For those of you who were not lucky enough to make it to the Horizons workshops in Balmy Vancouver, Spring should be sprung in balmy Morrisburg Ontario for the annual Morrisburg Polymer Clay Gathering from April 30th to May 3rd. Some new and exciting workshops are being offered by the following talented artists:

Wendy Orlowski - Resolution Steampunk

Jacey Culham - Funkey Fast Food in Miniature

Gaby Orbach - Brocade Frame

Sandy Willis - Fun With Flakes

Georgia Farrell - Fanciful Fabric and Other Stuff

Violette Laporte - Bookmaking 101

For more information vist the MPCG BLOG

Dan Cormier and Tracey Holmes are at it again with another fantastic offering:

'A Day at the Beach,' a one-day exploration of original techniques for creating imitative pebbles in polymer clay, on Saturday, April 25. Dan is especially pleased to be presenting it in his hometown of Vancouver, not far from the beaches where he grew up.

If you're close to this coast (or are looking for a reason to visit) and would like to spend a full day immersed in learning accessible but effective ways to make beach-inspired beads and other West Coast wearable, functional, or decorative objects, please visit their website.

The Vancouver Polymer Clay Guild Horizons Retreat took place from Feb. 20 to 22 2009. You'll be sorry if you missed these exciting new workshops offerered by some of our most talented Canadian artists:

Wanda Shum - Complex Canes Made Easy

Gera Scott Chandler - Leggy Bowls

Dan Cormier and Tracy Holmes - A Mystery Workshop

Tina Holden - Photoeazy Bangle and Pin

Joan Taylor - Quadrapeds

Cheryl Trottier - Fairies

The 2008 Morrisburg Polymer Clay Gathering occurred from April 24th to April 27th. There were a wide variety of workshops planned and we were fortunate to have the following artists to share their expertise:

Georgia Ferrell - Sculpting, Shaping and Forming Polymer Clay

Barb Bowman and Jacey Culham - Hearts and Wires

Barbara Colautti - Chinese PorcelainAdria Filion - Inspired Decorative Masks

Leslie Lockhart - Never Ending Polymer Clay Card

What could be better than a weekend spent amongst a talented group of fellow clay addicts who are so generously eager to share their tips, tricks and expertise? Fabulous workshops, more food than anyone should eat, wonderful service, the beauty of the Saint Lawrence, and the funniest/friendliest group of women you could ever meet...MPCG with Clayamies. Be there next year!

This year at MPCG Vio and Margi planned a fun little activity called
"Creating a Masterpiece. Of course they were the only ones who knew that
at the beginning. Each participant was given a printed template the
size of an ATC (art trading card...2.5 x 3.5) and was asked to
replicate the image on the card. They were asked to keep the tones and
lines similar, but could use texture, pattern, dimension etc. On Sunday
we assembled the painting to create Picasso's "The Dream" It was our
masterpiece!!!

Voila Picasso

Voila Clayamies