These are some of my flower canes. Remember I have never done these before. The two in the top left hand corner are what were given to me to fill in on my finished sheet (below) by my friend Irene. The four at the bottom are mine. I was quite pleased with them as a first attempt.This was a session with Irish Mishley who had the most beautiful flower canes you could imagine.
I made a mess of my centre cane but lucky for me my friend Valerie came to the rescue and gave me one of hers to use - it is the one in the centre of the pink flower. For the blue flower I just used a solid colour - purple - as I had no time to do another one.
I am going to spend some time and try to do one of the heart pillow beads that Iris showed us. I will post my finished result later.
Below are my flower canes on a sheet of clay (it was the remains of my Skinner Blend from Alison's class) which will be used to make the pillow bead.
The other session that day was "backfilling" with Sylvie Peraud. I made a complete mess of mine so there are no pictures to show but I am determined that I will attempt another one but this time will not be so ambitious and have less cut out sections than in my original.Sylvie had some really beautiful pieces for us to look at but without permission I do not feel I can upload the photographs of her work.
Several people on the weekend had taken work in to sell and Sylvie had some absolutely gorgeous pieces with translucent backfilling - they were awesome!
All too soon another day was over and it was time to head back to our accommodation. We were too late for a meal as they stop serving at 6 pm on a Sunday so we had to head off in the village to find something to eat. One recommendation was an Indian Restaurant - wish I had taken my camera. The Restaurant was very minimal in decor but not so the food. When it arrived we all had our rice in different shapes (from moulds), mine being a cone shape, and the tomato had been peeled with the skin forming petals around the fruit. The spring onions had curly tops to them and the plate, as it arrived, was a delight to look at. The food itself was superb and it is somewhere I will definitely visit again.
A couple of glasses of vino and then back to the hotel for a much needed sleep. We were all excited as the next day was our session with Donna Kato - surprising we slept.
