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My Excellent Adventure in Paperclay

I'm a guinea pig!


Another self portrait I hear you ask?
Heheh, ;))
nope,
that's Cheryl, a furfriend of mine.

My Excellent Adventure?
I'm the guinea pig trialling a miniature workshop!

Courtesy of a wonderful friend
and most talented lady...

Lidi Stroud 

I absolutely never dreamed of learning paperclay.
A workshop is beyond my capabilities.
So,
to have this opportunity is beyond my wildest dreams!!

Lidi is kindly giving me this workshop
one morning a week over a few weeks.
To say I was scared to death of not coping
with the work would be an understatement.

Lesson One

The kit.
A mysterious pile of loot!

Gatorboard walls
Paperclay
Pastry board and roller
Clay tools
Door and window frames
Fountain


First we knead the paperclay
and roll it out.


Then it goes onto a wall
and the brickwork is marked.
I got one wall done during the lesson
and had two more walls for homework.




Close up of the bricks,
still damp.

I found the work very physically demanding
but not impossible
and now I know what is involved
I'll be able to practise this technique at home
when RL allows.

I am seriously slow at learning new things so believe me when I say
Anyone could do this!!
Given a talented and generous teacher who will start you on your own
Excellent Adventure :)))

Thankyou so much my dear and generous friend,
you'll never know what this gift means to me,
being a guinea pig is my biggest
miniature adventure ever!