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Have you ever played with polymer clay or wanted to? Come get the basics of working with this
amazingly versatile art medium. Once you see its capabilities, you can make beads, buttons,
figurines, decorations, texture plates, etc. In this introductory workshop, local artist Robyn
Crawford will teach you everything you need to know to get started.

We’ll start with an overview of polymer clay. You’ll learn about the different brands, tools, bake
times, embellishing options, etc. Then, you’ll cover some basic cane building techniques.
Finally, you’ll create some simple, yet elaborate looking, beads, pendants, or other small project.
Only you and your fellow students will know how easy they were to make!
No experience needed. Feel free to bring a snack for a short break.

Robyn Crawford studied at Emerson College, Massachusetts College of Art, and Rochester Institute of Technology’s School of Photographic Arts and Sciences. She has been a mixed media artist, photographer, teacher, and creativity coach for over 30 years and has exhibited work throughout the Carolinas. She loves working with new materials and finds that it shakes things up and generates new ideas in other mediums as well. She uses her own images, clay, acrylics, mosaic, handmade papers,hot glass, metal, resin, crystals, and more to create fun, colorful pieces of work that connects her to spirit