Passing this on from Laurie Mika - Denise
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Date: 4/30/2012 11:33:30 AM
Subject: Bead Fest Philadelphia
Hi there,
Just wanted to pass this info on to your group as I am trying to get the word out about this event where I am teaching in the Philadelphia area.....not sure if you do that sort of thing, but if you did, I would sure appreciate it! I have never been to Philly, so looking forward to this opportunity.
Thanks so very much,
Laurie Mika
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Take a Class with Laurie Mika at Bead Fest Philadelphia |
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August 15-19, 2012 - Greater Philadelphia Expo Center at Oaks |
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You love Laurie Mika at CREATE Mixed Media Retreats. Now is your chance to get more of Laurie's unique style at Bead Fest Philadelphia. She will be teaching Beaded Clay Icons August 15 & 16, 2012 at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center at Oaks.
Bead Fest Philadelphia is brought to you by the same great Interweave team who helped develop the CREATE Mixed Media Retreats. Bead Fest is the largest creative jewelry making event on the East Coast with 170 workshops and an Expo with over 350 booths.
Beaded Clay Icons is a two-day workshop where you will delve into working with polymer clay, image transfer and embellishments to create beautiful mixed media mosaics. Cover a wide range of mixed media tile making techniques that include stamping, painting, gold-leafing, collage, embossing and more. See sample photos below.
Register now for Laurie Mika's Beaded Clay Icons!
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Faux Metal Finishes, Embedded Ephemera, Image Transfer, Polymer Clay,
Mica Powder, Gold Leaf - All in One Class! |
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You can make contemporary icons that have a highly embellished and jewel-like quality in Beaded Clay Icons! |  |
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Beaded Clay Icons Offers You the Opportunity to Learn From the Best.
Laurie Mika is an artist, author and instructor who is known for her original and easily recognizable style of mixed media mosaic work. Her unique approach combines handmade polymer clay tiles with beads, jewelry pieces, charms, glass tile and found objects. Laurie feels very fortunate to be able to join together her love of travel and passion for art through teaching at art and jewelry events.
Find out what Laurie has recently published.
In Beaded Clay Icons you will learn how to:
- Create faux metal finishes with mica powders & gilder's paste
- Rubber stamp polymer clay
- Embed metal, paper, plastic, and glass into polymer clay
- Acrylic paint on uncured polymer clay
- Achieve dimension through layering
- Transfer images onto raw clay
- Find new uses for gold/metal leaf
- Design a mosaic
- Discover grout alternatives such as beads
Beaded Clay Icons is a technique-driven class. A wide variety of surface effects in polymer clay will be explored. Designed for students of all skill levels, there are no prerequisites for this workshop other than having an open mind to experience the wonders of polymer clay! The class includes an opportunity for you to work with so many cool products including white handmade tiles, acrylic paint, mica powder, gilders paste, clay blades, gold leaf, scalpels, rubber stamps, gel medium, spray paint, mastic, extra tile, Staz-On ink, collage images & paint supplies.
Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity to work with Laurie at Bead Fest.
Make Your Plans Today!
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| Laurie Mika is also teaching at the Create Mixed Media Retreat in Orange County |
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Laurie Mika's CREATE Classes
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Home Sweet Home Shrine
Wednesday, May 30
Polymer clay is the perfect medium for creating these small, house-shaped shrines. In this technique-driven class, students will be making all of the component parts of their shrines by stamping into clay and making personalized tiles. We will cover rubber stamping, painting, embedding, gold leaf, collage, transfers, embossing, beading and mosaic. This is the class where you get to use all that stuff you've been collecting over the years!
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Embedded Hearts
Wednesday, May 30
Hearts are one of my favorite symbols and in this workshop we will create embedded heart pendants using polymer clay as the foundation. Polymer clay is an extremely versatile medium that is ideal for embedding all sorts of things, including metal, beads, jewelry pieces, paper, and buttons. The basics of stamping into polymer clay and painting will be covered as well.
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Wild About Tile
Thursday, May 31
This foundation class is all about exploring the endless possibilities of polymer clay by focusing on the process of tile making. Tiles will be painted, powdered, stamped, embedded, collaged, transferred, layered, embossed and gold leafed. I will also share techniques for altering commercial tiles. By the end of class you will have a gorgeous set of tiles that can be used in mixed-media mosaics or a variety of other art projects.
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Clay Quilts
Friday, June 1
In this non-traditional approach to quilt making, we will use polymer clay to create individual quilt squares. Each square will have an intricate design, leading to an overall beautiful, jewel-like quilt. Myriad mixed-media techniques will be explored, including using molds, stamping, painting raw clay, mica and embossing powders, gold leaf, beading, and embedding metal, fabric, paper, and jewelry into the clay.
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Many jewelry making classes at Bead Fest delve into mixed media techniques.
Find out more about Bead Fest Philadelphia
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Can't Make it to Bead Fest?
Join us at these three CREATE Retreats in 2012!
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