2016 is near!!!

We are already way into December and I can hardly believe that 2015 is so close to it´s end already!
December is always a busy month for me and I guess for everyone else as well. I still want to take the time to close some of my projects and most of all plan for the new year! I already know that 2016 will be a busy year for me. The first half is jam packed with travel plans and I am looking forward to see lots of friends again and make new ones on the way.

So today I will tell you about my schedule for 2016 and over the next couple of days I will give you more information about each event. So stay tuned there is much to look forward to!

2016

All year long you can join me and over 20 other teachers for the 

Polymer Clay Adventure Art Retreat – on line event  - you can book your space in this wonderful retreat here:

http://bit.ly/PCAankehumpert2016

30.January - 02.February 2016 I will be at the  „Paperworld“ fair in Frankfurt, Germany. You will find me at the Sculpey boot . If you are going to the fair, please come round and say "Hi"

https://www.messefrankfurt.com/frankfurt/de/besucher/welcome/messeveranstaltungen/messen/consumergoods-leisure/paperworld2016.html?nc

  

I am so happy to be at the Cabin Fever Creative Arts Festival in Laurel, Maryland (February 12-18)

https://polymerclayfests.wordpress.com/cabin-fever-2016-registration-and-workshop-information/

  

followed by a Workshop at the Creative Journey Studios in Buford, Georgia (February 26-28, 2016)

http://www.creativejourneyart.blogspot.de/p/upcoming-classes.html

  

The "Artist Unhinged Retreat" in Glen Ridge, New Jersey (April 15-17) is another highlight:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9mJKidb4-Q6bGVHVk5qRHBsUTQ/view

  

I have always wanted to go to the Orlando Clay Fandango in Leesburg, Florida (May 19-23):

http://www.oapcguild.com/view/dsp_retreat.html

  

2016 is another EuroSynergy2 year! This time it will be in Bordeaux, France (July 10-13):

  http://eurosynergyconference.net/

I would love to see one or the other of you joining me at one of these events! Please don´t miss my upcoming posts with the details!!!

 

Want to win a goodie bag?

Want to win a goodie bag?

 

 .....then you still have today and tomorrow to sign in and automaticly be put in the drawing for the Polymer Clay Adventure 2016 goodie bags! What are you waiting for?
Sign in here: http://bit.ly/pca16-ah-teachers

A new polymer clay adventure waits for you!!!

Exiting News: I’m teaching at an awesome new online event!

It’s all inclusive, features loads of classes, talented teachers, great activities, and lots of fun! It will go on sale October 11, 2015! Want to Win it Before you Can Buy it?

SHARE MY POST and ENTER to win here: http://bit.ly/PCA16contest1

Have a wonderful weekend! 

Master Class Camp - July 2015

Registrationfor Master Class Camp 2015 (July 8-13, 2015 in Laurel, MD.) are open!

Instructors include: Jana Roberts Benzon, Dan Cormier, Jeffrey Lloyd Dever, Lindly Haunani, Tracy Holmes, Anke Humpert, Doreen Gay-Kassel, Jana Lehmann and Eugena Topina hosted by Kathryn Ottman.

My workshop “Hungry Fungus” Necklace is a project based master class, but we will also explore a lot about techniques!

Learn my technique for making and designing the “hungry fungus” eye catching necklace! The light weight, hollow pendant are are sure to get everyone to ask: “How did you do that?”

In this comprehensive master class, and I will guided you through my design process while providing the encouragement to experiment and play with your own ideas to create a necklace that reflects your creativity. In addition, you will learn how to:

• mix and match custom colors
• create intriguing mysterious eye catchers
• construct hollow lentil beads (with Anke's secret tool!)
• distress the surface of your beads
• assemble your necklace
• use paints to enhance your design.

I will includes lots of tips, tricks and ideas throughout each step! This technique is playful and organic at the same time. Imagine all the possibilities! 

More information and registration here: https://polymerclayfests.wordpress.com/2015/04/22/master-class-camp-2015-online-registration-opens-with-a-bang/

Hope to see you there!

 

creating daily - day 68 till 75

I do not want to get as much out of updating anymore, so here are the next few days of my creating daily project:

 day 69: denim clutch for my art supplies when I am on the go

 day 70: sketch of a leaf

 day 71: I turned yesterdays sketch into a stamp

 day 72: gelli print

 day 72: gelli print

 day 73: gelli print

 day 73: gelli print

 day 74: tiny house with heart stamp

 day 75: gelli print

 day 75: gelli print

I have been really busy the last couple of days, especially with my new online class going live. It was amazing and I was complettly overwhelmed with the huge wonderful respond I got! I am so very thankful for that, I can not tell you how much.
What are YOU up to these days?

project 365 creating daily

another update on my project 365 -creating daily:

 day 43: cutting a stencil - the pattern is from Alabama Chanin

 day 44: cutting the pattern and the fabric for a Alabama Chanin bucket hat

 day 45: printing the fabric for the Alabama Chanin bucket hat

 day 46: paper plane stamp

 day 47: another "african flower" granny square

 day 48: two matching flower stamps

 day 49: granny square "african flower"

 day 50: next step: sewing the hat together

 day 51: round flower stamp

 day 51: this is a stamp that I made for my son

 day 53: spiral stamp

 day 54: the stamp for my son was a little to big, so I made a second one, a little smaller ;-)

 day 55: chevron stamp

 day 56: added an embossed stamp to the cover of my diary

 day 57: some masks from magazine pictures for later use

 day 58: the last missing granny square

 day 59: the view out of my window - sketc

 day 60: "navajo" stamp

 day 61: Paisley masks cut from junk mail

 day 62: tube earrings ( Polymer Clay)

 day 63:  ombre papers made with this tutorial

 day 64: paper snowflake masks

 day 65: the granny squares got stiched together

 day 66: stripes stamp

 day 67: washi decor on two of my pens

 day 68:  I took part in this project: Selfportait
Sorry for the long post, but I was desperatly in need of an update... ;-)

creating daily - day 27 till 42

 ....it has been much to long since I updated you on my creating daily progress. It is not the progress it self, but the documenting that I sometimes struggle with. So before the load gets to heavy I just fill in the things I did so far and before the next load will be ready for documenting...;-))
My dear friend Tejae brought me some new art material, when we meet rather briefly at the Pareworld. One of my new toys is a gelli plate...and I really love it!!! So for day 27 I did some gelli printing.

 Day 28: Another stamp idea from Julie Fei-Fan Balzer´s Stamp book: a triangle repeat stamp.

  Day 29: Another stamp idea from Julie Fei-Fan Balzer´s Stamp book: a triangle repeat stamp.

Day 30: I loved the stamp from day 29 so much, that I did a little book cover with it.

 Day 31: shrink plastik paper plaine earrings from this book:

 Day 32: zentangle

 Day 33: some new polymer clay earrings. I used the earrwires I had made earlier for them.

 Day34: triangle stamp and patterned paper printed with it.

  Day 35: square stamp and patterned paper printed with it.

 Day 35: shrink plastik paperboat earings.

 Day 36: I used some of my gelli prints to start working in my art journal with them.

 Day 37 + 38: more art journaling on the same pages.

 Day 39: started working on a binder for my art supply.

 Day 40 + 41: Gelli printing on tags and ATCs.

 Day 42: gelli prints on deli paper regular paper.