{"id":6982,"date":"2014-04-29T14:00:28","date_gmt":"2014-04-29T20:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/?p=6982"},"modified":"2014-04-29T13:50:34","modified_gmt":"2014-04-29T19:50:34","slug":"workshops-in-malta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/workshops-in-malta\/","title":{"rendered":"Workshops in Malta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stopping to write a blog in the midst of all the fantastic conversations I&#8217;ve been having this first day in Malta has been a challenge so this will be a little short&#8211;we&#8217;ll let the photos speak for the most part.<\/p>\n<p>I was lucky enough to have time to drop in on workshops being given by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kathleendustin.com\/\">Kathleen Dustin<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/ravensclay.com\/\">Melanie West<\/a>. The energy in the rooms was amazing and the dazed look as the students left the day long workshops attested to some exhausting but exciting creativity going on. Melanie West&#8217;s class was &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/ravensclay.com\/classlisting.htm\">Make It Big And Organic!<\/a>&#8221; and focused on the idea of process more than on the creation of any one thing. Kathleen was divulging her signature &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.synergyconference.net\/workshop-descriptions\">Translucent Layering Techniques<\/a>&#8221; in her packed classroom. Here are some shots of these masters at work demonstrating and sharing their pearls of wisdom. Then you get a close up view of Melanie&#8217;s ingenious necklace&#8211;a reversible pendant that is engineered with a magnet and a removable center piece.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6983\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6983\" data-attachment-id=\"6983\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/workshops-in-malta\/_dsc0667\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DSC0667.jpg?fit=480%2C316&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"480,316\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D3000&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1398749855&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;26&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.166666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"_DSC0667\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Kathleen Dustin explaining technique during her workshop.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DSC0667.jpg?fit=430%2C283&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6983\" alt=\"Kathleen Dustin explaining technique during her workshop.\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DSC0667.jpg?resize=480%2C316\" width=\"480\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DSC0667.jpg?w=480&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DSC0667.jpg?resize=150%2C98&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6983\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kathleen Dustin explaining technique during her workshop.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6985\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6985\" data-attachment-id=\"6985\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/workshops-in-malta\/_dsc0675\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DSC0675.jpg?fit=480%2C496&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"480,496\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;11&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D3000&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1398765711&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;26&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"_DSC0675\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Cara Jane Hayman&amp;#8217;s project in the middle of hte process in Kathleen&amp;#8217;s class.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DSC0675.jpg?fit=430%2C444&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6985\" alt=\"Cara Jane Hayman's project in the middle of hte process in Kathleen's class.\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DSC0675.jpg?resize=480%2C496\" width=\"480\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DSC0675.jpg?w=480&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DSC0675.jpg?resize=145%2C150&amp;ssl=1 145w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6985\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cara Jane Hayman&#8217;s project in the middle of the process in Kathleen&#8217;s class.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6984\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6984\" data-attachment-id=\"6984\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/workshops-in-malta\/_dsc0670\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DSC0670.jpg?fit=480%2C389&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"480,389\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;7.1&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D3000&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1398761681&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;18&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.05&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"_DSC0670\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Melanie West talking color choices with her workshop attendees. &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DSC0670.jpg?fit=430%2C348&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6984\" alt=\"Melanie West talking color choices with her workshop attendees. \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DSC0670.jpg?resize=480%2C389\" width=\"480\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DSC0670.jpg?w=480&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DSC0670.jpg?resize=150%2C121&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6984\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Melanie West talking color choices with her workshop attendees.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6986\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6986\" data-attachment-id=\"6986\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/workshops-in-malta\/_dsc0678\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DSC0678.jpg?fit=480%2C532&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"480,532\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;11&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D3000&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1398766066&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;20&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"_DSC0678\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Melanie West&amp;#8217;s fabulous reversible necklace. &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DSC0678.jpg?fit=430%2C477&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6986\" alt=\"Melanie West's fabulous reversible necklace.   \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DSC0678.jpg?resize=480%2C532\" width=\"480\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DSC0678.jpg?w=480&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DSC0678.jpg?resize=135%2C150&amp;ssl=1 135w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6986\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Melanie West&#8217;s fabulous reversible necklace.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6987\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6987\" data-attachment-id=\"6987\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/workshops-in-malta\/_dsc0680\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DSC0680.jpg?fit=480%2C438&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"480,438\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;11&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D3000&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1398766082&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;20&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"_DSC0680\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The other side of Melanie&amp;#8217;s necklace showing the magnet design (isn&amp;#8217;t that wonderful!?)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DSC0680.jpg?fit=430%2C392&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6987\" alt=\"The other side of Melanie's necklace showing the magnet design (isn't that wonderful!?)\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DSC0680.jpg?resize=480%2C438\" width=\"480\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DSC0680.jpg?w=480&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DSC0680.jpg?resize=150%2C136&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6987\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The other side of Melanie&#8217;s necklace showing the magnet design (isn&#8217;t that wonderful!?)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I am going to leave you to enjoy these images for now. I&#8217;ll be touring Malta in the morning and posting those images on Facebook so if you don&#8217;t already follow The Polymer Arts on Facebook, you can get more EuroSynergy peeks there as well!<\/p>\n<p>Wow &#8230; day one and I&#8217;m already filled to the brim with ideas to ponder and write about and create from! What will I be like come Sunday?<\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\nIf you like this blog, support The Polymer Arts projects with a subscription or issue of The Polymer Arts magazine as well as supporting our advertising partners.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Blog2 -2014-02Feb-5\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Blog2-2014-02Feb-5.jpg?resize=125%2C125\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/polymerclayworkshop.com\/cane-builder-subscription\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Millefiori eggs\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Millefiori-eggs-480x480.jpg?resize=125%2C125\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"14P1 cover Fnl\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/14P1-cover-Fnl-480x623.jpg?resize=133%2C173\" width=\"133\" height=\"173\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stopping to write a blog in the midst of all the fantastic conversations I&#8217;ve been having this first day in Malta has been a challenge so this will be a little short&#8211;we&#8217;ll let the photos speak for the most part. I was lucky enough to have time to drop in on workshops being given by&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,7],"tags":[2721,2722,1905,22,2724,2187,673,29,1687,11,2723,16,2725],"class_list":["post-6982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inspirational-art","category-polymer-community-news","tag-makt-it-big-and-organic","tag-translucent-layering-techniques","tag-eurosynergy","tag-kathleen-dustin","tag-magnet-center-piece","tag-malta","tag-melanie-west","tag-necklace","tag-polymer-arts","tag-polymer-clay","tag-reversible-pendant","tag-the-polymer-arts-magazine","tag-the-polymer-arts-on-facebook"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2O0Lm-1OC","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6982\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}