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2008 Porcelain Doll Seminar Schedule |
|  Petite Treasures - March 29, 30, 31
taught by Mary Raleigh.
We will complete a Bru petite with an all-porcelain body. This doll can later be costumed with Louise Hedrick in the Fall, or you may purchase patterns for her (photos attached with wardrobe & trunk). The 2nd doll will be another 7.5" petite doll (perfect cabinet size), "Pan" on a composition body. The 3rd cutie will be 5" darling little all-bisque Googly, and will include the costume kit (photo attached). Included in the seminar will be 2 all-porcelain dolls, 1 porcelain head, petite composition body, Googly dress kit & eyes for Bru. We will complete the 2 Petites & Googly, and throughout the seminar, we will hand sew Googly's dress & hat. Fee approx. $295. |
|  Upcoming Seminar - a 1-day "Casper" Doll Seminar with talented instructor Barb Wilczynski.
We will complete little "Casper" set into a porcelain flower. More details will follow on the price and prep work. Barb has the most creative ideas for figurines and half dolls, and I hope you can join us for a day of play! Fee tba.
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|  May 16-17-18 - "Decorative Arts" taught by Mary Raleigh.
The beautiful Heubach figurine of the "Dancing Girl" is molded to the last detail, and will be the focus of this seminar. She is absolutely stunning, and students will be given a choice for costume & hair colors. We will also do an abbreviated version of the DDP technique on the "Munchkin" Porcelain Mug. A bonus during this seminar will be a porcelain snowman that we will embellish and paint with various Decorator Line china paints, Rochard Paste, gold, silver & glitters. These 3 projects are sure to make for 3 full, fun days of painting and creating. Hope you can join in!
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|  September 5 & 6 - Costuming 8" Bru with Louise Hedrick .
Louise has designed another fabulous wardrobe for us, this time on a favorite of most dollmakers - the Bru, a petite version. Mark your calendars, for 2 days of learning hand-sewing techniques from the best, along with great show & tell and camaraderie with other doll lovers! This wardrobe is for the Petite Bru head on the Belladonna all-porcelain body (photo attached). |
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|  October 17-18-19 - Fashion Bride & Trunk taught by Sheryl Williams.
Another exquisite 4-day seminar with one of our favorite dollmaking instructors, creating the Stobe' Fashion on a leather body with beautiful bridal gown (or ball gown if you desire) along with accessories for her trunk. The seminar will include porcelain Stobe' head, porcelain King Charles Spaniel (jointed dog for trunk), china paints & firings, all fabrics, laces & trims for undergarments, gown & veil, shoes, leather body, and some darling accessories for trunk (fan & letter box). A Dollmaker's Heaven!! Fee approx. $550. |
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| November 22-23-24 Christmas Specialty with instructor Barb Wilczynski.
This seminar is "in the works" and more information will follow in another newsletter. |
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| Lots of exciting projects for us - we surely won't be bored in this lifetime!
Here are some other fun things we will be lining up for you:
- Making leather fashion shoes for the 11" fashion doll on a Friday night - coming soon.
- 1-Day Porcelain Project "Catch-Up" Workshop - Saturday, February 9th.
- 1-Day of China Painting Half-Dolls or tiny figurines (you probably have many!!) - Saturday, March 1st
- 1-Day of Assembling any Half Doll Kits from Lorna (I know I have a bunch!) - date to be announced
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| 2008 Workshops |
| David Hoff will once again this year join us for 2 days of Air-Brushing and Brushstrokes. David will be at this year's AFAA (American Fired Arts Alliance) event at VanVeghel's Auction House in DePere on May 2-3-4 (mark your calendar, more details will follow on this). He is an excellent, fun instructor, and we are so fortunate to have him stay over a couple extra days to teach at our shop. On Monday, May 5th, he will teach Air-Brushing. Students will air-brush 3 greenware pieces in EZ Strokes (2 animals/bird of your choice along with a vase). On Tuesday, May 6th we will do a 1-day workshop with his new "Peacock" design (photo attached) and a bonus piece. These classes fill up fast, so get your name in to save your spot.! All color is supplied in class. |
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| Interested in doing some fused glass jewelry? Mari & John Loomans will return to show us basic tricks of cutting glass, a technique using decals & other unique products to make beautiful pendants & earrings. Dates tba soon. Let me know if you are interested, and if an evening or Saturday is best for you. |
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| The draped & slumped glass seminar held here during my Open House was very interesting, and I'm wanting to learn more techniqes for firing glass, and combining clay & glass. Mike Harbridge will return and he also would like to show us some new Raku he has been working on with beautiful metallic colors. Dates tba announced soon. |
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| The "Instar" decal company will be here on Thursday, April 27th for a Decal Seminar. This is the first time I am sponsoring a decal seminar/party, and it sounds like lots of fun! There are a dozen different ways to decorate with decals, and Jon will show us how decals are made, firing do's & don'ts, fired & non -fired, glass vs. ceramic, enamel vs. color and lots more, including 3 Make & Take projects. The seminar is $25 for 3 hours, all materials provided. The "party" will start immediately after the seminar, and you will have a chance to look through & purchase many, many decals. |
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| Sign up for the seminars. E-mail
Us with the seminars or workshops you'd like to take. You will need to
come into the shop and put a down payment for the seminars and workshops you
are interested in. If you have any questions, call the shop
at 920-468-7834. |
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