photo courtesy of Poxeelicious
Well, last April 9, 2011 (Saturday) from 9:30am to 6:00pm in Sta Ana Manila, I, together with 2 clay crafter friends Angel and Kim plus a new found friend Jojo, attended my 3rd polymer clay workshop on Basic & Advance Polymer Clay with Ms. Grayserr Geronimo of Poxeelicious. The workshop where I gained knowledge in creating all the cute stuff you see up there.
[l-r] yours truly, Kim, Angel & Jojo
The workshop was a really nice refresher course for me too. Yet even a refresher, I sure learned a whole lot of new things -- I discovered new ways, techniques, tips and tricks in creating one of a kind projects, at the same time unraveled the secrets behind delicious looking cupcake frostings! Add to that, I met another kind, generous and supportive mentor in the personality of Ms Grayserr Geronimo, the lady behind Poxee Shop. With her I felt comfortable asking questions and just being the ever 'kulit' me -- having her repeat her demos in cases where I didn't get the technique or the idea the first time, injecting jokes here and there once in a while. I know I am not an easy student to handle, lol.
Ms Grayserr Geronimo aka Poxee
Since I have been claying for quite sometime now and have attended a couple of workshops that seemed extensive in my own point of view, in the past, the basic part covered a lot of things I was already familiar with... Topics such as the different kinds of polymer clay - both local and international brands, branded and improvised clay tools / equipments, up to techniques. Yet even if I already know some of the basic part, I would have to admit that I still learned a lot of great things from it too! Ü
The advanced part on the other hand focused more in creating one-of-a-kind chibis (which by the way is my most favorite topic), photo-transfer, skinner blend, cane making, cupcake miniatures (another fave!) and scenting clays. It's more hands-on compared to the basic part where we were mostly discussing about our own experiences as well as sharing best practices done.
What I also love about this workshop is the fact that not only did our mentor came mentally prepared but materials-wise too. In this workshop I didn't have to write down everything we were discussing because she provided each one of us with our own manuals with kits that we get to bring home after.
students manuals
our materials
I, together with my workshop-mates not only gained a lot of creative knowledge from it but we all had super fun too! Sure we were busy learning but along with it were laughters here and there...
working and laughing
Can you see the food in the middle? We were eating too!
(sorry for the pic, I know I kind of look crazy there, lol)
Now here are some photos of the projects we were able to make, too bad I wasn't able to take pictures of the others like the photo transfer project I did... I did great on that technique! Heehee...
ready for baking...
(photo courtesy of Ms Grayserr's cam)
Tada! Our chibis!
So if you want to learn about the things mentioned above and find out the tricks behind these fabulous chibis, join Ms Grayserr Geronimo's workshop [info provided below]... I guarantee you, you'll go home not just with lots of pretty creations but with hundreds of creative ideas, inspirations and learnings from her! At the same time, you are sure to have so much fun!Ü
I give this workshop a 4.5 out of 5 stars.
Grayserr Geronimo
