Artful Afternoons in Annandale
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 Lindly Haunani has over sixteen years of experience as a polymer clay workshop leader.Her work has appeared in over 50 invitational and juried shows.
She is one of the founding members of the National Polymer Clay Guild, co-author of Artists at Work, the star of several how-to videos and a frequent contributor to jewelry design magazines.
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...a series of Six Polymer Clay Workshops with Lindly Haunani (See calendar)
Join Lindly Haunani, an internationally acclaimed Polymer Clay Artist and teacher, for one or all of these Artful Afternoons in Annandale.
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.
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. Directions are provided at the bottom of this page...scroll down.
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Bodacious Ball Point Pens
September 23, 2006 - 1-4 pm - Lower conference room
Although the techniques you will learn here sound like it, this class is NOT to be mistaken for a Japanese cooking class!
In this session, you will learn how to make a tiger roll, a spiral roll-up, a Japanese wood grain pattern and a rainbow lattice out of a polymer clay rainbow roll. You will use these polymer clay canes to cover a sumptuous set of ball point pens to use in your studio or give as gifts. Inspirational strategies for using these techniques to make jewelry or other artful objects will also be demonstrated.
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Chocolate Bracelet
Saturday December 9,2006 - 1-4 pm - Upper conference room
Wearable chocolate is no-carb, fat-free and delightful to the eye. Using custom made molds and specific sculpting techniques, you will explore strategies for making evocative replications of your favorite chocolate candies.
Learn how to mix convincing versions of milk, bittersweet and dark chocolate using polymer clay and to capture the maker’s marks of world class chocolateurs. Then have fun designing a sampler bracelet you can wear home. All this while learning valuable polymer clay techniques, tricks and tips.
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Haunani Gane
Saturday January 20, 2007 - 1-4 pm - Upper conference room
Glistening, gossamer, intriguing layers of polymer clay characterize this version of Mokume Gane, invented by the instructor, which is an adaptation of an ancient layered metalworking technique. You will learn the keys to color selection, how to tint translucent clay, make a mokume block and useful strategies for multi-layered construction. Discover what works best for beads, sculptural surfaces and flat pieces that have the illusion of real depth. Explore ways to manipulate the surface finish to accentuate the beautiful designs you have created.
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Polymer Clay Enamel Pendant
Saturday February 17, 2007 - 1-4 pm - Upper conference room
Capture the magical look of traditional enamels using liquid polymer clay. You will learn how to make a multi-level base, tips for tinting liquid polymer clays and customizing the metallic finish of your piece. L
indly will demonstrate her adaptation of this popular and versatile technique. Several different design options for successful pendant designs will be presented. Come with an open mind, be prepared to have fun and leave with a beautiful enamel pendant.
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Tropical Flowers
Saturday March 17, 2007 - 1-4 pm - Upper conference room
Make a sumptuous tropical floral arrangement using simple polymer clay canes that can be used as a focal point for a necklace or be worn as a brooch. Several of the most amazing fetes of nature - torch ginger, anthuriams, birds of paradise and palm fronds will provide inspiration.
You will select from a variety of possible color ways, learn how to construct the blended canes and practice some useful sculpting techniques.
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Butterflies to Wear
Saturday April 21, 2007 - 1-4 pm - Upper conference room
These butterflies won’t fly away...whether they are perched on your lapel or part of a hair ornament.
You will learn how to make a Skinner blend roll that will be cut and then combined to make butterfly wings. Stunning black and white, spring pastels or summer brights – you choose the color scheme that appeals to you. Leave with an enhanced understanding of your artistic sense and a collection of wearable butterflies.
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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 right at the end of the hallway. The large conference room where the workshops are held will be on the second floor.
In the event of inclement weather - If Fairfax County School activities are cancelled then Artful Afternoons will be cancelled.
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