Weekend Retreat - Klay Karma

I spent this weekend at Rivier College in Nashua, NH at the Klay Karma Polymer Clay Retreat. It was great! It’s really fun to gather a group of polymer clay enthusiasts (fanatics?) together for a weekend like that. This retreat had the perfect pace for me, time to mingle and chat, meet new people, renew old friendships, admire a wide variety of amazing work and work on something I wouldn’t normally work on at home.

I am not the sort of person who can just whip out my usual work in a group environment like a retreat. I don’t have all my tools and supplies (although if you have ever attended a polymer clay retreat, you know we all haul a boatload of stuff) and I just can’t focus in on my usual work with all the activity around me. So for this weekend I chose to concentrate on making some texture sheets that I could mold and use in my work. It was the perfect choice, just focused enough to give me something to do, but not so complicated that I couldn’t talk while I worked or stop and start at will. I ended up making three. The left one was a quick “what if” and I’m not sure how useful it will be, but I can’t wait to mold and use the other two.

The 1 inch square swap was a lot of fun. It’s a small enough size that there’s not a lot of pressure and yet it’s big enough to showcase a technique. I love how different all the squares are. I was kind of caught up with working on my texture tiles and I didn’t get around to swapping with everyone, but I think I got a pretty great selection.

Thanks to all the hardworking committee members from the Massachusetts and New Hampshire Polymer Clay Guilds! It was a really great weekend. I hope you’ll all join us next summer at Clay ConneCTion 2008.