Comments on: More on my Synergy Experience http://artandtea.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/more-on-my-synergy-experience/ Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:21:23 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: artandtea http://artandtea.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/more-on-my-synergy-experience/#comment-902 artandtea Sat, 01 Mar 2008 20:03:00 +0000 http://artandtea.wordpress.com/?p=370#comment-902 Absolutely! I believe the next one will be in 2010 in Baltimore. Absolutely! I believe the next one will be in 2010 in Baltimore.

]]> By: Frivolitea http://artandtea.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/more-on-my-synergy-experience/#comment-899 Frivolitea Sat, 01 Mar 2008 16:59:26 +0000 http://artandtea.wordpress.com/?p=370#comment-899 Wow. The conference sounds wonderful. Can anyone attend? Even a beginner with polymer clay? Wow. The conference sounds wonderful. Can anyone attend? Even a beginner with polymer clay?

]]> By: artandtea http://artandtea.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/more-on-my-synergy-experience/#comment-896 artandtea Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:29:08 +0000 http://artandtea.wordpress.com/?p=370#comment-896 Thanks Dora. I did a very similar thing in 1994 when I picked up Nan Roche's book at the bookstore. I was looking for a way to make beads for my jewelry. I have to dig out my first attempts but I can guarantee that they were very crude and primitive looking. I am more into sculpting the clay and mixing colors now but I do love to make simple canes, too. Your canework is wonderful! -Karen Thanks Dora. I did a very similar thing in 1994 when I picked up Nan Roche’s book at the bookstore. I was looking for a way to make beads for my jewelry. I have to dig out my first attempts but I can guarantee that they were very crude and primitive looking. I am more into sculpting the clay and mixing colors now but I do love to make simple canes, too. Your canework is wonderful!

-Karen

]]> By: Dora http://artandtea.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/more-on-my-synergy-experience/#comment-895 Dora Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:11:56 +0000 http://artandtea.wordpress.com/?p=370#comment-895 Another very interesting and entertaining account of your Synergy experience, Karen ! What I found most fascinating was Kathleen Dustin's account about how artists from different parts of the country started creating canework at the same time ! My own polymer clay journey began sometime in 1996 with a few packages of Fimo and one of those 'Design Originals' booklets ('Trade Beads Oven Baked Clay'). I knew absolutely nothing about polymer clay and no one around me used it, so I was working in a complete 'creative vacuum'. When I made my first cane, it was like magic to me. Of course, my early efforts were quite unimpressive, but nonetheless, I was hooked on caning, and it's still my favorite technique! Another very interesting and entertaining account of your Synergy experience, Karen ! What I found most fascinating was Kathleen Dustin’s account about how artists from different parts of the country started creating canework at the same time ! My own polymer clay journey began sometime in 1996 with a few packages of Fimo and one of those ‘Design Originals’ booklets (‘Trade Beads Oven Baked Clay’). I knew absolutely nothing about polymer clay and no one around me used it, so I was working in a complete ‘creative vacuum’. When I made my first cane, it was like magic to me. Of course, my early efforts were quite unimpressive, but nonetheless, I was hooked on caning, and it’s still my favorite technique!

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