Fairy Gardens Over the River and Down the Path

Fairy Garden Furnishings, Over the river and down the path… (Join a series of classes with Dawn Marie using Sculpey or FIMO Clay) Instructor: Dawn- Marie De Lara Dates: May 19th Last date to sign up: Thursday May 17. Please sign up in advance. If you don’t, I can’t possibly know how much of what to pack up and bring. Time: 9am – 11am Course cost: $10 for members/ $15 for nonmembers Materials fee: $10 per door with accessories (students are welcome to make more than one door, if time permits, for an extra materials fee) Supplies Provided: Polymer clay and sculpting tools Student should bring: Bring a small box, or carton to transport your unbaked clay pieces home in. A shoebox lid or similar will be plenty big enough. If you want to match scale to other fairy garden pieces you already own, bring a few of those pieces along. Age requirements: 12 and older, Kids 6 and up with a helper parent (who may sign up to make their own project if they wish). Skill Level: Beginner is fine Minimum number of students: 2 Maximum number of students: 10 For this class, helper parents don’t count separately, and may sign up and pay to make their own project, without affecting total count. Course Description: Give your garden fairies a bridge, signpost, and sweet stepping stones using easy to sculpt, brightly colored polymer clay. You might know it as Sculpey or FIMO. These pieces will weather several summers in the great outdoors, barring encounters with lawn mowers or clumsy human feet… just like the fairies. These projects are easy enough for beginners, but details can be added by experienced clayers, so this class is perfect for anyone. Do fairies frolic in your garden? Not yet? In this second of 3 May Fairy Furnishings workshops, you can make a bridge, signpost, and special stepping stones to lead them into your own garden realm. Where do fairies live? Just about anywhere and everywhere, but if you want to visit one, it helps to have a door to knock upon. You may have seen these wee doors cropping up on the bases of garden trees, on city walls, or maybe in the home of a friend. Indoors or out, fairy doors are a sweet trend, and a fun project for beginning and advanced clayers alike.