Polymer clay classes by Maureen Carlson

January 24, 2009	MC1 Class Title: Make-Your-Own Prayer and Meditation Beads (using Polymer Clay) Instructor: Maureen Carlson 10:00 am - 4:30 pm	PRAYER BEADS Ever try to pray or meditate only to find your mind wandering and your thoughts losing their focus? One method for staying on track with your intentions is to use a set of beads which are organized in specific patterns or repetitions. MORE ...
January 25	MC2 Class Title: Get an Early Start on Christmas Gifts 2009!: Beginning Characters Instructor: Maureen Carlson 1:00 - 4:30 on Sunday afternoon	CLAY CHARACTERS Want to give a personalized gift for Christmas 2009? A small clay character or caricature is a perfect way to give away a few smiles and to say,"Thinking of you!" MORE ...
January 31	MC3 Class Title: Get an Early Start on Christmas Gifts 2009!: Wall Mirrors Instructor: Maureen Carlson 10:00 am - 4:30 pm, Saturday	Wall Mirrors Wouldn't it be awesome to give personalized home dec gifts for the winter holidays in 2009? Start now by learning to create one-of-a-kind decorator mirrors that use polymer clay, wire, beads and metal to make mirrors that are not only delightful to look at, but are useful as well. MORE ...
February 1, 2009	MC4 Class Title: Get an Early Start on Christmas Gifts 2009!: Mixed Media Ornaments (using polymer clay, fibers and wire) Instructor: Maureen Carlson 1:00 - 4:30 on Sunday afternoon	Mixed Media Ornaments Polymer clay is a perfect material for creating Christmas and holiday ornaments as it is colorful, may be combined with many other materials, and is relatively inexpensive. It is also the perfect recycler, as it can be used to "reclaim" Christmas balls and ornaments that are no longer useful. MORE ...

February 7 - 8	Class in Houston, TX for the Houston Polymer Clay Guild	Maureen will be teaching a 2-day Wall Doll Class.
February 27 - March 1, 2009	MC5 Class Title: Personal Stories - Making a Mixed-Media Storybox Instructor: Maureen Carlson 7:00 pm Friday - 3:00pm Sunday	Mixed-Media Story Box The finished project in this class will be a wooden box embellished with polymer clay, paper, fiber, beads, and paint. But it won't be just any old box. It will be a vehicle for telling your story through symbols, images and words. MORE ...
March 6 - 8, 2009	RETREAT WEEKEND with Maureen Carlson MCR1 (Friday night) MCR2 (Saturday night) 4:00 pm Friday - 4:00pm Sunday	A weekend for relaxing, working on your own projects, journaling, thinking, being ... Come for one night or two ...MORE ...
March 14	MC6 Class Title: On Time Making Mixed Media Clocks - and learning about polymer clay surface design ... Instructor: Maureen Carlson 10:00 am - 4:30 pm, Saturday	Make a delightful - and useful - clock using polymer clay, wood, wire, metal and beads. Choose from a variety of design concepts to create a one-of-a-kind creation. MORE ...
March 15	MC7 Class Title: Beginning Millefiori (Making Patterns in Polymer Clay - for Beads, Baubles and Bangles) Instructor: Maureen Carlson 1:00 - 4:30 on Sunday afternoon	MORE ...

APRIL	All other classes are taught or facilitated by Maureen Carlson
April 16	MC9 Class Title: Getting Started Making Characters - Pot Perchers Instructor: Maureen Carlson Thursday Evening, 6:30 - 9:30pm	MORE ...
April 18	MC10 Class Title: Driftwood Sculpture (Using Polymer Clay to Create Features) Instructor: Maureen Carlson 10:00 am - 4:30 pm, Saturday	MORE ...
April 19 - 24	MC11 Class Title: Figurative Sculpture: Using Various Clays, including Polymer Clay, Paper Clay and Apoxie Sculpt with Wire Armatures Instructor: Maureen Carlson 1:00 pm Sunday until 4:30 PM Friday	MORE ...
MAY
May 3 - 8, 2009	MC12 Class Title: Fantasy Week Instructor: Maureen Carlson 1:00 pm Sunday until 4:30 PM Friday	Fantasy Week: Making Imaginative Clay Characters with personal style Class Description: The World of imagination is limited only by one's lack of imagination. In this class, students will be encouraged to imagine a world of characters that is uniquely their own. MORE ...
May 15 - 17	Polymer Clay in the Garden: A Class in Three Parts Instructor: Maureen Carlson MC13: Mushroom People (Friday) MC14: Wall Faces/Gargoyles (Saturday) MC15: Fairy Houses for (and with) tiny fairies(Sunday)	Polymer Clay in the Garden May is the perfect time to make plans for a creative garden. Are there fairies and elves in yours? If so, then provide them with a Mushroom Character for listening, a Gargoyle or Wall Face to watch over things, and a Fairy House for secret meetings. Come to one or all three segments. MC13: MORE ... MC14: MORE ... MC15: MORE ...
May 21	MC16 Class Title: Antiques in the Oven #1: Kitchen Utensils Instructor: Maureen Carlson Thursday evening, 6:00 - 9:30pm	(Adding small clay characters to found objects - can use push molds for faces) MORE ...
JUNE
June 6 - 10, 2009	MC17 Class Title: About Faces Instructor: Maureen Carlson Saturday thru Wednesday, 9:30 - 4:30 each day	This class will focus on capturing emotions and ethnic, age and sex variations in facial features. Sculpting will be done with polymer clay (for intermediate and advanced students). MORE ...
June 11 - 14	DK1 Class Title: Adult Woman Figure/Doll - 7-inch Tall Full Body Sculpt Instructor: Diane Keeler 9:30 - 4:30 each day with evening studio time	Adult Woman Figure/Doll World-class doll artist and sculptor Diane Keeler returns to Maureen's to continue her series of sculpting classes. In this, her 10th year at Maureen's, she'll share her methods for sculpting a full body sculpt of a 7 inch tall adult woman. MORE ...
Kid's Classes June 16 - August 11 no class on July 28	KC 1 thru KC8 Kids' Classes start, Tuesday June 16 Afternoon class: 2:00 - 4:00 pm Evening Class: 6:30 - 8:30 pm Instructor: Maureen Carlson	8 Tuesdays A different project each week! Ages 6 to 106!
June 20 and 21	Art Festival in Jordan: http://www.jordanchamber.org
June 25	MC19 Class Title: Antiques in the Oven #2: Boxes Evening, 6:00 - 9:30pm Instructor: Maureen Carlson	(Adding small clay characters to found objects - can use push molds for faces) MORE ...
June 26 - 28	BK2 Class Title: The DOLLMAKING CIRCLE A process for personal growth and healing Instructor: Barb Kobe	The act of making a doll can take a person through a process of creative imagination, growth and healing. Note: This class will be repeated September 25 - 27, 2009 MORE ...
June 26 - 28	RETREAT WEEKEND with Maureen Carlson MCR3 (Friday night) MCR4 (Saturday night) A weekend for relaxing, working on your own projects, journaling, thinking, being ...	A weekend for relaxing, working on your own projects, journaling, thinking, being ... MORE ...
JULY
July 2, 9, 16, 30	Class Title: July Thursdays for Real Characters (no class on July 23) MC20a: July 2: Faces MC20b: July 9: Bare Feet, Hands and Shoes MC20c: July 16: Clothing MC20d: July 30: Hair, Hats and Accessories Evenings, 6:00 - 9:30pm Instructor: Maureen Carlson	MORE ...
July 17 - 19	MC21 Class Title: Sculpting People You Know Instructor: Maureen Carlson 9:30am Friday through 4:30 pm Sunday	MORE ...
AUGUST
August 1, 2009	MC22 Class Title: Rock People (Adding Clay to Rocks to Create Rock Sculptures) Instructor: Maureen Carlson 9:30am - 4:30 pm	MORE ...
August 2	MC23 Class Title: Driftwood People (Adding Clay to Driftwood to Create Driftwood Sculptures) Instructor: Maureen Carlson 9:30am - 4:30 pm	MORE ...
August 6 - 9 Note: This class has been postponed. We hope to reschedule Katherine at a later date.	KD1 Class Title: Sprites, Wights and Other Familiars Instructor: Katherine Dewey 9:30 - 4:30 each day with evening studio time	Katherine Dewey, of elvenwork.com had plans to return to Maureen's for the 4th time, by popular demand. This year she planned to teach a class that would give a great foundation in all the basics of creating a figure in clay. The topic of Sprites, Wights and other Familiars was chosen to allow for a wide range of creativity in terms of the character's appearance. MORE ...
August 13	MC24 Class Title: Learn to Make Fabulous Earrings with Polymer Clay Instructor: Maureen Carlson Evenings, 6:00 - 9:30pm	MORE ...

October 2, 2009 Note: Class is postponed ... not quite enough students by the cut-off date. So sorry. Let us know if you'd like us to reschedule a the same or a similar class with Lindly in 2010. And in the meantime, do check out her new book!	LH1 Class Title: Extruded Color Magic Instructor: Lindly Haunani: New book co-authored by Lindly and Maggie Maggio. Released August 2009: Polymer Clay Color Inspirations	You may already be familiar with using the extruder to create canes, but doing so with a COLOR MASTER such as Lindly can make this a whole new experience. Consider that almost everyone in the USA knows how to make a hamburger, but learning to make one with a Master Chef is a whole new experience. Even so, this color experience with Lindly will have more flavor and nuances and applications than the ordinary extruder experience of putting in the clay and seeing what happens when you push it out. Her tips alone may be well worth the cost of admission to this class! MORE ...
October 3- 4 Note: Class is postponed ... not quite enough students by the cut-off date. So sorry. Let us know if you'd like us to reschedule in 2010.	LH2 Class Title: Color Magic - �Quilted� Polymer Poetry Instructor: Lindly Haunani	As an artist, one of the most direct ways to impart voice and message to your work is to make confident, intentional color choices. Through a series of guided exercises you will explore the power of intention as it applies to making confident color choices...while having fun making an array of tiles to use on your changeable color board. MORE ...
October 8 - 11 This class is being rescheduled for 2010. More info to come ....	LAS1 and TH1: Classes with Lynne Anne Schwarzenberg and Tommie Howell
October 15 - 18	Private Retreat at Maureen's

October
October 22	MC27 Class Title: Mixed Media Holiday Ornaments (using polymer clay, fibers and wire) Instructor: Maureen Carlson 6:00 - 9:30 pm	Mixed Media Ornaments Polymer clay is a perfect material for creating Christmas and holiday ornaments as it is colorful, may be combined with many other materials, and is relatively inexpensive. It is also the perfect recycler, as it can be used to "reclaim" Christmas balls and ornaments that are no longer useful. MORE ...
October 29, 2009	MC28 Class Title: Polished Holiday Ornaments: Using Polymer Clay to Create Magical Designs Instructor: Maureen Carlson 6:00 - 9:30 pm, Thursday	MORE ...
November
Nov. 13 - 15 (Note date change from original posting)	BK4 Class Title: The Creative Journey Game: Visualizing Your Intentions for 2010 Instructor: Barb Kobe	The Creative Journey Game� is a creative, playful process of self-discovery and insight. You design your game board and personal game pieces as you play the game. During this November weekend retreat we will create a collaged Creative Journey Game board and three-dimensional characters to use to visualize an intention for 2010. MORE ...
2010 postponed classes

March 26 - 29, 2009	Maureen is on retreat with Michigan Polymer Clay Guild ( Retreat! )
April 4, 2009	MC8 Class Title: Getting Started Sculpting Faces Instructor: Maureen Carlson 10:00 am - 4:30 pm, Saturday	MORE ...
April 5	Celebrate Jordan: See what's offered to the Jordan Community by the Jordan Community Held at the High School on Sunday afternoon, sponsored by Jordan Community Education

September
September 3, 10, 17. 2009	Class Title: Ring Around Thursdays - How-to-Make Jewelry with Polymer Clay MC26a: September 3: Funky Rings MC26b: September 10: Wired Pins and Pendants MC26c: September 17: Versatile Ways with Ear Wires Evenings, 6:00 - 9:30pm Instructor: Maureen Carlson	MORE ...
Sept. 11 - 12	Heimatfest Celebration in Jordan Car cruise on Friday night, parade and fireworks on Saturday
Sept. 19 - 25	RETREAT WEEK with Maureen Carlson MCR5: Sept 19 - 22 (three nights) MCR6:Sept 22 - 25 (three nights) Retreats begin at 11am on Saturday Sept. 19th and end at 2pm on Friday, Sept. 25	A week for relaxing, working on your own projects, journaling, thinking, being ... Come for all or part of the time. MORE ...
Sept. 25 - 27	BK3 Class Title: The DOLLMAKING CIRCLE A process for personal growth and healing Instructor: Barb Kobe	The act of making a doll can take a person through a process of creative imagination, growth and healing. MORE ...