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=====Suggested agenda for March 20, 2004
Demo by Debbie Goodrow on caning
Traveling Exhibit: display of current items and accepting new items for display
Raffle-chain Raffle - Item donated by Debbie Goodrow
Fabric Swap Discussion
Show-n-Tell
Pictures to be taken of members' work for Gallery pages on Website
=====Looking Ahead
Demo by Libby Mills - Mica Shift Technique as done by Pier Volkos
Clay ConneCTion 2004 July 23-25
=====Guild Announcements
Membership is Jan. to Jan and dues of $15 are now
due along with 3 or 4 beads for the 2004 Beadstrand
We would like to welcome some new members:
Christy Sherman from Richmond RI
Christina Swanke from Milford
Welcome back to Gail Hennesey from Ridgefield
====Guild Honors and Awards
Diane Villano's "Big Bead - Turquoise Zuni
Bear Fetish" has been accepted in the New Haven Paint & Clay Club's 103
annual juried exhibition at The John Slade Ely House, 51 Trumbull Street, New
Haven, CT 06510. Opening reception, March 21, 2-5 pm Exhibit runs March 21
through April 11, 2004, Wed-Friday, 11-4, Sat, Sun, 2-5, closed Mon, Tues. For
more info: www.elyhouse.org
or (203) 624-8055.
=====Members in The Media
Check out the article at pcpolyzine.com on our
newest member Christy Sherman http://www.pcpolyzine.com/2004march/business.html
Diane Villano will have her Swirl Heart Pin in the next Polymer Cafe.
=====Traveling Exhibit
The contents of the Traveling Exhibit will be at
the March meeting. This is your opportunity to retrieve old pieces and submit
new. The Traveling Exhibit is an important part of what we do and we request
that members submit a few pieces for the display.
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March 20, 2004 |
SCPCG Meeting at Rock Garden |
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End of March – Early May |
Ivoryton Library, 106 Main St., Ivoryton |
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June |
Scranton Memorial Library, |
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August |
Killingworth Library, 301 Route 81 |
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Mid-Sept to Mid Oct |
C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main St. Newtown |
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November |
Trumbull Library, 33 Quality Street |
=====Book Review
Creating Lifelike Figures in Polymer Clay
by Katherine Dewey
Being a sculptor at heart, I couldn’t wait for this book to be published! I have long admired the work of Katherine Dewey, and her Lifelike Animals book was a wonderful addition to my library, but this book, the one on human forms was a book I truly coveted from the time I heard about it’s inception. This month, I was lucky enough to receive it for review from the guild library.
This book is unparalleled in it’s detail oriented, step-by-step tutorials for creating truly lifelike human figurines. It not only covers basic anatomy and facial expressions, but explores paints and finishes, clothing and costumes, and an excellent method to create simple but incredibly realistic butterfly or fairy wings.
After covering the basics of polymer clay and figurative modeling, Ms. Dewey explores the human body in great detail with separate sections on faces, male and female torsos, legs and feet, hands and arms. She includes "the heroic torso" which is an amazing analysis of a well-muscled male torso that is broken down into such simple terms that it would seem possible to at least try it, no matter how little sculpting you’ve done in the past. In addition, she has included a wonderful section on polymer clay clothing for your figures, and explores the wonderful finishing touches and details that make a good sculpture into a great one.
Many people may be intimidated by the incredible perfection of Ms. Dewey’s work, and may be afraid to attempt a lifelike figure, but this book breaks down the steps so well, that sculptors at any skill level can improve their skills and begin to look at the human form in a different way…broken down into a sum of it’s parts. With the homemade tools that she teaches us to make, and the wealth of information and images included in this book, it’s hard to believe that there is anyone who would not benefit from reading and studying this book. I know it will be hard for me to return it to the guild library, so I am off to order a copy for myself!
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Tips and techniques Discussion
· Fantastic cleans everything polymer clay surfaces, pm machines
· Corresponding Holes in baked flat layers pc, double sided tape to anchor layers together to drill through all at once (block of wood at bottom)
· Papermate flexi grip ultra works for pens, staples catalogues, has purple ink! The screw on end instead of pliers to remove the ink
· Keep notebook handy for brainstorms
· Molds; pearl-ex powders is great for a release agent, uniform look, brush in rubberized molds, and use alcohol to remove from mold
· Those CD_s you get in the mail? Use the tin as mini trays, paper in the bottom.
· Get artistic or color inspirations from new books (eg: Emma Ralph’s Polymer Clay in a Day)
· Those small condiment containers from restaurants are great for containing small pieces, and most have lids you can get
· When covering larger surfaces using small canes, make a loaf or complex cane of the smaller cane, and slice more at once for quicker covering.
· Slicing at a 45 degree angle brings out mica shift
· Get ideas from magazines, rip out the pages
· When making Skinner Blend; if it’s run through the pm the wrong way before it’s time, slice the long way, and restack overlapping slightly to make it the size of the pm again
· Inspirations from other than polyclay books: keep a magnetic photo book, 3 ring binder, put your ideas in there. Creative color combinations, etc.
· Fabric swatches can provide great color combination ideas. Can buy as little as 1/8 of a yard from stores
· Clay gun; fill barrel with short plug of clay and bake. That will be your plug to help keep the barrel clean when pressing clay through. When loading, wrap the back end of the clay with a short bit of wax paper or plastic, and twist at the end, then load. Helps keep things clean too.
15 people present, 2 new members! Membership benefits include Guild Binders, membership card, access to our library, and membership pricing on many events.
There are new acquisitions in our library, and lots of new videos, new magazines too. (Bead and Button, Jewelry Crafts, Expressions, Belle Amore, and will be getting Polymer Cafe.) And the book K. Dewey, Creating Lifelike Figures, which Lynne will review in newsletter.
New membership packets were updated and passed out.
Bead Bazaar 2004 confirmed! September 11, 2004. Lynne is coordinating.
Diane Villano will have a Swirl Heart Pin in the next Polymer Cafe.
Ethel and Genevieve have another demo requested at the senior citizen location.
Arlene; Larson Place wants another class.
BoH - Tracy: 100 BoH for the Relay for Life to Summit. 10 to 12 requests, the leaders want bottles. Trish is helping organize contacts around the country for BoH, so we can direct any questions to a LOCAL contact. The Women’s Club in Northford wants another BoH class, Tuesday 4/20/04 about 6:30pm in the community room. There will be about 60 participants?
The 2003 Bead Strand was completed with 24 beads on it, and raffled. Lynne Schwarzenberg was the winner!
Beads for our 2004 Bead strand are due! Three beads please, and if you’d like, a fourth for the bead for the strand coordinator.
Weekend of Clay to be held 3/13,14/04 at the Foxon Firehouse. $10 per class, 4 classes available. March 5th is cutoff for signing up.
Demo for March will be Caning, by Deborah Goodrow.
Minutes submitted by Deborah Goodrow
Respectfully submitted,
Lynne Ann Schwarzenberg
Vice President, Newsletter Lady, Bead Strand Coordinator, Swapmistress Extraordinaire,
General Poly-Maniac riverpoet@adelphia.net
