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These are my 2008  workshops. Be sure to sign up early

Artful Afternoons in Annadale, Virginia - PLEASE NOTE: Since I broke my back in early December, the January and February classes have been cancelled. I hope to see you when things re-gear up in the spring!

ongoing, third Saturday of the month, see description, registration and driving directions below

Synergy National Polymer Clay Conference-February 21st-  23rd, 2008 Baltimore, MD,  NPCG.org

Textile Inspirations, one week Intensive, April 6th- 12th 2008 ,Arrowmont School for Arts and Crafts, Gatlinberg, TN

TBA Weekend workshop for New York Polymer Clay Guild, June 2008

TBA workshops at Maureen Carlson’s Center for the Arts in Jordan, MN, July 11th-13th 2008

Artful Afternoons in Annandale 

Join me for one or all of this series of polymer clay workshops. Learn valuable tips, tricks and techniques for working with polymer clay. No previous experience necessary. Leave with a completed project, inspiration for future projects, and an enhanced understanding of your artistic self. Please email me for registration details LindlyH@aol.com

• Petal Lei Saturday April 19th, 2008 1-4
• Sizzling Stripes Saturday May 24th, 2008 1-4

These afternoons are designed to be both fun and stress free. No worries, no lugging equipment or scrambling to find everything on a supply list. Your class fee includes everything you need to complete the project. Lindly provides the work surfaces, pasta machines and the necessary tools. Classes are conveniently located two blocks inside the beltway. Register early. Class size is limited. $45 includes everything you will need to complete your project.

Synchronicity and Simplicity in Action= Petal Lei

Saturday April 19th, 2008 1-4 Upper conference room

Join Lindly Haunani, an acclaimed colorist- best known for her sensitive use of color AND her somewhat colorful sense of humor- for a fun and enlightening Artful Afternoon. Expand your repertoire of bead shapes to include petals, while learning exactly how to make this shape successfully using polymer clay strategies for combining canes and tweaking their profiles will be presented.

Learn how eccentric bead shapes can enhance or establish exciting stringing rhythms while experimenting with scale, proportion and emphasis. You will learn how to make a “perfect” Skinner blend that will be fashioned into a subtle shaded round blend that incorporates contrasts of hue, value and saturation. You will then use your “mother cane” to construct a set of petals that can be combined to fashion a beautiful Lei necklace. Come with your two magical hands and your sense of humor: be prepared to be amazed and leave with an enhanced sense of your artistic sense.

Sizzling Stripes/ Textile Inspirations

Saturday May 24th, 2008 1-4 Upper conference room

Join Lindly Haunani, a nationally recognized colorist for a fun and illuminating workshop. While you may know just what colors you like, exactly how to mix them, using them in harmonious combinations can be challenging. Learn how to add impact to your polymer clay work with increased color confidence. You will learn strategies for designing and mixing cohesive color schemes, including how to choose a level of saturation within your comfort zone.

You will learn the secret to making successful “skinny” skinners and use these to explore making several different “sizzling” stripe patterns as laminates. In addition to having fun, you will leave with a series of wearable color samples. You will increase your awareness of how appropriate color choices and contrasts can add impact to your work. See how the three properties of color: value, hue and saturation dazzle and change when proportion, juxtaposition and surface are consciously adjusted. Ask questions, be ready to laugh and increase your color confidence.

Driving directions: The Packard Center is located in Annandale Community Park at 4022 Hummer Road. General orientation: If the Beltway were the circle around a clock face and noon was Wheaton and route 66 was nine o’clock, then the park would be just inside the edge at roughly 8 o’clock. The park is two blocks in from the Beltway, just off Little River Turnpike.

Get off the Beltway at Little River Turnpike (Rte. 236) and go east toward Annandale. Immediately get into the left lane, and make a left at the first light onto Hummer Road. Drive about a block and a half until the road starts to bend to your right. You will see a sign on the LEFT side of the street for Annandale Community Park; that’s what you’re looking for. Turn left into that driveway. When the driveway splits, take the fork to the right.

Continue up the hill and park in the parking lot on the left by the Packard Center. When you enter the front door, you will be in Artisan United’s Gallery. Go straight ahead to the rear of the building and make a left at the end of the hallway. The large conference room where the workshops are held will be on the second floor.

NOTE: If the Fairfax Public Schools are closed for a weather emergency then the Packard Center will be closed and class will be cancelled.