Funky desert brooches!

Hi!

I am Natalia Garcia de Leaniz, maybe we have already met each other in previous Clay Carnivals in Las Vegas, where I have been so lucky to teach and have such a great time!!!

If this is your first time at the Carnival, I am sure you won't regret it and that this will be a fabulous experience for you, with clay, wonderful people and lots of laughs.

This year I will be teaching what I call my Funky desert brooches. They consist of several layers that we will combine playing with colors, transfers and different surface treatments. You will learn how to get a gravel finish without using any texture tools to create your own colorful desert!

For this project you will need to bring:

- Pasta machine

- Flexible blade

- Small cookie cutters in different shapes (1/2", 3/4" approx.)

- Brush for liquid clay

Colorful pendant

Hello, I'm Sylvie Peraud from France.
First time I came to Vegas was in 2008 I think. I am really delighted to have been invited to teach this year.
I had a hard time coming up with a project that was fun to make and interesting too. My first aim was playing with color mixes and looking for new shapes. I fiddled around and made funny earrings. But, as earrings took more time than we actually get, I changed my project to this pendant, which is greatly inspired by the earrings.

Hope you'll like it too. Here's what you'll need for this class :

• circle cutters of different sizes


• makin's extruder with the clay core adaptor


• black buna cord 2mm thick


• round glass beads of different sizes


• white oil or acrylic paint


• coarse, medium and thin sanding block or paper

The clay will be provided by Van Aken