Polymer Clay Workshops

or we don’t need no steenkin' ovens to bake clay in July!

We do, however, need another 25 people to sign up before the end of March in order to move forward with the event! Please sign up today.

The Bakersfield Polymer clay guild is proud to announce their first ever Clayathon July 6-9 2010. It will be 4 fun filled days of classes with awesome instructors. Class size will be limited to 15 people! Our instructors will be:

• Lisa Pavelka — Polymer and Art Clay Silver Pendant
• Jana Roberts Benzon — Faux Laser Cut Technique
• Kim Cavender — Beach Stones
• Christi Friesen — teaching the Christi Mystery Class

Cost of the 4 days including a Friday night banquet is $425.00 and the event is limited to 60 people.

The Clayathon will be held at the Double Tree Inn, Bakersfield, CA . Room rates are $99/night and you will need to make your own reservations.
For further information contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or visit the guild website at http://tinyurl.com/clayathon

Friday, April 16th, 6-8 pm

Visit with Lynne Ann and view her line of jewelry for sale at our free Meet and Greet Reception

Saturday, April 17th, 10 am-6 pm : Intro To Flower Caning: Building Better Canes from Start to Finish

In this techniques workshop, you will learn how Lynne Ann uses flower canes as the building blocks for her traditional tile design jewelry, known the world over. What sets her jewelry apart from the rest are the methods she uses for brush-stroke shading, building, caulking, refining and reducing her flower canes. The fundamentals you will learn in this workshop can be applied to any type of cane. Lynne Ann will also demonstrate the best ways to slice, layer and arrange the canes to produce beautiful floral veneers for beads, tile jewelry and faux fabric designs. Students can swap pieces of their canes at the end of class so that they can leave with a number of flower canes!

$65.00 plus tax Materials Fee: $5.00.  Supply List will be provided. Seating is limited, call to register!

Sunday, April 18th, 10am-6pm: Creating Pandora-Style BirthFlower and BirthStone Beads

Did you know that there are Birth Flowers to commemorate each month just as there are Birth Stones? Students will make Pandora-style beads using flower canes, Swarovski Crystals, and specially designed bead cores for uniquely personalized pieces that not only fit on the Pandora bracelets but Chamilia, Troll and Seattle bracelet systems as well. Want to make floral beads to match your wedding bouquet, celebrate Mother’s Day or to mark a special occasion? You can do that as well! You can either bring your own flower canes (taught in Saturday’s Workshop) or purchase canes during the class to make your beads. Students will be given tips and tricks for successful caning, cutting, rolling in, refining, finishing and designing caned pieces.

Workshop Fees: $75.00 (plus tax) materials fee of $5.00.

Supply List will be provided for all classes. Seating is limited, call to register!

All events take place at:

The Bead House in Bristol, RI is hosting two wonderful Polymer Clay artist in April and May.

• Ronna Sarvas Weltman will be dong a three day Polymer Clay and Wire Workshop on April 9th-11th
• Kathleen Dustin will be doing a two day "Ethnic Bead Necklace" Workshop on April 30th and May 1st

For more information please visit www.thebeadhouse.com/Guest.html or contact us at 401-253-1188

Lynne Ann will be teaching a combo tiling/caning class on Sunday, Feb 21, hosted by the South East Florida PC Guild. Class is in Delray Beach arts district. If you would like to join us, please check out the information on our website and contact us for sign-up details! http://sefpcg.com