Grant Diffendaffer

Grant Diffendaffer has been working with polymer clay since 1992 and teaching since 2000. After years of making intricate geometric canes, he is now focused on an exploration of texture, both visual and tactile, which he uses in jewelry, vessels and sculptural forms. Grant is based at his studio in Canyon California, and teaches and exhibits across the country He has just completed his first instructional video on polymer clay techniques. He is currently teaching at The Crucible in Oakland, CA, and working on his first book.



Totally Textured Beads
1 Day Workshop
All Levels
W102, Monday, August 7, 9:00 AM

Learn to make fabulous organic textures that wrap seamlessly around beads and leave little evidence of the method of their creation. You will marvel at what you can create with this technique. Students will leave this class with finished beads, beads in progress, and many new ideas.

Supply List: Basic kit, 1# Premo! clay, 1# scrap clay, Speedball linoleum carving tool, Ball Stylus, Smallest size set of clay pattern cutters, favorite rubber stamps/texture sheets, paints or surface treatments
Materials Fee: $8.00. Instructor to provide the following: bead mandrels

  
     
     
Marvelous Mica
1 Day Workshop
All Levels
W307, Wednesday, August 9, 9:00 AM

This class will focus on creating incredible holographic patterns in polymer clay. The focus will be on the variety of methods of creating and using the texture stamping plates that are at the center of this process. Practice all of the technical issues involved in making incredible seamless veneers and beautiful beads with amazing shifting holographic depth.

Supply List: Basic kit, 1# Premo! Gold clay, 1# scrap clay, small glass vessel to cover, rubber stamps/texture sheets, wet/dry sandpaper in 800 - 1500 grit
Materials Fee: none. Instructor will have texture plates for students to use, and will also have plates available for purchase in the RavenStore.

  
     
     
Lathe Turning Polymer Clay
Demo
All Levels
D23, Saturday, August 12

Have you ever seen polymer clay fly through the air like silly string? You will, and it will change the way you think about polymer clay forever. Grant will be demonstrating his latest techniques on turning raw and cured polymer clay on a simple lathe.