Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Rite of Spring


Once again I was lucky enough to attend "Morrisburg", the clay retreat held in Morrisburg, Ontario for members of the Quebec and Ontario clay guilds. Kudos to Margi Laurin and Violette Laporte for another well-organized, well-run, and FUN event. That's Vio having fun on the right.

As usual the workroom was a hubbub of creativity.



Gaby Orbach got us started with a workshop on interesting surface techniques including a silkscreen effect that doesn't use a silkscreen. We used the results to cover wooden picture frames or to make jewelry (jewellery for Brits and Canadians).



Next Sandy Willis showed us how to have fun with flakes, although at first we weren't sure if she was referring to us or the stuff from Grummer. It turns out we colored little iridescent flakes and used them to make sparkly surfaces which could be used in many applications.

Finally, Violette Laporte showed us how to create lovely books using covers made of clay. We tore or cut paper and then bound everything together using a needle and thread in a technique called Coptic stitching.



More on Day 2 tomorrow........

3 comments:

Gera Scott Chandler said...

Looks like a great time!!

gera

Sandy said...

Nice photos! Glad to see your blog up and running again.

Petpro said...

Hi there - ok, how do I sign up?!!? I'm in Northern Ontario - about 6-7 hours north of the GTA. I would LOVE to meet some real life clay fanatics!!! I'm into polymer clay, but I'm still 'new' to it, only been working in the medium for a year.
email me if you'd like!!
Jen
puppysbreath@ntl.sympatico.ca