Courses, Courses, Courses !!!!!!

Well, Hattie Sanderson has arrived in Edinburgh!!  So Ive plenty to keep me smiling despite the rain as I prepare for the weekend. She is here to teach two courses and I just cant wait! You can expect lots of pictures on here as well as  the  Face Book Fan page, oh  and probably Flicker too!! Meanwhile here are a couple of pics of the projects we shall asctually be making in class………

At the end of the month I’m off down to Tracey Spurgin’s @ Craftworx for Hadar Jacobson’s 3 day workshop in her fantastic clays.  Ive always really admired Hadar’s work and am a regular reader of her blog which is a really informative read. Check it out here  http://www.artinsilver.com/blog/

If you are coming to  either Hattie’s or Hadar’s courses I’ll see you there!!

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Scottish Bead Fair & Japan!!

Well, I think its taken me a week to feel human again and catch up with life simply being at home!! My trip to Japan now, alas, seems a long time ago!!

BUT rather than bore you all to death with a massive long post about the trip I thought I’d break it down day by day = the first few of which were spent in the Factory and Aida Studios!! So if you have always wondered where Art CLay Silver comes from, come back on Monday when I’ll post pictures and tell you about the factory tour! On Tuesday I’ll tell you about our Master Class…… each day of next week will correlate to the day we had in Japan almost two weeks ago! Make sense? Here are a couple of pics meanwhile..

I’m having a nice day today preparing for our Scottish Bead Fair tomorrow. I’ll be there doing a precious metal clay demo – if you are coming please stop by and say hello. We will be taking along info about all our new courses at The Little Bead Shop/Art Clay Scotland.…… some are bound to book up fast – like our Sunday full day beginners class – so if you are hoping for a space try to look for us early in the day!! You can also book onto the fantastic courses with Hattie Sanderson and Gordon Uyehara tomorrow too!!! They are booking up fast so dont miss out!!

Expect pics of the fair tomorrow!

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Hattie Sanderson Master Classes

Its taken me a while to get around to blogging but last weekend was just great!! THREE packed days of classes from the wonderfully talented Hattie Sanderson. My poor head took a week just to switch off from all the new design ideas I had in my head! I’ve yet to photograph my own work – but meanwhile I can show you a finished ring by Lesley Messam

and Helen Chalmers …

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