Well, here is my desk - chaotic last few days getting ready for a three day workshop in Nottingham. Meeting up with my lovely friend Irene (very talented with clay) at The Nelson & Railway in Kimberley which is where we always stay. This year the venue has changed but we love staying there so we got ourselves booked in months ago so we were sure of a room. Donna Kato is going to be there again and Alison Gallant, plus Natalia and Danny and some other tutors who I have never met before.
My two pasta machines are ready to be packed away, the silver one to go with me and the other back to the cupboard. The red one is a cheapo that I bought for £12.50 but now I wish I hadn't. You get what you pay for! My silver one is a good one that my son and dil bought me one Christmas (thought they were going to be getting fresh pasta when they came round) but I cannot remember what the make was as I have had it years.
Right, what is wrong with the red one? Well the largest setting on the dial releases a gap between the rollers which is far smaller than the one on my good machine. Not good when you are following instructions for a technique. Just telling you this as a warning to all those out there who are not familiar with polymer clay because you will be making things far too thin if you are following instructions in a book. If you are ok with the clay but have purchased one then you can use it for conditioning dark clay (which is what I will do) and maybe roll out to the correct thickness using something like playing cards tacked up to give you the required depth.
Well that is all for now, you can see the 40 inchies I have done for the swap - if I get time I will do some more as I have lots of black conditioned clay left. For now I will carry on with the boring job of sorting clothes out - which has been going on for far too long - did not realise I had so many things - but must add it is due to my fluctuating size and my not wanting to throw anything out that I "know" (fingers crossed) I will one day get back into.
Where have you heard that before? Oh, and before I forget, I will try to visit as many of you as possible but if I don't get to you with being away until late Monday I promise I will pay you an extra visit asap.
