Come to Winter PLAY!

So last sunday, I finally got a mini lesson in polymer clay from Tracy so I could help teach it at our Winter PLAY retreat this january.  He used to teach this class in cleveland and everyone would leave thrilled with what they made.  I'll admit to a dislike of polymer clay (sculpey/fimo) but this left me wanting to play with it more...ALOT more!  I experimented with using a resin that Tracy recently learned about from Susan Lenart-Kazmer.  You can't see it here but the eyes are filled with resin as well as the background.  It is a really cool medium that we'll be playing around with at the retreat.  Anyway...this will eventually become a book cover that is coptic bound (another technique that will be taught at PLAY).  The size  is roughly 6x6.

This was what Tracy was making while teaching me.  You really can't tell from these pictures but the pieces look like they are molded from metal.  It's SO cool!

He was playing around with making a pen to journal with when he is out.  Anyway...at our Winter PLAY retreat, we create from 9am-midnight for 3 straight days.  We will be showing how to make this type of stuff along with our daughter, Tiphoni, who will be teaching self portraits with watercolor and I'll be giving a mini lesson on journaling to anyone who wants to watch.  We always set up our airbrushing station for anyone to use and will have molds galore to play with for the polymer clay creations.  At our retreats, we always share a bunch of new stuff we are currently excited about too.  It is such a fantastic time of just making stuff non-stop.  We always look forward to it.

We currently have about 15 spots left that we would love to fill.  We have both shared rooms and private rooms in the big officers houses.