Charming Canes
one day workshop
March 11, 2016
9am – 4pm
Featuring my unconventional caning and extruder techniques.
$75
This is an intermediate class and prep work is required
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An Evening with Marie Segal
Marie Segal will be at Studio 215 on Friday February 12th from 7pm until 9pm with a trunk show of her work. There will be items for sale and Marie with be doing a demo with polymer clay.
Marie has been working and playing with clay since 1971, she introduced the polymer world to the pasta machine. She teaches around the country and this February she’ll be teaching at Studio 215.
She and her husband Howard own the Clay Factory serving the polymer community since 1980.
Her Disk Earrings, new design, new innovation workshop is full, but you can still be added to the waiting list.
She is also teaching a wonderfully fun and inventive workshop, Iconic Fabrication. Marie is so enthusiastic about this workshop she is fairly bubbling. There are spaces left, but it’s only a month away, so don’t delay.
Marie is providing everything for both workshops and I’m providing the tools and equipment, so all you have to do is show up. Easy!
I’m looking forward to having Marie here and I hope to see you as well.
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.
Charming Cane Workshop
I had my first Charming Canes workshop (thanks Cynthia Tinapple and Polymer Clay Daily for the name) this past weekend and I really believe everyone had a good time and learned a lot. At least they all came back day #two with smiles on their faces.
I worked on a color palette for this workshop using mainly Premo Cobalt Blue, Fuchsia, and Zinc Yellow. Then all colors where Skinner blended with white. I was pleased with the results. Just look at the charms this group created. It really was a greatly satisfying workshop for me.
Thanks to the support of my community and my friends and fellow clayers from around the country, my studio is doing very well and I’m having the best time. Such a lucky girl.
Charming Canes, Lone Star and Sandy Camp Retreats
My inaugural Charming Canes workshop is next weekend and I wanted these charms to be colorful yet a tad softer than my usual pallet. So I decided to provide the clay and the color recipes with the workshop.
I spent almost everyday this last week figuring out the recipes and making more cane samples. I think I’m ready with that part. *g* But I still want to make more finished samples.
Can you tell I’m having a blast?
I have an ulterior motive for making so many, I will be teaching at the Houston Guild’s Lone Star Retreat in Sept. and the San Diego Guild’s Sandy Camp Master Class in Oct. and I want to have lots of goodies to take with me.
I’ll be teaching my Caning Mapping technique at both retreats, I’m really looking forward them. How lucky am I?
I’ve always said that pc was addictive and it’s certainly true with these “charming” canes. Not only I’m I going to have fun making new things, but just think of the cool scraps and left over bits and how many different ways I can use them.
Many things to do and never a dull moment.
syndee holt’s Visit to Studio 215
syndee holt stopped by Sebring and Studio 215 on her way to Orlando Clay Fandango. I was lucky to have her visiting and teaching for a few days.
She introduce Mokume Gane to “new to polymer” students in an evening workshop. I was delighted to hear the exclamations of delight that came for those students. All had taken a beginners class with me and they all want more. I think I’ve started something, at least that’s my goal here at Studio 215.
syndee represents Sculpey products and is the author of New Color Tuesday posted on Sculpey’s blog.
syndee was wonderful about explaining how to use many of the Sculpey tools that I have available for use at Studio 215. We didn’t have time for them to try everything, but they will know they’re here to use.
I provide the pasta machines and tools for those students who are brand new to polymer so they can try everything out before buying . My first step was to make sure I had pasta machines, tiles and plenty of the Sculpey Tools for everyone to try.
Everyone went home with beautiful creations. I neglected to get photos of the finished pieces, but they were happy for sure.
syndee was here just in time to witness what I’m now referring to at the year of the gator roundup, We had three gators removed from our lake in three days and there is still at least one more to go. that is very unusual for our little lake.
Maybe not a bucket list item for syndee but an experience for sure.
We visited Bok tower in Lake Wales and the Highlands Hammock State park here in Sebring. Syndee went back by herself to walk the catwalk through the swamp today on her way to Fandango because it was crazy raining when we went on Tuesday and we couldn’t walk it.
Maybe not up there on the unusual scale with alligators, but she tells me that rain is an event as well for this southern California girl. She posted some fabulous pictures of her catwalk here on her Facebook page.
Thank you for a wonderful few days syndee and I’ll see you again soon.