April Day At The Beach

Spring on Canada's West Coast doesn't emerge with quite the same miraculous rebirthing as it does in the rest of this can-be-very-cold country. But it does rejuvinate us all the same, beckoning us outside, to enjoy the early blooms, the warmer breezes, and, where we live, the beach.
It's my lifetime of proximity to the ocean that's inspired me to make pebbles with polymer clay. This Spring, I invite you to make them too. On April 25, I'll be presenting A Day at the Beach, a full-day hands-on workshop exploring techniques for designing, forming, and finishing flawless imitative beach pebbles. Smooth, shiny, tumbled, textured, grainy, translucent, round, irregular, mottled, matte, one solid colour, or elegantly interrupted with a fissure of faux quartz. Wishing stones, worry stones, pebbles by the handful. Grouped by form, colour, texture, or nothing at all, to celebrate the qualities that unify our natural world, or to emulate its randomness and capture the wonderful diversity that keeps us combing our coasts for hours, in search of that special stone.
My unreal pebbles have traveled the world, adorning the wrists of nature lovers, collectors of all kinds, people who live near the beach (or people who wish they did), even a few fooled geologists. To the eye, or under a microscope, these mock rocks are visually indistinguishable from those I've found along the shore. The only giveaway is their weight; they're light enough to float, making purely polymer pebbles perfect for jewelry that's both fashionable and comfortable. With a beach bag full of original tips, tricks, and foolproof techniques, you'll learn how to make your own collection, to wear, to share, or just to fill a lovely blue bowl...
See you at the beach,
Tracy

A Day at the Beach 10 am to 5 pm • Sat.Apr.25.09 • Vancouver, BC Spaces are limited. For more info, or to register, e me.
also scheduled: Sun.Mar.15.09 • St. Augustine, FL Fri.Mar.20.09 • Atlanta, GA

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