Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
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Upcoming Polymer Clay Synergy Conference
Posted by Ilysa on 23 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: events
I wanted to share with you an article about the upcoming Synergy conference that was on the National Polymer Clay Guilds website. It gives you a great overview of some of the things they have planned. Kira and I are really looking forward to attending and covering the event. We hope to get to meet some of our listeners and viewers, so if you are going, let us know and we would love to meet up.
Synergy Polymer Clay Conference:
With over fifty 90-minute lecture/demo sessions to choose from and four guest speakers, the Synergy Conference promises to have something for everyone. But wait, there’s even more. Two panel discussions and a very special interactive session will offer unique opportunities for sharing ideas between Synergy attendees. On Thursday, February 21, Jeffrey Dever will host and moderate the Hallmarks of Craftsmanship panel discussion. The panel, which will include Sarah Shriver, Allison Lee, Donna Kato and Rachel Carren, will look at important questions facing polymer artist today. What are the standards of craftsmanship and who decides? How do we set benchmarks without a historic past? How does craftsmanship affect acceptance of our medium? Then, on Friday, February 22, Jeffrey Dever will be joined by Elise Winters, Dan Cormier and Thomas Mann as they delve into questions of Inspiration, Originality and Infringement. Where do artists get their ideas from? How do they develop work unique to themselves? How do they share their work and still protect their ideas? Where is the line between acceptable influence and infringement? These two sessions will offer lively and timely discussions of major issues facing polymer artists today. Finally on Saturday, February 23, The Synergy Conference will host one of the leading studio jewelry authors and educators, Tim McCreight. Tim will lead Synergy attendees through the interactive discussion Design Decisions: Good, Better, Best, a playful exploration of the design process that promises a few surprises. And the best part of all three of these sessions? They’re free for all Synergy attendees.
Sounds fun, we hope to see you there!
