The Artist Swap Theme for 2027 Clay Camp is ‘The Great Pacific North WET’

No, that’s not a typo, we really do mean ‘wet’. Artist Swap registration will be up before the end of the year for Clay Camp 2027 but here’s the theme so all polymer peeps can plan their swap ideas. Registration for the swap is required to participate by a TBD cut-off date in January and artists must make a swap item for each participating artist. Artists can make all swaps items the same or all different or any combination. Another change in our swap format: handmade items can be swaps but they must be handmade.

Our annual Clay Camp this year was May 15th -17th, 2026 at ArtWorks in downtown Edmonds, Washington.
Clay Camp is for novice and experienced adult clayers- are all welcome!
Become a NWPCG member here.

For the Clay Camp 2026 Itinerary, click here

Product Demonstrations

There were several product demos planned for Clay Camp this year. This was a great chance for campers to see an in-person demonstration of a product, see some examples of use, learn a few tips, and try it for themselves. We raffled the products on Sunday afternoon. Some of the featured products included:

Kamenskaya Guilding Fluid

Water Soluble Transfer Paper

UV Resin for Beginners

Intense Colorshift Chameleon Flakes

StazOn Solvent Metallic Inks
Koala No Spray Waterslide Paper

Bonus Classes!
Collage and Concertina Book Making with Dawn Gray

Anytime Dawn leads a class we all want to see what she’s doing! This year campers covered a sheet of watercolor paper with collage elements (Nat Geo magazine photos, gel prints, old sheet music, old book pages etc.) and then used those sheets later to make concertina or accordion style books along with polymer clay elements.