LOCAL artist Rosie Grundall will be sharing the art of clay sculpting during an upcoming session at the Bannockburn Library.<\/p>\n
She will be showing participants how to make mushrooms with paper clay and then decorate them with various techniques.<\/p>\n
\u201cI started off making elves and witches with polymer clay which progressed into finding a recipe for paper clay I could make myself,\u201d said Grundall.<\/p>\n
\u201cI do a lot of fungi, mushrooms and toadstools and they\u2019re mixed media productions.\u201d<\/p>\n
Grundall uses different aspects to add to her creations like knitting, crochet and nylon fabric.<\/p>\n
\u201cI burn nylon to get weird and wonderful shapes that look a but like lichen and that sort of thing,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI move from thing to thing as the creative process takes me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mushrooms were chosen for the focus of the workshop because of Grundall\u2019s personal interest and their popularity.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think they\u2019re popular and it\u2019s been such a good season for fungi this year,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2019I also couldn\u2019t do the polymer clay because you have to bake it, so I had to do something that was achievable in the two hours.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll take people through the process of layering paint onto the mushrooms and gluing on their bits and bobs on the bottom to make it look a bit more interesting like tiny fairy houses.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat I really hope that people get out of this is to just try things because you can\u2019t make a mistake.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf it doesn\u2019t turn out the way you like it, you can repaint it or pull everything off and start again.\u201d<\/p>\n
The event will be held on Saturday 1 July and to register visit the Geelong Regional Library Corporation website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LOCAL artist Rosie Grundall will be sharing the art of clay sculpting during an upcoming session at the Bannockburn Library. She will be showing participants how to make mushrooms with paper clay and then decorate them with various techniques. \u201cI started off making elves and witches with polymer clay which progressed into finding a recipe […]<\/p>\n