I have just returned home from a fabulous, creative week of sculpting with Kate Church at the Blue Moon Winery in Courtenay, British Columbia. This time around, instead of staying in a motel, six of us rented a beach house on Kye Bay in Comox. The house and view were beyond words: (here is a view from our deck) This area of the Bay is a Heron feeding ground and every day at low tide herons can be seen standing in the low water and sand banks staring intently at the water, searching for food.
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| A view from our living room up to the second floor. |
Every morning our resident bald eagle flew over the water and back up to his perch in the pine tree behind the house overlooking the beach. Need I say more! The house was perfect and the views unbelievable (my photo does not begin to capture the magic).
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| Our gazebo and fire pit where we roasted marshmallows, hot dogs and made smores! |
This class of Kate's involved choosing to make an animal figure (raven, horse, or rabbit) in cloth and then adding clay features using polymer clay. The animal has a wee clay rider on top.
Here are some candid photos of the week with my fellow artists (10 of us in total) learning from the master, Kate Church:
Preemie clay in translucent, white and ecru ready to condition:
Some wee heads ready to bake:
Colouring with Panpastels, a new colouring medium to try:
Kate's demo on making a wee hoof for the horse:
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| This is Kate's raven and rider in progress. |
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Kate's horse and rider in progress.
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A preview of our dolls in progress:
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Three bunnies frolicking and waiting for their riders
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| Ponies in progress |
Stay tuned for more photos and close ups of my pieces as I finish them.
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