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In this workshop Linda will demonstrate how to apply patterned polymer clay to glass bead cores, how make a fancy hollow Bargello bead and how to use your leftover scraps of clay for a Natasha bead.
There are five color options to choose from for your kit, which will also contain a small flexible blade and parchment paper. You will leave the class with some finished beads and the knowledge and materials for making more beads on your own. Whether you have experience with polymer clay or not, come join us when Linda shares her techniques.
Something new and different for our group – no seed beads needed for this one. How about making your own wonderful polymer clay beads? In this workshop Linda will demonstrate how to apply patterned polymer clay to glass bead cores, how make a fancy hollow Bargello bead and how to use your leftover scraps of clay for a Natasha bead. There are five color options to choose from for your kit, which will also contain a small flexible blade and parchment paper. You will leave the class with some finished beads and the knowledge and materials for making more beads on your own. Whether you have experience with polymer clay or not, come join us when Linda shares her techniques.
As usual, space is limited for this workshop so avoid disappointment by registering as soon as possible. Priority registration for BDI members is March 19; registration opens for non-members March 21. There are five color options for your kit, which will include a detailed pdf for each pattern. The registration deadline for all is April 9 in order to get your kit in time for the class.
Workshop cost (includes your free kit)
Kits include (additional kits are available when you register):
Additional materials needed:
Registration information will be available via Constant Contact and here.
General Registration opens on March 21. There are four color options for your kit, which will include a detailed pdf for each pattern. The registration deadline for all is April 9 in order to get your kit in time for the class.
Please join BDI to have early access to workshops.
Register and order the kit via Constant Contact.
You will need an internet connection and a device you can use with Zoom (laptop or desktop computers seem to work best). You will receive your Zoom class link, via email, the morning of the workshop.
Linda Leach is a well-known midcoast Maine artist comfortable in many genres. Whether working in clay, oils, metal or digital photography she brings a unique signature to her works of art.
Her latest outside-the-box innovation is the creation of an etching technique for making polymer clay jewelry. Unlike texture sheets which utilize commercial designs, Linda’s technique enables the artist to use her own designs. She hand etches the design on a copper plate using a permanent sharpie as a resist followed by a soak in a bath of ferric chloride. The design can then be overlaid with a combination of liquid polymer clay enhanced by the additions of acrylic paint, mica powder, and alcohol ink to create veneers that are truly unique.
Her new Etching Alternative© Technique won Linda the coveted 2017 Niche Award in the Polymer Jewelry category.To view an example of this technique is an exquisite necklace which Linda calls “a wild new piece that I know is over the top” visit her write up at Polymer Clay’s website polymerclaydaily.com. Polymer Clay notes “Kudos to Linda and what she’s accomplished.”
Linda also tied for Wearable Jewelry design in the IPCA 2018 International Polymer Clay awards. Linda was a speaker at the IPCA’s August 2017 Synergy4 Conference in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania (synergyconference.net) She has taught her new technique at the New England Polymer Artist guild and the New Hampshire Polymer Art Guild. Linda also co-owns with Sandy Clement mainelightscollection.com. Their work can be found at galleries and shops along the coast of Maine.
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