ECC 2013, Praga (01)

Prejšnji teden sem uživala v Pragi na letošnjem ECC-ju. Euro Clay Carnivalu. Bilo je perfektno. 80 ljudi, ki se ukvarja z nakitom, na kupu. In to je bila samo prva runda! Ko smo mi odšli, je organizatorke in učiteljice čakala še ena taka skupina. Končala sem 3 izdelke, s katerimi sem prav nemarno zadovoljna. Faux raku na faux leseni vejici s Sylvie Peraud. Obožujem njeno delo in njo tudi. Uhane sem kupila od nje – nekaj si je treba privoščiti, ne?

Last week I enjoyed myself immensely in Prague on this year’s Euro Clay Carnival. It was superb! To pass the time working alongside 80 people that make jewelry … that’s an experience that gives you wings for more than a couple of months! And this was just the 1st round, when we left, the organizers (heroes, really!) and the teachers (loved them all, honestly!) were in for another round just like it. I finished 3 pieces for now. I’m as happy as … the English metaphor eludes me. As a cat with a bowl of cream. This was exactly up my alley, faux raku with a faux wooden branch and vines with Sylvie Peraud. I loooove her work. And her. I bought the earrings from her. A girl has to indulge herself a bit, doesn’t she?

Drugi dokončan izdelek je obesek, ki smo ga delali pri Evi Haškovi. Celo uhane sem uspela začeti tam in silno upam, da bom imela ta vikend kljub koncertu toliko časa, da jih bom končala. Tudi ta obesek mi je strašansko všeč. Sem se pa pri enem ali dveh korakih postopka skoraj zataknila …

This is the 2nd finished project, the one we made in Eva Haškova’s workshop. Lots of work, a couple of complicated steps, but the result is superb. I definitely will be trying different color combinations and forms. I even managed to start the earrings and I really hope to finish them this weekend despite of the Sunday evening charity concert our orchestra is taking part of.

In tretji izdelek so uhani z delavnice z Bettino Welker. Tudi če odmislimo postransko dejstvo, da imam zelo rada uhane, moram reči, da mi je tehnika neskončno všeč! In sploh so mi Bettinine stvari vedno všeč.

And the last item for today, earrings from the workshop with Bettina Welker. Even if we don’t take into consideration that I love earrings, I have to admit, that I love this technique. It gives just the right amount of grunge to an otherwise polished look. Well, let’s just admit that I didn’t yet see a piece from Bettina that I didn’t like, shall we? That’s probably why I’m so excited to have her in Slovenia in November!

ECC z Bettino

Na delavnici z Bettino smo se neznansko zabavale. Malo zato, ker je bila prva, malo ob njenih zgodbicah, malo zato, ker ni bilo nič strašno napornega in se je dalo narediti več izdelkov. Tole so moji trije. Pa smo bile vse kar pridne, vidite? Ta način dela mi je strašansko všeč, naslednja runda je pa že pripravljena na peko.

We had great fun with our first workshop with Bettina. I love this technique and the next batch is already in the oven.

10 minut na dan - Art journal every day (39) + rezultat delavnice ECC pri Leslie Blackford

Od prejšnje objave AJ sta torej minila 2 zelo pestra tedna, ustvarjalno, službeno, kar se dogodkov tiče … dnevi so naporni, ampak zanimivi, zato jih ni težko preživljati. Ta objava bo torej polna slik. Prvi dve strani sta pretežno nastali, preden sem odšla, pozneje ju pa tudi nisem imela časa kaj dosti dopolnjevati, čeprav ni bilo mišljeno, da se bosta ustavili na tej točki.

2 weeks have gone by since my last AJ post and it was 2 weeks of great fun. The first 2 pages were mostly done before I left for ECC.

Naslednji dve sta nastali kot odziva na začetek srečanja in prve delavnice.

These 2 are the result of impressions from the first 2 workshops.

Tale ima pa zanimivo zgodbo. Seveda sem se že nekaj časa pripravljala na ECC v smislu zbiranja materiala itd., od začetka sem še kar nekaj čekirala spletno stran, potem pa vedno manj, ker se ni nič kaj dogajalo, potem sem malo pozabila na to, potem sem imela gužvo, v glavnem, nekako nisem našla tistih delov, na katerih so bile v končni fazi opisane delavnice s slikicami. Za nekatere mojstrice sem slišala že prej (jaaaasno, a ne), za nekatere malo pozneje, nisem pa prečekirala po dolgem in počez, kaj vse delajo in kaj bomo delali, ker sem šla pač na tisto “saj bom gor videla”. Tole stran sem kot skico po bohvekakšnem navdihu skicirala en dan med prevajanjem, verjetno tisti teden, ko sem risala plemenske motive. Ker še ni prišla na vrsto, je ostala v obliki skice. Pridemo k Leslie na tečaj, pa pravi, danes boste izdelale takega ptiča. Kva? Jaz nisem še menda nikoli naredila figurice iz fima, če nisem imela natančnih navodil in če to ni bila prilično cartoon varianta figurice, pa še nilski konji npr. so bili menda lepši od naše tavelke kot moji … v glavnem, zajemala me je blaga panika. Naredimo prvi korak, kaže drugega, pravi, zdaj si pa izmislite, kako bi tega ptiča naredile po svoje. In jaz pokažem skico za tole risbico.

This one has a funny story behind it. I actually did this sketch in the 3rd week of September and left it sitting there. Then it was time for Leslie Blackford’s workshop and at first started to panic because I always avoid doing polyclay sculptures. But when she said, go on, think of ways to make it your own, I remembered this sketch.

Pravi Leslie, jaa, kar tega naredi, pa z jajci in gnezdom. Jaz pobuljim, a se ti hecaš? A se to da? Pravi, ja, valda, ti kar. No, in sem. A? A mi je ratalo? (A vam nekaj priznam? Moj dekolte se še nikoli ni ujel v toliko objektivov kot tisti večer, ko sem na ECC-ju nosila tale obesek!)

I showed the sketch to her and she said, yes, go on, make it with the nest and the eggs. I must’ve been quite a sight, I told her that I don’t believe I can. She assured me, I can. So – I did. (Never before my cleavage got so much attention as the night I was wearing the bird necklace on ECC, trust me.)

A si predstavljate, da se to megastično nosi okoli vratu, čeprav je ptič visok ene 9 cm? No, pa se, obljubim. Ne bi verjela, če ne bi preizkusila. Leslie se mi je na skico še podpisala, doma sem jo pa samo še pobarvala. Sem sicer mislila, da bi ptiča naredila v barvah obeska, ampak so me neki prijele žive barve, pa sem si premislila, kaj čmo. Na ECC je nastalo še nekaj strani, ki pa so spominske – dekleta, s katerimi smo se več družile, so prijazno napisale par besed v različnih jezikih. Za Anke sem pa morala steči v sobo po puščico z akvareli in Neocolorji, tako da je nastala še tale:

It’s hugely wearable even if I’d never think that before that night. I didn’t even want to poke the hole through the bird’s neck, I was sure I’d never wear it. But since it was part of the class, I let Leslie poke the hole through. I even wore it on Wednesday for a gallery opening! The last page is from Anke, but in my journal. Many girls were so kind to write something in my journal when I told them that I’m collecting memories, but Anke made me really happy when I had to run to my room to get the watercolors!

Euro Clay Carnival 2011 (1)

Vtise in izdelke z ECC-ja bom razdelila na nekaj postov – tako bo bolj zabavno, pa še posti ne bodo strahovito dolgi. Poleg tega še hodim po luftu in vtisi se še predalčkajo. Poleg kotizacije je bilo treba na dogodek prinesti še 2 beadsa (ki so se nanizali v 2 niza, enega za arhiv in enega za glavni dobitek na lotu – dobila jih je Carmen iz Romunije) …

I participated at the ECC event in Germany and it was 4 days of superfun! All day claying in the company of 60 likeminded ladies – can a girl ask for more? I’m still a bit overwhelmed, I must admit. As the “entry ticket” we had to bring 2 beads. They were assembled in two strands, one for the archive, one as the main prize on the last evening’s lottery.

in kolikor si hotel malih polišalčk, velikih nekje okrog 5 cm. Za vsako si dobil listek in kolikor listkov, toliko si jih izžrebal. Levo so moje, desno dobljene.

The second item to bring were little bowls (5 cm) to be swapped randomly. In the left column are the ones I made, in the right the ones I brought home.