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- On Sabbatical
- Last Midwestern Master Cane Workshop.
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- Update on the Simmons Slicer as of May 2018.
- Floral Dreamscapes in Northern Ireland with Carol Simmons and Maureen Carlson
- Update: Fantasy Flowers and Totems workshop in Franklin, MA.
- 2018 Simmons Master Cane Workshop Now Full
- Floral Dreamscapes Workshop is Coming to Albuquerque!
- How to Make a Pattern for a “Simmons-Skinner” Blend
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- Master Cane Workshop in La Crau, France
- Fantasy Flowers Workshop in the South of France
- 26 Tiny Bowls
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- Return to Europe: Spring 2016
- Old Canes
- Buffing the Tide Pool Bowl
- Spring 2015 Teaching Schedule
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- Photographing Polymer on Black
- Creating the Tide Pool Bowl
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- Color Consciousness: Some Thoughts on Choosing Colors for a Project
- November 2013 Update on the Simmons Slicer
- Color Consciousness: Mixing Muted Color Blends
- Autumn Leaves
- Pre-Registration for October, 2014 6-Day Simmons’ Master Cane Workshop Now Open
- Necklace Collaboration Part 2
- Hollow Bead Collaboration
- Tiny Kaleidoscopes
- 2014 European Teaching Tour: What I am Teaching and Where
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- Full Circle (Almost)
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- Designs like Multicolored Snowflakes: 36 Kaleidoscopes from A Single Master Cane
- Spring, 2013 Teaching Schedule Just Completed
- Pardo Weekend in Iceland
- Registration Now Open: New 6-Day Kaleidoscope Pendant Workshop
- Color Persistence in Pardo Clay after Firing
- Pardo “Art Clay”: Cautious Optimism
- Premo Mica Clays: Experiments with Chatoyence Part I
- Beautiful Bargello
- Tools I Like for Caning
- Mokume Gane in Georgia
- Pendant Cords Part II
- Hold a Hummingbird in Your Hand
- Creating Color Swatches with Photoshop
- Update on the Simmons Slicer as of Dec, 2011
- Questions I Ask Myself about Teaching
- Pendant Cords – Part I
- Pendant Cords – Part I
- Back to Basics!
- Student Master Canes from Shake Rag Alley, 2011
- Sources of Color Inspiration: The Fabric Store
- Workshop Teaser (more to come)
- Goodbye Rainbows
- Triangles to Squares to Veneers
- Color Consciousness: Sorting Scraps
- Premo Zinc Yellow and Cobalt Blue: A New Perspective on Polyform
- Color Consciousness: A Diagram Not to be Missed
- Color Consciousness: Oranges
- Sources of Color Inspiration: Student Work
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- Tessellated Kaleidoscope Cane Veneers: Not Just for Eggs
- Finding Inspiration on Flickr
- Needlepoint as Color Inspiration
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- Simmons Slicer Status, February 2011
- Blue, Black and White Canes: Advantages of a Limited Palette
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- More Metallic Mokume Gane 2
- Sources of Color Inspiration Part 2
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- Kaleidoscope Design Intensive
- Sources of Color Inspiration Part 1 (of Many)
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Sources of Color Inspiration Part 1 (of Many)
I’m always interested in how people come up with the color combinations they use in their work. In recent years most of mine have been inspired by paintings or collages. I was introduced to this approach a number of years … Continue reading
Posted in Color, Kaleidoscopes, Sources of Inspiration, Teaching
Tagged Carol Simmons, collages, Color, color inspiration, Color Mixing, Farewell to Spring, fimo, Fort Collins, Kaleidoscope Canes, pendants, polymer clay, Polymer Clay Classes, Polymer Clay Colorado, Polymer Clay Teachers, Polymer Clay Techniques, Polymer Clay Workshops
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