Linda's Magic Workshop - Linda Britt Design

One evening while I was on Facebook, I came across a 2 part tutorial by  https://www.facebook.com/Amatistart62/   It shows making an Ikat pattern using old canes and I was hooked!  Following is a pictorial with some explanation of the process I used after watching her video.  It's a great video worth watching.  Many of us have old canes that we aren't sure what to do with but don't want to toss them or smash them up for scrap.  I found this to be a very interesting way to use them.  These are the two canes I decided to use.   I flattened the brown flower cane after conditioning by squeezing it Then I ran it through the pasta machine and the colors stretched into stripes. The colors are blended by folding the clay color to color and running it through the pasta machine You can see the subtle pattern.  Thin slices are cut and placed against each other on a black ground. It is important to use the end cuts next to each other and to shift the patt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc708o22RPY&t=119s       Take a moment and look at all the donated art in the video on youtube!  Recently Tis Art Gallery in Prescott AZ enjoyed their 3rd annual Art Swoop Fundraiser for Art Education.  It helps support many art classes for students and kids and is a fun event.  Local artists donate work - this year we each donated a 12" sq 'painting' or a piece of jewelry we made.  Attendees buy a ticket and at the appointed time 'swoop' in to select their choice of art.  Fun to be had. This is the first year I participated and helping the art community support education classes felt important.  Art is such an individual avenue to express oneself that all ages benefit from participating.  My mother was an artist, an art educator and a woman of substance.  She would be happy I was part of this event!  Thanks, Mom!

Choices of items to buy made by the teachers at Clay Out West This month workshops and classes head the list of things I've done or going to do.  Clay Out West used to be called 'Carnival' and was in Las Vegas.  For years I've wanted to attend but did not.  The location changed to Albuquerque NM and I decided I was going!  The polymer clay workshop ran for 4 days with internationally known teachers.  Peter and I drove from Prescott to Albuquerque in a day - a long day!  He spent his days exploring the area - the zoo, the Rattlesnake Museum, the Petroglyph Park and Sandia Peak.  Lots for him to do.  I spent my days in a classroom playing and learning with lots of other crazy artists.   There were 4 classrooms with 20 ladies (and a couple of men) in each.  The teachers rotated between rooms. Result from Carol Blackburn's class Animals from Leslie Blackford's class My goal now that I am home is to spend a day (several days it turns out) practicing