Have you seen what Tracy Holmes has been up to? WOW! She’s got a great article in the Summer issue of The Polymer Arts Magazine AND she will be debuting her new colour cards during her 2-day workshop at right here in Maryland during Master Class Camp in July. Tracy’s color and Dan Cormier’s Matrix Cane workshop sounds like a terrific combination!
Register for Tracy’sn and Dan’s workshops here: https://creativeartsfests.wufoo.com/forms/znmjqnl176o6ft/
KASSEL – POUF necklace
We can see examples all over the internet of work from those who are just starting out (where we were all at one time) to those who have moved their work to the next level and above and are considered “professional” artists. The Master Class Camp in July is not meant to intimidate, but to help you grow in your art.
One artist whose work I’ve seen grow and change so much over the last few years is Doreen Gay-Kassel. She is my friend but also a very talented artist who has continued to amaze and surprise me with the extent of her work. She will be teaching a 2-day workshop on this new technique in July. You can see more on her 2-day workshop here https://polymerclayfests.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/…/mcc-2015… and REGISTER online herehttps://creativeartsfests.wufoo.com/forms/znmjqnl176o6ft/
I am so very excited to have two of the leading men in the polymer world, Jeffrey Lloyd Dever and Dan Cormier, joining us again for Master Class Camp. These two have mastered their look and feel – in other words, their work is easily recognizable.
DEVER – HOPE FROM HEART OF DARKNESS
Jeff is a full-time business man, heading up a graphic design business with his wife, Kay. He is an award winning artist and has his work displayed in museums and galleries around the country. He returns to MCC and brings us his miniature baskets combined with hollow ware for jewelry. The detail is exquisite and the colors pop! He doesn’t teach often, so get him while you can! Updated workshop information is here. Register online for Jeffrey’s workshop here.
CORMIER – MATRIX CANE
Dan Cormier is another master. He has been working in polymer for decades and has become known as a perfectionist – and his work shows it. He will be visiting us once again all the way from Mexico and if we are lucky, we’ll have a chance to visit with his son, Griffin. Dan has taken his Matrix cane technique to the max and I am very excited to see what he does this year using his signature templates, dies, and cutter. Updated workshop information is here. Register online for Dan’s workshop here.
I’ve experimented with color since childhood, whether with crayons, paints, and in the last 15 years – polymer. However, I know that there is always more to learn and and many techniques used to achieve the final rainbow of colors.
HAUNANI – EDIBLE COLORS
At MCC 2015, you will have two workshops specifically designed to test and explore your personal color palletes. Lindly Haunani is one of the best in the polymer world for working out your color spectrum. Her new workshop, Incredible Almost Edible Color, will take you to from zero to sixty in your color pallete. These luscious colors can make many hungry to taste test their own recipes. Thanks to Cynthia Tinapple at PCD yesterday, Lindly’s workshop is filling fast. If you want in, register today! Updated workshop information is here. Online registration can be found here.
HOLMES – PICK-A-COLOUR
Tracy Holmes, partner to Dan Cormier, is not new to polymer, but she is new to teaching at Master Class Camp. I was intrigued last summer when Tracy taught an impromptu mini-color workshop at MCC 2014, so I asked her to expand on it and invited her to teach this year. Tracy and Dan have been working for years to develop different color palletes that marry nicely with his bead shapes. They have certainly accomplished that. Join Tracy and learn another way to experiment with color. Updated workshop information is here. Online registration can be found here.
WOW! Less than one week til Cabin Fever begins and I’ve got loads of work to get done still! If you been waiting, do it now. We’ve opened registration for day trippers and we’ve added some 2-our evening workshops for those unable to attend during the day.
There is still time to join us and create your own immersion studies. Here’s a sneak peak at two of the evening workshops.
MAGS BONHAM – Silhouette Cutting Machine
DAYLE DOROSHOW – Painting on Polymer
We, as artists, crafters, creators, draw inspiration for our art from all around us. Some of us are tactile, others more visceral. Some see lines and shapes while others see colors that inspire them.
No matter, we all draw from different places, but need that something to ignite that “creative spark.” Each year, as I plan for Cabin Fever, I consider carefully the mix of instructors who will be teaching. The variety of instruction offered is important – most are not coming just to learn from one instructor, but several. What is it that draws you to their work? How do you connect with it?
Let’s face it, we don’t all want to do just caning, or just sculpture, or just surface treatments. So, who will inspire you this year? Let’s begin with sculpture:
CARLSON – TO HAVE AND TO HOLD
Maureen Carlson, with storytelling adventures and development of whimsical her characters?
DOROSHOW – GARDEN BOOK3
Dayle Doroshow, with her tales of France, fields of flowers and images of simpler times?
FRIESEN – DRAMATIC ADORNMENTS
Or Christi Friesen with her dramatic flowing creations and gentle waves of color?
Cabin Fever has it all – you just need to pick and choose carefully.
****** CFCF 2015 Registration Form and Workshop Descriptions ******
There are two things that happen each year at Cabin Fever that make it unique over any other Creative Arts event out there. First, we honor one or more of those in our community who have paved the way for many. In 2015, we hope you will join us to help honor Maureen Carlson of WeeFolk and Maureen Carlson’s Center for the Arts in Jordan, MN as she received the Creative Pioneer and Innovator Award for 2015. Since 2009, we’ve been honoring some of these pioneers in the polymer world, those who came before many of us and tested the waters and the medium, bringing good and bad results to the forefront so the rest of us can learn from their triumphs and mistakes. Maureen designed many of the face molds that we began using for doll-making, etc. Maureen will be teaching a two-day workshop in addition to two 4-hour workshops. Her creative wit and reflection as she inspires others is worth its weight in gold. You can read more about her story in an upcoming post.
The second happening at Cabin Fever is the ability to participate in the auction which raises funds for non-profit organizations close to our heart. In 2015, we will be raising funds for two charities that will benefit some in our own community. The first is the Prison Project – organized by Cynthia Tinapple, and raising funds for childhood cancer patients, including Baby Cullen, Kim Cavender’s grandson who is fighting a rare form of brain cancer.
Here is a sneak peak of some of the highlights you will be part of when you REGISTER HERE.
1. You will help us to celebrate our 8th year of bringing you not one, not two, not even three guest artists, but 17 instructors from around the country and around the world. Yes, CFCAF has been an international event from our very first year!
2. You will have your choice of full-day workshops or half-day workshops or better yet, BOTH – the best of both worlds. Who are the instructors? Cabin Fever Creative Arts Fest 2015 Instructors include: Maureen Carlson, Jana Roberts Benzon, Robert Dancik, Dayle Doroshow, Christi Friesen, Lindly Haunani, Anke Humpert, Doreen Kassel, Randee Ketzel, Ann and Karen Mitchell, Melanie Muir, Kathryn Jo Ottman, Nan Roche, Marie Segal, Eugena Topina, and Teri Walters.
3. Be one of the first 50 to register and receive a commemorative canvas goody bag filled with lots of treats from suppliers and organizers.
DON’T WAIT AND BE LEFT OUT IN THE COLD – REGISTER HERE NOW!
Confused by translucent clay too? Well, Marie Segal and Ponsawan Sila have both been working and experimenting with translucent clays and will bring their lessons learned to their workshops at Master Class Camp. Marie, who has been working with polymer for decades, has recently been doing some extensive experimenting and is bringing what she has learned to her class. I just love the DELFT~!
Ponsawan loves using inks with Pardo translucent clay. Her results are stunning especially with her wirework. She was a finalist in the IPCA Progress and Possibilities competition this year. This will be Pons’ first time teaching at a Creative Arts Fest event and we are so pleased to have her join us. Click below to register for her 2-day wire and polymer workshop. For more of Ponsawan’s work, visit her Flickr site here and here.
Space is still available in both workshops and the discount still applies. Pay have now and the other by June 15th…
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE REGISTRATION FORM AND WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS
Did you get a gift certificate to Master Class Camp for Mother’s Day? No??? Well, it’s never too late to ask…come join us!
Master Class Camp is not for Master artisans. It is for artist like you and me who want to learn new techniques and take their work to the next level. All of our instructors are teaching something unique…something that identifies them. Many polymer artists out there are unsure of how to use translucent clay. Is it just to be used for background to flower canes? Can color be added to it? If so, what should you use for color?
Ponsawan loves using inks with Pardo translucent clay. Her results are stunning! This will be Pons’ first time teaching at a Creative Arts Fest event and we are so pleased to have her join us.
Space is still available in both workshops and the discount still applies. Pay have now and the other by June 15th…
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE REGISTRATION FORM AND WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS
KASSEL Animal Angel Pendant
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Yes, I am still here and haven’t forgotten…we sometimes just have to roll with the punches and take things as we can.
The holidays may have come and gone, but the feelings of giving continue to linger. This was the first Christmas without my Mom and her absence continues to leave a hole in my life. But, she was always about giving, as was my Dad, to anyone in need and her charitable ways continue through her children.
I am sending warm wishes to each of you for the coming year and praying that it is a year of renewal and good changes for you. This past year hit many of us hard and was a year of big changes for me but I am looking for a brighter year in 2014 with so many possibilities.
Good news is, as we enter this new year, registrations for CFCF 2014 from Feb. 12-19 continue to come in even this close to the event and we still have availability in many of the workshops. Availability is listed at the end of this post for those who are interested.
CONFERENCE 4-HOUR WORKSHOP AVAILABILITY:
SUN. Feb. 16 6:30PM
MON. Feb. 17 8:00AM
MON. Feb. 17 1:00PM
TUES. Feb. 18 8:00AM
TUES. Feb. 18 1:00PM
WED. Feb. 19 8:00AM
WED. Feb. 19 1:00PM
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