Pre-Order Christi’s Flourish
Last night local Denver guild member Laura Schiller and I had the chance to have dinner with Christi Friesen who is in town teaching a class for the Mile High Polymer Clay Guild. The subject matter was wide-ranging … from health to the mystery of men to, of course, polymer art. We also talked about the publishing projects Christi and I both have in the works or on the drawing board. Christi’s latest endeavor is her book Flourish, Book 1: Flora which is due out in December of this year.
Christi talked about how she is emphasizing technique and creative exploration in this book alongside the presentations of step by step projects. That lead to a rather passionate discussion about the need to teach not just the skill involved in claying but the ability to be creative and expand upon what a clayer learns from books, periodicals and classes. Of course, if you read The Polymer Arts magazine you know that I am a big proponent of this approach and so I get quite excited to see this focus in other publications. Of course I’m a tad excited about this book anyways since Christi is using one of my techniques and art pieces to explain the creative deduction process that can lead to new discoveries in the studio. I’m so honored.
Consider pre-ordering a copy of the book so you get it shipped to you first thing when it rolls off the presses. In the meantime, look forward to a fantastic article on Icy Bling by Christi in the Winter 2012 issue of The Polymer Arts coming out next month.
