CLASS CLOSED “Colorful Celtic Canes” Class with Sarah Shriver

Saturday, June 11, 2022, from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM

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Learn to create rich complex canes with surprisingly few steps! Increase your confidence in combining colors while exploring the wonder of intricate polymer clay caning.

Includes 7 hours of online Zoom class time with 1 & 1/4 hours for lunch and breaks.

A video recording of the event will be available to you for 30 days after the class. You can rewatch critical steps in the process to get more technique tips or expand your notes.

Members: $120
Non-Members: $140

(non-member fee includes 2022 membership for San Diego Polymer Clay Guild)

Your materials list and initial preparation steps document will be sent to you automatically after your order. Click the green “Download” button on your Order Confirmation page.

With more than 25 years of experience and a passion for teaching, Sarah will guide you through the steps using color and shadow to create a cane with the look of an over-under weave.

Students will use “kaleidoscoping” in techniques to create variations on intricate repeat pattern canes and these will be used as veneers on a variety of bead shapes.

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The class size is limited to 20 people. Sarah Shriver has been a leading international polymer clay artist and teacher for over 25 years. Because of her reputation, this class will fill up fast. Don’t wait, it may be too late!

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CLASS CLOSED – A Day With Randee Ketzel —Two Fabulous Faux Projects

DATE: Saturday, December 4th, 2021 from 9 AM to 3 PM Pacific Time
LOCATION: Online Zoom class
COST:  $45
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Randee Ketzel, one of the authors of Polymer Clay Gemstones — the Art of Deception, will be teaching this Zoom class. The class is limited to 45 people. It’s an all-day event.

In the morning we’ll be learning how to create faux cinnabar objects. And in the afternoon we’ll be making Navajo silver-style pendants and other objects. Register for this class HERE.

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It’s Time for Round Robin!

Don’t Miss Out On the Best Deal In Live Classes All Year

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Round Robin logo. 7 handprints in a rainbow of colors around a black circle which reads, "Round Robin"

The SDPCG Round Robin event is online on Saturday, October 23, 2021 from 9:00AM to 4:00PM. 

Click the image below to download the 2021 Round Robin class brochure.

Here’s the schedule for Round Robin. Join us all day or just parts of it. Download the schedule HERE.

Register HERE.

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Crazy Birds, Cats, and Dogs – with Alice Stroppel

SOLD OUT

August 14th, 2021
7 AM to 1 PM PDT
(starts 10 AM eastern)

Join SDPCG for Alice Stroppel’s Zoom Workshop

$65 plus costs of personal supplies (see list)

Click HERE to register for this fun Zoom workshop with a leading polymer clay artist and teacher.

It’s been a stressful year – and this fun class is sure to make you smile – maybe even laugh out loud! Capture character-rich critters using simple canes and your imagination. Make pins, pendants, earrings, necklaces, or a frame-able portrait of crazy birds, cats, and dogs. But most of all – have fun!

Alice Stroppel's Crazy Birds, Cats and Dogs polymer clay class.

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A Clay Day Seminar and Presentation with Laura Tabakman

Register and Join Us on ZOOMSaturday, June 26, 2021, 10:30 -12:30 PST

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Be prepared to be inspired!

Join us for a seminar and presentation by guest artist Laura Tabakman.  Laura will provide a live look at her use of translucent clay, translucent and colored canes, and other elements to create botanical sculptures (some wearable!).  Learn about what inspires her work, her work process, and her approach to art installations.  She will also present a slide show that will expand your view of polymer clay art and its place in galleries.  

  • $25 for members
  • $30 for non-members

A portion of the ticket price goes to support the Guild’s ongoing expenses.

Space is Limited

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Laura Tabakman is a fiber artist and a polymer clay artist with an inventive approach to combining materials and techniques to create jewelry, mixed media sculptures, and art installations. 

She has a passion for experimenting and working with different approaches to these materials – especially those that are sheer and translucent.  Her personal work and creative process with polymer clay is mesmerizing – making you wonder…”How did she think of that?” and, “How did she do that?”

In addition to her own art, she is perhaps best known in the worldwide clay community as one of the lead artists/curators of the 2017 international collaborative exhibition, Into the Forest

She is an award-winning studio artist, whose work has been shown in exhibitions nationally and internationally and has been featured in books and magazines.

Don’t miss this fascinating and inspiring event! You can visit her website at www.lauratabakman.com

Register HERE

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