I’m so excited to be offering this class with Tim Adam this coming Wednesday the 30th at 8:00PM EDT.

If you are perplexed with how to use the latest social marketing tools, this is the class for you.

All of you Etsy shop owners, do not miss this class! Lots of how-to information will be revealed as well as Tim’s own formula for social marketing that has proven successful!

Mr. Adam is also giving away 30 minute one-on-one sessions to 3 lucky participants!

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Lots of energy happening here in the CRAFTCAST studio!

The weather is definitely fall like, and the garden is
doing it’s finally bow.

CRAFTCAST’s online LIVE classes are very popular. If you haven’t done so already, take a look at the fall line up HERE.

Today I talk with Michael deMeng.

I’ve enjoyed Mr. deMeng’s collage work for years, so it was great to spend one-on-one time with him and hear about his creative process. His artist statement really resonated with me:

“My work is about transformations.  It is about the transformation of the common into the sacred. Discarded materials find new and unexpected uses in my work; they are reassembled and conjoined with unlikely components, a form of rebirth from the ashes into new life and new meaning.   These assemblages are metaphors for the evolutions and  revolutions of existence:  from life to death to rebirth, from new to old to renewed, from construction to destruction to reconstruction.  These forms are examinations of the world in perpetual flux, where meaning and function are ever-changing.“

Thank you Michael for your time and insights.

You can check out his website HERE.

Also, some new books and a dvd to share with you. Check out the CRAFTCAST Amazon Store with all the links you need.

above: “If these wings could fly” Mixed Media 2007  6″ x 8″ by Michael deMeng

SHOWNOTES
Music
Lost / Merry Ellen Kirk

Books
Felting for Baby 25 Warm and Wolly Projects for the Little Ones in Your Life / Saori Yamazaki

Perfectly Fitted / Lynne Garner

DVD
Robert Dancik’s   Faux Bone Jewelry Techniques

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The Faux Bone class this past Monday night with Mr. Dancik was sooooo wonderful! Lot’s of how-to plus new never info on how to add color to Faux Bone!

Please email pictures of what you make so I can share them with everyone.

This Monday, September 21st, at 8:00PM EST, Robert will once again lead us through another great class called: Forming Meaningful and Lasting Connections

It was in this class last time that I finally learned to rivet, which I love and use all the time in my jewelry construction.

above: Robert Dancik at work

Robert covers a variety of ways to cold connect one thing to another, no matter what the medium. He shows examples of how to connect polymer clay, metal clay, silver, cement, plastic, paper mache and whatever you can think of, as well as inspiring and challenging us as to what are we ’saying’ with our piece by the connections we use. Lots of information to think about…

If you haven’t tried a LIVE online class yet, give it a try. We have a great time. Here are some comments from Monday’s class:

I just wanted to drop you a note to tell you how much I enjoyed the webinar last night! I learned several things new, had a few good laughs, and best of all, it got my creative juices flowing with excitement! J You were a wonderful hostess and Robert was a delight to listen to. I look forward to the next one and thank you again! ~S.

Loved it!!!! where can i download the handout for the class?? Thanks again for making this possible, love taking a class without
leaving home!. ~F.

I was in the webinar last night and really learned a lot!  Have been experimenting with faux bone all morning!  Did you say Robert is doing a webinar on rivets?  I would love to take it. Please let me know if it is coming up soon.  Thanks, S.

Don’t miss it!

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Here is a look at the giveaways for 3 lucky participants during this coming Monday night’s class with LIVE online with
Robert Dancik: Faux Bone An Exploration

1. Robert’s new book:   Amulets and Talismans

2. Robert’s new DVD:  Faux Bone Jewelry Tools and Techniques with Robert Dancik

3. A Faux Bone Kit that includes:
•    1 sheet each of 1/16″, 1/8″, 1/4″ 1/2″ Faux Bone
•    1 Faux Bone forming tool
•    1 dozen Faux Bone blades
•    1 set micro fasteners
•    1 bracelet blank

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I’m so excited to finally be offering this LIVE on line class with Robert.

If you don’t know about Faux Bone, it’s time to learn, and if you want to get more info about it from the guru himself, then this is the class for you.

Mr. D will be covering all the how-to’s, plus tons of inspiring examples of what you can do with the material. (it is some kind of a poly substance that looks like old ivory to me)

Robert also just told me that in this class he will also be giving brand new information on how to now add color to the material. Woo Hoo! Sign me up.

Remember, since it is a LIVE class, there will be lots of time to ask questions, so plug in a mic if you want to talk, or just type away in the chat box. Either way, you’ll be heard!

Even more fun is in store for 3 lucky participants who will win one of the following GIVEAWAYS!

1. Robert’s new book:    Amulets and Talismans

2. Robert’s new DVD:  Faux Bone Jewelry Tools and Techniques with Robert Dancik

3. A Faux Bone Kit that includes:
•    1 sheet each of 1/16″, 1/8″, 1/4″ 1/2″ Faux Bone
•    1 Faux Bone forming tool
•    1 dozen Faux Bone blades
•    1 set micro fasteners
•    1 bracelet blank

Click HERE for all the info and to register.

and please visit our sponsor to purchase supplies:
www.wholelottawhimsy.com

above: A cuff from Faux Bone and silver

above: A pendant combinging Faux Bone with other materials

above: Class image detailing some how-tos

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Join me tonight at 8:00PM EST, in my LIVE online workshop:
Get Your Butt in the Chair

Are you ready to play…really hard???
I’m looking forward to meeting all of you.

PS. Come tonight and pick your choice of another class for free?

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First show of the new fall season.

New theme song, new hair color, (see above) and lots of new classes and interviews!

I had so much fun talking with today’s guest, Michael David Sturlin. Michael is a fabulous and talented goldsmith as well as being a generous and supportive teacher!

Listen in as we discuss the ups and downs and all around the creative process, plus lots of laughs along the way! And stay tuned, because Michael will be teaching here with me online late fall!
Very exciting.

above: Michael David Sturlin at work.

Don’t forget still time to register for my class “Get Your Butt in the Chair” this coming Wednesday, September 9, at 8:00PM EST.

SHOWNOTES
Books
Green Guide for Artists/Kristen Hampshire

Elegant Knotted Jewelry/Becky Meverden

Metal Clay Beads/Barbar Becker Simon

Amulets and Talismans/Robert Dancik

Music
Love I Have For You/Amanda Duncan

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