Bead & Button 2010 – Catching Up with Friends

June 7, 2010

One of the things I love about coming to a large conference/show like the Bead & Button Show is seeing my friends.  Kelly Russell and I shared a shuttle ride in from the airport and it made it go so much faster, chatting with a friend.  I’ve had a great time going out to eat [...]

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Bead & Button – Class 1: Kim St Jean

June 6, 2010

The Bead & Button Show started today with pre-show workshops.  Today I started the week with “The Thinking Man” class taught by Kim St Jean.  Here’s a photo of my finished project: It was a busy day.  Topics covered included:  etching with ferric chloride, riveting, sawing and making a chain with steel wire.  Kim is [...]

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Good Morning Milwaukee

June 6, 2010

I’m here in Milwaukee for the 2010 Bead & Button Show.  I have been coming to this show to take classes and shop since 2003, every year except for 2008 when my daughter graduated from high school.  That year I seriously considered hopping on a plane the day after graduation.  It’s a definite high point [...]

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Pieces of Face – Quick Collaboration

May 18, 2010

(click the thumbnail for a better view) Last week I whipped together a fun collaboration piece with Julie Eakes.  Sorry about the crummy photo, but I didn’t have access to my photo set up and the pendant was a fundraiser donation so it’s gone already.  It felt a bit odd chopping up Julie’s beautiful face [...]

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Changing My Intent

April 19, 2010

I thought about titling this post “Deadlines Flying By” because I’ve let a number of exhibit entry dates go by without entering any of my work.  Deadlines used to cause me to intensify my focus and create new and better work.  Now they entice me and then as the date approaches and then disappears, they [...]

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Clay ConneCTion 2010 Registration Opens

April 17, 2010

Clay ConneCTion 2010, August 5 – 8 Registration for Clay ConneCTion 2010, the Southern CT Polymer Clay Guild’s biennial retreat, opens for guild members at the April meeting this morning, April 17th.  Registration opens to non-guild members on May 1st.  (feel free to send in your registration any time, we’ll hold them until May 1st) [...]

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