River Poet Design

I just found out that I won first place in Bead & Button’s Bead Dreams exhibit in the polymer clay category for the second year in a row.  This piece combines my older type of work with faux wood along with floral compositions.  So, even though I’ve had the piece posted on my site for a while, I figured I would put it up here on the front page for a while.  When they send it back to me, I will take some better pictures of it.

I also want to express my congratulations to the other finalists and winners in the competition.  I am honored to be in the company of such talent!

So, here I am sitting in Florida waiting with bated breath to find out the results of the Bead Dreams competition at Bead and Button in Milwaukee.  The exhibit should be up tomorrow and I have a friend, Libby Mills who is there and will email me about whether I placed again this year…but if anyone else knows, I’d really love to hear!  I feel like a kid on Christmas Eve!

While I’ve got your attention, go take a look at the websites of some of my fellow artists who also are finalists and are probably eagerly awaiting the news from the show like I am!

Julie Picarello

Jana Roberts Benzon

Barbara Fajardo

As I make my last preparations to head off to Florida for a week with my family and teaching at the Orlando guild, I wanted to make sure to post that I’ve added another class for this summer, this time in Chester, CT at the Starry Night Studio.  Tuition is $150, plus $5 materials fee and you can sign up by contacting Tricia (click her name.)

The class will be my 8 From 1: Intensive Flower Caning Workshop, and since the venue is very small will be an intimate setting with a lot of individual attention.  There are only 5 spots left, so if you would like to sign up, please contact Tricia soon!

Ever wish you could make just one cane and then change its color however you wish to suit any color theme?  I am teaching a new class in Baltimore August 4-5, 2007 that shows just that! I will be returning to Crafter’s Cafe and seeing Sue and the gang, and teaching my newest workshop called “Caning in Monochrome.” It focuses on the concept of value, featuring all black and white canes that are then tinted for a really beautiful hand-colored photo look. If you notice, the purple flowers in the round pendant and the bluish ones in the shield-shaped one are the same cane, but colored differently. Same thing with the small yellow and pink flowers.  Of course, you could leave them black and white as well for a strikingly different look as well.

Although this class sticks with my floral theme, it is a totally new concept in caning and surface design that allows you to use the same canes in different color themes, and works great with geometrics and other types of canes as well.  Click the photo for a larger view.

Click here for the materials list for the class.

I will be teaching my 8 From 1: Intensive Flower Caning Workshop with the Orlando Area Polymer Clay Guild on June 9-10. There are a few spots left, so if you would like to attend please contact me through the contact form, or Jeanne who is coordinating the class for the OAPCG. The cost of the class is $130 including the materials fee. The above photo shows the canes Jenny Patterson made in my class earlier this month in Minnesota. I can’t wait to see how she uses them in the beautiful Quilted in Clay pieces!

CLICK HERE FOR THE SUPPLIES LIST FOR THE CLASS

I will be teaching my 8 From 1: Intensive Flower Caning Workshop with the Orlando Area Polymer Clay Guild on June 9-10. There are a few spots left, so if you would like to attend please contact me through the contact form, or Jeanne who is coordinating the class for the OAPCG. The cost of the class is $130 including the materials fee. The above photo shows the canes Jenny Patterson made in my class earlier this month in Minnesota. I can’t wait to see how she uses them in the beautiful Quilted in Clay pieces!

CLICK HERE FOR THE SUPPLIES LIST FOR THE CLASS

I’ve returned from Minnesota, where I taught at Maureen Carlson’s Center for Creative Arts.  I had an amazing time: meeting Maureen and also Jenny Patterson, driving along beautiful stretches of highway and of course, spending several days teaching wonderful students at an amazing art space.  If you ever have the chance to take a class at Maureen’s, I wholeheartedly recommend doing it!

Now that I am home, I should be able to get this website going with lots more pics and information before I have to leave again in June to teach in Orlando. Wish me luck!

In the meantime, be sure to check the gallery for a few new images!

Lynne

Hello, everyone!  My new website is in the process of being put together, so for now I just want to let everyone know that new things will be coming soon…I can be contacted by using the “contact” link above, and I wanted to post about some upcoming classes this year.  MUCH more info will be added soon…and I am hoping to have the info soon for classes I will be teaching in upstate NY, Lexington, MA, Englewood, NJ and a few other locations!

This weekend, (May 4, 5, 6) I will be fulfilling a real dream, teaching at Maureen Carlson’s art school in Jordan, MN.  If you’d like to attend, there’s still room, and you should contact Maureen directly through her website www.maureencarlson.com

In June, I’ll be teaching at the Orlando, FL guild (June 9-10)

In July I will be attending Klay Karma and CHA, so no teaching this month!

August 4-5: Crafter’s Cafe in Overlea, MD (near Towson) www.crafterscafe.com

October: (first half) Israel

October 27-28: The Bead House Bristol, RI www.thebeadhouse.com

November 10-11: Houston, Texas www.houstonpolyclay.org

Under construction!

Lynne can be contacted using the Contact link, above.

I’m going to be one of the guest artists at the upcoming Lone Star Retreat at the South Shore Harbor Resort in League City, Texas on February 23,24, and 25.

Additional information is available here.