6-Day Kaleidoscope Pendant Intensive

2012 Registration Now Open

Racine, WI         June 11-17, 2012     Details     Registration
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"Korean Embroidery" Necklace (1st Prize for Polymer Clay, 2008 Bead and Button Show)

Have fun developing your personal color palette and style while learning my unique approach to kaleidoscope design and pendant construction. Topics will include:

Color Inspiration for my "Korean Embroidery" Series

• Selecting a color palette you love for your master cane • Color mixing to achieve color harmony and strong value contrast within your selected palette • Ways to modify/control your clay for better caning results • Applying a painterly approach to component cane design (using new and old Skinner Blend techniques) • Component cane types, ranging from simple to detailed, and how to construct them (level of difficulty and types of canes will depend upon interest and experience of participants) • Strategies for complex cane design (how to use different cane types to create rhythm, balance, emphasis, contrast and flow in the master cane)

Some of the Kaleidoscope Pendant Veneers I made from a Single Cane

• Constructing and reducing the master cane. • Slicing the cane with the “Simmons Slicer” • Information on how to store/transport/handle the slices. • Making and using angle templates • Combining sections of slices to produce a wide variety of beautiful, unique but coordinated designs • Creating base forms from scrap clay • Applying veneers to base forms • Finishing a pendant (making holes, firing, sanding, buffing) • Finishing a coordinating adjustable cord. • Earring construction techniques (if time and interest) There will be several opportunities for participants to complete short projects at different stages in this process. These will be entirely optional; the overall balance of activities will be determined by you, the participants. Note: One or two slicers will be available for use by participants. They will be available for purchase after the workshop.

"Korean Embroidery" Necklace (reverse side