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Sarajane and Bryan Helm use  polymer clay  to create dolls, beads, wearable art and mosaic sculptures! View their extensive and eclectic gallery of work. Sarajane Helm began making dolls and dressing them when she was a very young girl?the skills learned in drawing and sewing for dolls translated into a love of character and costume. She studied theater arts at Barat College and theatrical design at Ohio State University. She is currently attending Front Range Community College studying for a degree in Media Graphic Design and Art. Since 1978, she has designed and sold dolls and wearable art in many forms, utilizing her skills with fabric and fibers, polymer clay, paper and multimedia works. She designs rubber stamps and textile prints, dyes and hand embellishes fabrics, draws paper doll art and coloring books and designs web sites. Her work appears in magazine articles for Bead & Button, Jewelry Crafts, DOLLS, Lapidary Journal and others. In addition to serving as the Polymer Clay Editorial Advisor for Belle Armoire Magazine, she wrote a bi-monthly column that appeared there on the business of selling wearable art. It ran from 2003-2008. Her books Create A Polymer Clay Impression and Celebrations With Polymer Clay continue to be well received and respected as being both beautiful and brimming with information. Adapting Quilt Patterns To Polymer Clay is the title of her 2006 book co-authored with Judith Skinner, whose ?Skinner Blend? technique has changed the look of polymer clay art throughout the world. In 2009 Helm released her most recent book, The Business Of Professional Art, a compilation of 30 columns from Belle Armoire Magazine. Several other books are in the works and there is a planned release of 1-2 per year. She recently released A Collection Of Polymer Clay Masks, in December2010. This features more than 500 miniature and full sized masks created by 150 polymer clay artists.

Ein Hod is a picturesque artists? village, the only one of its kind in Israel and one of the few such villages in the world. Nestled in natural vegetation and bordered by an ancient olive grove, it lies on the western slopes of Mt Carmel, in a breathtaking landscape looking out toward the sea and the Crusader fortress of Atlit. Follow its pastoral lanes to the Janco-Dada Museum, which celebrates Marcel Janco, the village?s founder and a member of "Dada" - a pivotal movement in modern art. Ein Hod is a unique and romantic retreat where painters, sculptors, ceramists, actors and many other artists form every artistic fields, live and create. Nearby is the Artists? Gallery, exhibiting one of the largest collections of Israeli art, from every artistic field, with a variety of permanent and temporary exhibitions. In the village you can find a large variety of privet galleries and studios and meet with local artists. Information on   Ein-Hod artists' Village, Israel , artists, Museums, guest artists, galleries, art work shops, Guided tour 972-4-9841126, Restaurants, B&B and much more. Ein Hod art colony, art tourism, interesting places to visit, where to visit in israel, authentic, tour guide, Guided Tour, art workshops, information, israeli artists, dada museum, galleries, art workshops, restaurant, B&B, vacation, entertainment, activities, meeting artists, congress, family attractions, Zionist, Christian, educational tourism, journey, experience, resort, site seeing, culture, painting, sculpture, silk screening, art studios, visit israel you'll never be the same

Now you can make that daydream happen!  South African Painting Holidays  Discover a painting holiday in South Africa where you can be guaranteed exciting painting results in the bush. Find picture perfect landscapes to paint under the tutelage of a professional artist and realize your creative abilities. Imagine painting in the beautiful, African countryside - Can you see yourself sitting out in the landscape under an acacia tree painting the savanna landscape. That vision can now become a reality. We welcome all painters whether an absolute beginner or a more experienced artist. We will fulfill your artistic dreams here. I've travelled around checking out the hotels lodges and more importantly the artistic value of each location. After much consultation with the professionals I have now been able to put together the best information on South African painting holidays here, for you, so, do continue reading what we have found because you can have an exhilaratingly creative Painting Holiday in South Africa. A holiday where you will have the chance to eat, sleep and breathe art and life in Africa in an artistically stimulating atmosphere with plenty of opportunity to translate your impressions and emotions on to paper with a paintbrush, on one of our watercolour painting tours? This would make a great gift for the artist in your family and I have special holiday discounts for those of you quick enough off the mark so Click Here to reserve your place and make someone you love very happy, or if you are the artist why not treat yourself. On a South African Painting Holiday you will; get professional tips and secrets to help you improve your painting technique while you enjoy some very different landscapes, stay in some awe inspiring lodges, track down the Big 5 in their natural habitat to sketch, paint landscapes while sitting under a tree canopy, can join an accredited ranger twice a day in the conservancy for game walks and drives, also discover fascinating facts about the bushscape first hand, while you safari in the African bush you'll encounter the Zulu culture, past and present and you'll probably learn more painting techniques in 10-minutes with us than you will learn all year on your ow

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