group of 4 instructors – Judy Belcher, Kim Cavender, Leslie Blackford and Donna Kato and each year they invite four more. This year they also have Sarah Shriver, Wendy Malinow, Dawn Schiller, and Natalia Garcia. Six of the eight classes are already posted on the website including information on Sarah Shriver’s Acorn pendants you see here. Clay is provided by Van Aken International for classes. The event is capped off by the Pizza Party Carnival Night of which we had lots of photos in the article so you can see just how much fun this group is. Do consider joining this year if you can.
So are you going? I’ll be there again (it was too much fun to miss) and bringing my camera and light box to get shots of attendees artwork for the blog and magazine.
Don’t forget to follow the news and announcements on their blog or on Facebook.
Read More