Polymeri Online 18.6.09

Mydesigncollectibles has been working with polymer clay for several years, yet never cease to be amazed at the versatility of this medium. her business card holders are amazing! so full of character! frogs, birds, you have to see for yourself.
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5449376

Maja from Slovenia has participated in my polymer play days workshop and she was so productive! her latest post was calles "flower power" which is such a great slogan for her beautiful flowery new items! i read it using a slovenian translator (which is so funny sometimes when it translate into hebrew) it's so nice of her to mention me! thank you Maja :)http://polipap.blogspot.com/2009/06/flower-power.html

Gwen from http://summergirl38.etsy.com/ & http://creativeclaycottage.blogspot.com/ is making things which makes me feel so proud of artists like her, she is part of a group calles - "Artists Helping Animals" http://efaartistshelpinganimals.org/ and 10% of all purchases goes to the monthly animal charity. She loves nature and flowers, Using polymer clay she is able to make designs to allow this love to be reflected around her house.

Check out Lori Smith myblingthings tips for jewelry! most useful!
http://www.myblingthings.com/Jewelry%20Tips.htm

Pat's work is so cute! her skinny girls and boys are adorable.
http://latelierdepat.canalblog.com/

Harry potter miniatures! I am such a harry potter fan! Vicky Guile, live in Jarrow in the North East of England, look at her Sorting Hat sculpture!!
http://www.njdminiatures.blogspot.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/njdminiatures/

Polymer Play Days - AMAZING 6 days

So... what did we have for total - 6 days, 6 teachers, 1 polymer play days event, 1 flight from Tel-Aviv to London and back, 2 coaches, 3 classes, 3 groups, 1 robbin hood & castle, and a great swap "Raffle party" with fish n' chips!

Oh my, did i had a good time, these were AMAZING 6 days, full of happy experiences, Adrenalin and energy, smiles & laughs, good food, claying joy, and all the best superlatives i can give!

I got to Heathrow on Thursday after 5.5 hours flight and took a coach to Nottingham where Helen waited for me together with Donna Kato, who arrived earlier; I took my things and went to rest so i can be fresh the next day getting organized for the workshop.
The next day we arranged goodie bags, sorted out the Kato clay which was provided to the students and had a sunny and fun day, the weather was smiling at us all weekend!

Saturday was THE day, we started our workshops and every student took 2 classes per day, we had students from all over Europe: Germany, Italy, France, Greece, Russia, Estonia, All UK, Norway, Spain and Israel. they were all so nice! I met some of my favorite virtual (flickr or blogs) friends, so happy to meet them in person finally!

These 3 days were like a dream, i enjoyed every minute! I was surprised to see how many people love millefiori flowers and that I can open up a whole new world to them!

On the last day we had a beads swap & "raffle party" - that was such fun! Dani was hilarious!

Thank you all for making this event possible - to dear Helen Cox who planned and organized every thing perfectly, to my colleague teachers: Donna, Alison, Sylvie, Natalia and Dani, to all my students who were so kind to me and letting me know how much they enjoyed my class!

Make lots of flower canes and paint your world in colors!
Kisses and hugs :)

Photos are here:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/nottingham_2009/

and here

http://picasaweb.google.com/imishly/PolymerPlayDaysUK2009Nottingham

I'm off to UK :)

take care and see you soon!

8 days to go...

I don't believe i am writting in my blog when i have PILE of things to do, and i am not talking just about polymer clay work, laundry pile is so high, i think i have neglected my duties in the last 2 weeks, these preparations to my 1st international class are a real project and i am doing my best to be prepared :)

so... checklist? wanna go over my things with me? (such a newbie excitement!!!, please forgive me)

let's see -

raw canes and demos? got it! (how do i pack those for flight? they won't let me get those on plane - right?)

Brochure & tutorials for students? - arrived in the mail yesterday! check!

keychains? & barrettes? finished today - check

beads for swap? almost finished

necklaces and jewelry - not yet, i have to string those

table? - a mess (see above)

soon it will all be packed and ready for launch :)

few more days and.....

I'm all flat on the floor :)

thanks for letting me share my mess!

(sorry the photos are small, i do need some surprizes... :) )

Polymeri Online 7.5.09

It's been a while since i posted, so sorry, i am preparing for the Polymer-Play-Days England event in 3 weeks and i have so much to do! canes, canes & more canes!! The brochure is already sent to print, cane slices are already baked and glued for demoing, getting close to finish!
here are some cool links i found in between my preperations:

parrotjewelry / Alicia is an artist working mostly in polymer clay art, and spend most of her time creating custom parrot jewelry. Sometimes she post photos of custom creations here, but these items are not for sale... Enjoy! (photo)
http://www.parrotjewelry.com/
http://apps.parrotjewelry.com/blog/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/parrotjewelry/

AlisonEKurek - Like many artists Alison traveled through different periods in her artwork. her earlier works were self portraits, still life images and social commentary pieces. Her work ranges from hand colored black and white photographs, to polymer clay and ceramics, and most recently paintings in acrylics. don't you just love those polymer clay cats? Alison also recently joined PCAGOE.
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5219717

Now here's a original way to build a cane! it's clay, geekery & millefiori all together :)http://thecraftinista.blogspot.com/2009/04/mega-man.html

The Pink Koala is the original Wee Little Gnome Homes It started as a Mother/ Daughter store where they sold scarves. The artist (name?) is a 22 year old art historian/ Archaeology student that loves art, have been working with polymer clay for a while. It has definetly changed her life having a store on Etsy and hope it can do the same for others. Besides polymer clay she enjoy knitting, embroidery, painting rocks, playing golf, traveling in Italy, playing the piano - the good life!
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5556633
http://www.thepinkkoala.blogspot.com/

every bead begins this way :)

this is where ~Purple Mood~ beads were born from :)

Those heart pillow beads are so fun to make, today i made some (25!) purple style beads, and added some "disc-chic" aluminum beads with the same pattern too.

If you want to learn more about how to make millefiori beads, pattern sheets, and heart pillow beads - check the "Polymer Play Days" event, held in England on May 2009, i will be teaching these exact things! :)

Polymer Play Days Event, 30th, 31th of May and 1st June 2009, Nottinghamshire, England

You are all welcome to Polymer Play Days, an international event held in Nottinghamshire, England on the 30th, 31th of May and 1st June 2009 - 3 days of exciting polymer clay workshops with known teachers such as: Donna Kato (USA), Sylvie Peraud (France), Natalia Garcia de Leaniz (Spain) Alison Gallant (UK), Iris Mishly - myself (Israel) & Daniel Torres Mancera.

All details (photos, registration information) can be found on this site -http://www.picturetrail.com/euroclaycarnival

or email Helen Cox zaroscat@boltblue.com

Places are limited so better hurry! :)