This week we have a new episode of Polymer Clay Podcast and we will be doing some magazine reviews. We will be talking about using mylar backed foils with polymer clay. We also have some more goodies to give away to our newsletter subscribers, so if you haven’t signed up for the newsletter, you can do so on the right sidebar of the website. I wanted to share with you the info for an upcoming class taught by Victoria Hughes (Tori). Victoria has been creating in the polymer clay for many years, in fact the first video I ever watched was one of hers. I think she would be great to take a class from and I wish I could attend. Here is all the info in case you can attend. If you are able to take her class, please c ome back and share your experience with us, we would love to here about it.
Victoria Hughes Workshop Jan 26-27, 2008
Location - NYPCG - 101 Murray St, New York, NY (St John’s University)
Time: 10am to 5pm Saturday and Sunday
Cost - $100 per day for members; $120 per day for non-members
The Hinged Cornucopia Box-
You’ll make a hinged lidded box whose sides exhibit a variety of
surface techniques! We’ll explore photocopy transfers, metallic foils
and powders, collaging different imagery and materials, carved and
incised patterns, molded and embossed patterns, the use of paints to
highlight patterns and to represent elements of design, onlays of
colored clays atop the surface, inlays of different media including
prebaked polymer clays into the surface, and translucent layering of
color, pattern, and texture. All these effects can be used on their own
or enhanced by evocatively combining them: for example, imagine a
photocopy transfer that doubles as a resist for metallic powders,
creating patterns of metallilc colors used with embossed surface
textures. You’ll make flat pieces with sumptuous, richly complex, and
personalized surfaces, then learn how to attach and hinge these
elements together into a box, which will have a hinged lid, for even
more visual interest and complexity! These techniques can then be
applied to other non-jewelry or jewelry objects, as you like.The result
is a true cornucopia!
Materials:
6 - 10 colors of Fimo or Premo, in premixed colors of your choice.
Please include at least 2 oz of each, including 4 oz of white, 4 oz of
translucent Premo, and 4 oz of tramslucent Fimo.
There may be additional color mixing during the class, but our time
together is precious and the more you are prepared with premixed
colors, the more you can use our time together well!
A small assortment of metallic powders and foils
A small assortment of acrylic paints, in tubes
these two items you can share with a friend, for more fun
A small assortment of photocopies: these must be the classic black
toner photocopies,’xeroxes’, not laser or inkjet prints
A small assortment of different interesting textures: lace, stamps,
found surfaces, carved wooden blocks, old jewelry, whatever intrigues
you.
Wire: two feet of 18-gauge brass or nickel-silver wire
Glue: Slo-Zap or other gel-viscosity cyanoacrylate: like SuperJet or
other. Some jewelry supply stores and hobby stores sell this. Best bet
are stores that sell models and model railroads and the like. (IE: this
is not epoxy, E-6000, or white glue.)
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