Workshops
Alison is currently putting together Polydays 2012
This will be a fantastic workshop weekend in the Cotswolds
There will be three brilliant tutors
Carol Simmons from USA
Bettina Welker from Germany
and Alison
The weekend will be 14th to 16th September 2012
Full details are now available
The workshops are suitable for all levels of expertise
Some of Alison's workshops that she will teach to individuals and groups are:
Silk screening onto polymer and making a variety of jewellery items
Kaleidoscope canes
Learn how to build the most fantastically detailed kaleidoscope canes by making each component part and combining, cutting and mirroring them. You will then be able to make jewellery of your choice, earrings, pendants, beads for a necklace or bracelet tiles.

Mica shift techniques and ghost imaging
The mica flakes in pearlised clays give beautiful shimmering tones and shades. You'll learn how to manipulate clay to distort the mica and produce exciting variations in colour and illusions of depth in patterns.
Flower and leaf canes
Using millefiori techniques you can create colourful, amazingly realistic images of flowers and leaves. We'll cover shading, graduation and emphasis of colour. By the end of the day you'll have the ability to make a whole bouquet of wonderful blooms.
Polymer clay is the perfect medium for mimicking semi precious stones. Turquoise, amber, coral and lapis lazuli are some of the examples we will run through.

Mokume Gane
Mokume Gane is a Japanese metalworking technique that translates as 'woodgrained metal'. We will replicate this skill by stacking layers of clay, sometimes including metal leaf, distort them by imprinting and then slice thin pieces to reveal the pattern.
Have a look at www.cypca.net and join us for some sun
and claying in Cyprus