Local polymer clay artist, Claire
Fairweather, from Browns Bay has won ‘Best in Category for Sculpture’ in the
2014 International Polymer Clay Awards. It was for her three part sculpture
titled ‘Spring Trio’.
“I am absolutely thrilled to have
received this award” says Claire, “it is the first time I have entered an
international competition, so to have received world-wide recognition will be a
tremendous boost for my polymer clay art and teaching career”.
Thanks to funding from CreativeNZ, to
cover travel costs, Claire was able to attend EuroSynergy (an international
polymer clay conference) where the awards were announced. She was the only
person from New Zealand at the conference, which had representatives from 29
different countries.
Claire has created a wide range of
polymer clay artwork, which was shown in a successful exhibition last month at
Beach Café in Browns Bay. If you want to try your hand at this very versatile
creative medium, Claire will be teaching introduction and advanced polymer clay
classes at Glaze Ltd on the North Shore, more details can be found at http://www.glaze.co.nz/craft-art-classes/polymer-clay-classes.html
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