March 14. BronzClay Botanical Bowl Workshop
10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Artist Brandy Boyd will teach how to create a solid bronze footed dish from Metal Adventures new product BronzClay. Beginners or veterans welcome. Tools and materials provided, may bring own rubber stamps for texture. Due to firing time, finished items will be available for pickup the week following class. MBG members $60/non-members $75. Call 636-4128 to register by March 9.
So- that's my teaser in the pretty gold and bronze frame up top. The two bowls are the samples I sent with them to show off what we're going to be doing. (I kept my little bits with me- they were just for the photo) I actually used scrapbook paper I had in my stash and only bought markers and vellum.
Here's a close up of my leaf bowl. It's got a subdued rainbow patina that doesn't really show up too well in this picture.In other news, I'll be on Live at 9 on Channel 3 next Tuesday (that is the 10th for the calendar impaired. :) ) talking about the PMC and BronzClay classes I teach at the Gardens. I'm going to do a firing demo of a pre-prepared leaf, I think. I'm crazy nervous about it and it doesn't help that it's *LIVE*... but it's a really great opportunity for me.
I haven't been getting into the studio much lately and the projects are really piling up in my head! Gotta remember to sketch them because it seems like the new ideas are shoving the old ones out and I'm losing stuff...
I have been playing with my microwave glass kiln at the house and I got Laura hooked on it this past weekend. Her first pieces came out absolutely perfect and that's always a hard thing to walk away from. It still boggles my mind that I can fuse glass in my microwave... seems wrong somehow. :)
Andy and I are looking forward to this month- we are going to Chatanooga to take the kids to the Aquarium for spring break. He's going to take a ton of pictures and I hope I'll be able to as well. Mine aren't instant gratification- I have 15 rolls of film that need to be developed.
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