Chameleon in Person

I had such a good weekend at the Horizon's retreat.  It started out with the opening reception at the Chameleon Exhibit.  The organizers of the retreat had arranged for a special tour bus (the "poly trolly") to take us from the downtown Vancouver area to the art gallery where the polymer clay exhibit is held on the north shore area.

The exhibit was really incredible to see first hand with so many examples of polymer clay in different forms.

Here are a few photos of my work in the exhibit and you can see close-up photos for each of the items on our website if you click here.

To Horizons and Back

We just came back from a fantasticly fun weekend.  Dave and I headed out to Vancouver last Friday to attend the Horizons, polymer clay retreat and check out my display at the Chameleon Exhibit.  I am a little tired from the trip so will share some photos with you a little later.  Here are a few pictures of the scenery from our drive over the mountain pass.  Part of it is called the Coquihalla Hwy.  It can be quite treacherous during the winter time and they even made a Canadian documentary/reality series about it called Highway thru Hell.  We were a little nervous about making the trip but the weather cooperated for us and it could not have been better that weekend for the middle of February.

Went from no snow in one area....

to this snow and fog...

and more fog....  got so thick you couldn't see any cars in front of us....

this is the large snow shed tunnel before we hit the summit....

Chameleon Pieces for the Chameleon Exhibit

Here are a couple photos of my work at the Chameleon Exhibit that I managed to snag off the Chameleon blog.

You can follow this event and see more photos of the ongoing exhibit if you click here.

And this is a close-up of some of the chameleon pieces I created special for the event.

This sterling silver necklace I titled "Emerald Forest".

"Emerald Forest"

"Emerald Forest"

And some chameleon brooch pins: 

"Hide & Seek"

I am looking forward to seeing the entire exhibit in person when we head to Vancouver next weekend for the Horizon's retreat.

Chameleon Opens Today

It is so exciting to be a part of the Canadian all polymer exhibit, Chameleon, which opens today.  This is a poster that the gallery created for the event and that is my container in the photo along with Gera's "Moxies"

Joan Tayler was the originator of this show and has worked very hard in organizing and pulling it all together.  She was the first person to introduce me to polymer clay when I took a class from her on how to make my own beads.  It was a life changing experience and from that day on I knew I had found my true passion (2nd to my hubby/claymate Dave of course :))

Click here or on the poster in the sidebar to see more about this event on the gallery website.  (It isn't posted yet but should be later today hopefully?)

Secret Garden

From the Vineyard to Chameleon Clay Show

My box was carefully packed and finally shipped off to the Seymour Art Gallery for the Chameleon Exhibit which starts this coming Tuesday, February 5 and will run for a whole month.  I thought I would give you a sneak peek at another one of my pieces that I made special for the show.  It is a 6 piece set of wine glasses with a matching bottle pourer/stopper.

I came across this glass rack stand and thought it would work really well for a display.

Preparing for Chameleon

It is getting closer and we have only a few more items to prepare.  Chameleon, an all polymer clay exhibit starts February 5th and runs until March 2nd at the Seymour Art Gallery in Deep Cove, Vancouver, B.C.

An event such as this calls for a special way to display our work.  We have been creating our own necklace forms in papier mache so they can hang on the wall.  Each display was individually made and customized to specifically fit each piece.

Water Lily
(Featured in the gallery of Helen Breil's book, "Shapes")

You can read more about this upcoming show on the Chameleon 2013 blog.

New Little Friends for the Chameleon Show

I haven't made any of my chameleon/gecko friends in a while but felt it was fitting to make some new ones in honor of the upcoming Chameleon Show.  Here is a sneak peak at one of the little guys.

The opening of the show also takes place around the time of the Vancouver biannual clay retreat.  I will be teaching how to create several Bargello style veneers to be used in various projects taught by other guild members over the weekend.

Chameleon Polymer Art Show 2013 and Floral Shawl Pins

Other than Christmas season, this is our busiest time of year.  Between store orders to fill we have been  preparing for the Shuswap Lake Festival of the Arts coming up in July.

There is another show coming up that isn't until February but I am already working on new pieces for it.  This one is called "Chameleon 2013" at the Seymour Art Gallery in the Deep Cove area of north Vancouver, B.C. and is all polymer.  It is exciting and a real honor to be one of the featured artists to take part in this big event.

You can read all about it and follow the blog that Joan Taylor set up featuring the artists and glimpses of the type of work that will be there.

In the meantime, here are some new floral shawl pins that will be at the Arts Festival in a few weeks.  I will list a few in our Etsy shop but may need to pull them for the Arts Festival if they do not sell before then.

Ooops!  These shawl pins are now available for sale at Bead Connections Store in Aberdeen Mall, Kamloops.  Will have to make some more I guess.