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The
Santa Playshop
is now
available
as either
a DVD
Class
or an
ON-LINE Video
Class.
MORE INFO >>>
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2018
found us, Dan and Maureen
Carlson, as well as
Wee Folk Creations
and the Maureen Carlson
Studio, all
settled into our Jordan, MN USA
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NEW MOLDS IN 2018
To order molds or for pricing information:
http://www.weefolk.com/molds_list.htm
Pictured below is Mold wf1.
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Mold wf1 was inspired
by the
Pippsywoggins,
Maureen's
Little Friends
from the Edge
of Imagination.
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Faces are approximately
1 inch (2.5 cm) tall,
from
bottom of chin to top of head. |
The 5 characters
below
were made with
polymer
clay faces, hands and
feet with
fabric/fiber hair and clothing.
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The 3 characters below were made
with
polymer clay faces, hands and
feet as well as
the hair and clothing. |
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Molds F21 through F26
The 6 molds pictured below are all
approximately 2 inches (5 cm) tall
from bottom of chin to top of head. |
Three sample faces are shown from each mold,
showing just a few of the possibilities for tweaking
these molds to get different faces.
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To order molds or for pricing information:
http://www.weefolk.com/molds_list.htm
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August 3, 2017
CELEBRATING SUMMER
Everything is growing like weeds
this year in
Minneosta USA, including
our 4-year
granddaughter. These
leaves were used in many of
Dan's stepping stones.
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Maureen Carlson and Carol Simmons
Floral Dreamscapes Class
A unique experience in Creativity,
Technique and Imagination
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October 27, 2016
MOVING OUT AND MOVING IN UPDATE
These past 10 months
have been a bit of a blur, getting our Prior Lake,
MN house ready to sell and beginning the sorting out
of the studio at Maureen's so that Dan and I could
move in to part of that space.
Well, we still
haven't made the move, but we're half way there! Our
house is on the market and we've begun the
change-over at the Jordan, MN location.
In
the meantime, we're still working at the business,
Maureen teaching occasional classes and leading
Storyclay Telling events at libraries and
classrooms.and Dan producing new molds.
Pictured above is Dan, picking apples at our Prior
Lake location. Dan and I planted both of these trees
in the early 80's. The apple tree was loaded this
year, and the Maple was glorious. It will be sad to
say goodbye to these trees.
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RECENT
CLASSES
SHAKE RAG ALLEY
Mineral
Point, Wisconsin USA
October 17 - 22, 2016
Floral Dreamscapes
Co-taught with Carol Simmons
Pictured is Patricia Stirnimum's Floral Dreamscape
that she created in this class.
If you're on
Facebook, you can see more photos from the class
here:
Floral Dreamscapes Facebook Album
COMING UP IN 2017
Carol and I will be
teaching this class again November 6 - 11.
2017 in Albuquerque, NM, hosted by Annie
Hooten.
More info coming soon.
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Maureen's Shake Rag Alley Classes in 2017
Maureen will be teaching a combination class at Shake Rag
Alley in Mineral Point, Wisconsin.
Students
will decide between creating a Stackables
Mixed-Media Figurative Sculpture or a Character
Walking Stick.
Lots of learning opportunities!
Dates are
August 12 - 13, 2017
If you haven't been
there before, you're in for a delightful experience.
See more here:
Shake Rag Alley Facebook Album
Shake Rag
Alley Website
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December 5 and 6, 2015
It's our Celebration Open House weekend,
the Grand Finale for this adventure that we named
Maureen Carlson's Center for Creative Arts.
This part of the journey is coming to a
close as the grand old building at 102 Water Street
morphs into our private studio and workshop, and the
home of Wee Folk Creations, our mail order and
on-line business. The journey continues, just not is
quite the same way.
Curious? So are we, but excited, too, to open the
doors and see what adventure awaits us .....
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Come Celebrate with Us!
Maureen and Dan Carlson |
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Reissued in NEW FORMAT: B18
2-inch Boots
www.weefolk.com/molds_list.htm
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Maureen
created the Boot Mold in the 1990's as a resin mold, which was
licensed to AMACO.
It sold during the 1990's and
early 2000's, and
then was retired in that format.
We have brought it back again as a flexible
silicone rubber mold.
Why? Because we
think it's such a great mold.
And YOU asked
for it!
The clay boots, made from Boot Mold B
18, were stretched and tweeked to fit the mood of these
fanciful Fairy-Sun dolls, pictured at left. The sun faces were made
using Design Mold #25. |
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This SMILING WOMAN 1 3/4-inch face mold is also a reissue of a
previous resin mold that was
licensed to AMACO by
Maureen.
It was previously listed as What a Character
Mrs. Santa Face #19. We're renamed it for a
more
generic use. After all, you don't have to
be a Mrs.
Santa to have a smiling face! |
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These two dolls were made using Mold F19, the
Smiling Woman Face, and B18, the 2-inch boot mold.
Yes,
they really were made from the same mold
from which
the Fairy-Sun boots were made!
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Look what
Maureen's students created at the Cabin Fever
Creative Arts Festival (or CFCF) in February 2015:
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Small
Jointed Dolls
Class Photos
Spinners and
Whirligigs & The Balancing Act Class Photos |
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What a great trip Maureen had to the
Baltimore area in February 2015 to teach at
Cabin Fever, to visit Mari O'Dell and to teach a
StoryBead Necklace Class for the Baltimore Bead
Society.
Pictured at right, in Mari O'Dell's
"Treehouse" studio, are Mari and Kathryn Ottman.
Kathryn is the founder and organizer of the
Cabin Fever Creative Arts Festivals.
See
more photos here
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These two pumpkin guys were made using our What a
Charcter Push Molds F5, F9 and F10, for the big guy
on the left. He has a wire armatured body with felt
clothes. Alcohol inks give him color variations. |
This little pumpkin walker was amde using our What a
Character Push Mold #F1. He has sculpted hands, but
our mold F10 could be used for oversized hands. |
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CLAY CREATION WORKSHOP
by Maureen Carlson
Now Available at your favorite booksellers as well
as at
weefolk.com/books_list.htm
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To watch the STORY VIDEO that was inspired by
this book, click here:
A
Day in the Sun at YouTube.com
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Waiting for Step 2 ... Faces are all made from our
molds F3, F4, F5 and F6.
For more info, go to
our Wee Folk Creations site:
WeeFolk.com
or
Our Etsy site:
MaureenCarlsonStudio |
Clay Creation
Workshop
100+ Projects to
Make
with Air Dry Clay
More info as soon as we
have it!
This book replaces the originally
scheduled Awesome Clay Animals and Cool Clay. The
publisher, North Light Books, decided to combine the
two books and make a single, larger volume. Good
idea! I've seen a digital copy. Looks great!
This was a really fun
book to work on, especially since I had help from
Renee Carlson. Reminded me of 30 years ago when we
were prepping for our Renaissance Festival days.
This is the first book that we've worked on
together.
Can't wait to share it with you all.
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Latest News!
New Book From Maureen Carlson
Scheduled Release March 2014
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The Storykeeper Pattern
and Facemold #F7 and Hand Mold 11 are now available as
Downloadable Projects
at Weefolk.com. |
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Need Someone to Listen to your story?
Maureen is now available for spiritual direction
appointments.
spiritualdirection.htm
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From our archives .... 1989
What's old is new again ........See our
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And we're still here ....2012
videos reissued in DVD format:
Video Info |
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Have you
received your April 2012 issue of PolymerCAFE'?
Maureen's Beads-On-A-Stick are on the cover.
You can
purchase it at booksellers or from
http://www.polymercafe.com
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You can
create
Maureen's
Beads on a String
Dangle Doll Angel
with our NEW
Downloadable PDF File
Available FREE for a limited
time
Especially for our
NEWSLETTER READERS
Download by March
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Make Charming Ornaments
From
Bead Mold
B2
<------- Turn plain
into marvelous
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Pictured here are different versions
of the top middle face from mold B2. All
samples were created with polymer clay.
After adding embellishments and baking to harden,
the ornament was colored with alcohol inks and
Coptic markers. |
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Mold B2The above samples were made with
the top-middle face from this mold.
To order
molds, go to weefolk.com |
Mold
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The samples below were made with the
bottom-middle face from this mold. |
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Use
Bead Mold
B
To Make a Christmas Elf
<------- Turn
plain
into marvelous
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Pictured here are different versions
of the middle-bottom face from mold B. All
samples were created with polymer clay.
After adding embellishments and baking to harden,
the ornament was colored with alcohol inks and
Coptic markers, then strung with beading thread.
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