I’m ready for my Cane Mapping workshop tomorrow. This Crab is ready to frame and the fish pendant is finished too.
There is still one more space left if you want to have some fun. Just Leave a message here and I’ll set a place for you.
Category Archives: Cane Mapping
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Starting the New Year Right
The first workshop of the year! New caners were enthusiastic for sure in this beginning cane workshop. Maggie Mora, Pauline Somoza, Esther Manso, are sisters and they met in Sebring for a mini reunion and to take my workshop. How fun is that? Marilyn Wright is a ceramic artist and is excited about the possibilities of polymer.
Tons of laughter in this class, we all went away smiling.
The next beginner workshop will be on Jan 30th.
Toni Carroll, Barbara Snapp, Kathi Keck, Nancy Simmons, Linda Boyd, and Judy Fala and Marilyn Wright created fun and funky canes this weekend in a Build your cane inventory workshop held on Jan. 16. Marilyn had to leave early and I’m sorry I didn’t get her in the photo.
Next step would be to take the cane mapping workshop and get ready to let your work explode.
Only three weeks until Marie Segal arrives to teach 2 one day workshops., Find out more here.
New Jewelry for Sale
Graphic earrings.
Cane mapped fish pendants
Cane mapped pendants using forms made from
I’ve been working on a few new pieces for the Studio.
I’ll also be taking quite a few things to sell at Sandy Camp next week. Sandy Camp is annual retreat by the San Diego Polymer Clay Guild and I’m trilled to be teaching a Master Class at the opening of the retreat. Then I get to let my hair down and enjoy the rest of the event.
I’m also prepping for a workshop on Saturday at the Studio. Building a cane inventory is what we will be working on so we can move on to classes for cane mapping. All fun!
Polymer Clay Cane Storage
Over the years I’ve stored my canes in many different ways and at my home studio I still hang on to my very wonderful metal filing cabinets with small drawers.
But for my downtown studio I have been using a new system I “borrowed” from Meisha Barbee. I’ve altered it and this looks nothing like hers, but the idea is the same and is working so well for me that I’m thinking of expanding it.
These stackable trays are for 12″x12″ pieces of scrapbook paper. They are made of the hard plastic that does not play well with polymer clay so I had my local glass company cut me 12″x12″ pieces of tempered glass.
Now I don’t have to wrap every single cane to keep them from sticking together. They stick to the glass instead. And as with Meisha’s system you can remove the glass shelves, or just pull them out to see what you have . I like to keep you cane separated by color.
I thought it might be something that would work for you.
I’m having a Build Your Cane Inventory workshop on Oct. 3. followed by a full day Cane Mapping workshop in late Oct (TBA).
I try to emphasize to my students how important it is having lots of canes already made so when the desire to create hits, you don’t have to start from scratch. Canes in different color ways and lots of Skinner blend plugs.
As you can see, this next workshop will be full of fun and funky canes. That’s just how I roll!
Build your Cane Inventory! Oct. 3rd 2015
Saturday
Build Your Cane Inventory
$75
Oct. 3rd, 2015
9am – 4:00pm
215 N. Ridgewood Dr.
You provide the clay. Studio 215 has many color available.
Bring your lunch and your laugh.
Houston Polymer Clay Guild’s Lone Star Retreat
Whew, I’m home after a jam packed weekend in Texas teaching at the Houston Polymer Clay Guild’s Lone Star Retreat. It could not have been better, many thanks to everyone involve in this sterling event.
I was honored to be teaching along with Randee Ketzel and Sarah Shiver. My only regret is that I could take the classes with these talented ladies.
All along the communication from Lanette Holland was helpful and timely. When I arrived at the airport I was met by Ann Wagner who was assigned to be my “angel” for the weekend. She and her husband Dean were so very nice and helped me sail through the weekend and beyond. When Ann was in the other classes I had the other instructor’s “angels” Betsy Fraser and Theresa Abell on loan while they were in my class. Thanks you, thank you!
Goodie bags for all and a special welcome bag for the instructors were overflowing with supplies and goodies. Thanks Joey Barnes.
Paula Kennedy, you are amazing. Brenda Stanley made sure there were some spectacular auction items. I’m lucky to have made it home with a piece from their President Bob Wiley.
All the students were a joy to work with, thank you for such a wonderful welcome. I taught my Cane Mapping Technique and I was blown away by all the beautiful finished pieces. These are just a few, I wish I’d been able to get pictures of all of them framed. I’m sorry I don’t know the name of all the artists.
Thank you all so much for all the work and effort you put into producing a stellar event. And thank you for choosing me as one of your instructors this year.
I’ll be teaching this technique in my downtown Studio 215 but in an extended form starting with Build Your Cane Inventory on Oct. 3 and later in Oct (date to be determined) we’ll have a full day of cane mapping.
I’m delighted to be the instructor for a Master Class teaching Cane Mapping at the San Diego Polymer Clay Guild’s Sandy Camp on Oct. 7th.
Do you think I’m having fun? Know that I am.