Demo - by Loreen Resler Making Cutters (not just for cookies)
Recap and show from the Clay Weekend (bring your treasures)
Further discussion on Guild Anniversary
Discussion on Upcoming Clay Days
Collecting Bottles of Hope for Tracy and Debbie (ongoing)
January is the last meeting to turn in your 2 beads for the 2006 Beadstrand. We will raffle it off to participating members only at the Feb meeting.
Membership is January to December, so membership dues are now due (Still $15 annually)
They can be paid at the meeting or sent to our Treasurer
Sue Rankin 477 Church Hill Rd Trumbull, CT 06611
Please return all library items.
Library deposit will be returned at the Jan meeting (as long as all your library items are returned)
New deposit checks will be needed to borrow items from library.
We request that the number of books/DVDs/tapes be limited to 3 per month.
Magazines are also available to borrow without a limit at this time.
Telephone Wire Challenge due in April
Upcoming Demos:
April-Diane V - Mica Powders
May- Lynne S - Photographing Your Work
June - OPEN
July - Karen Tenny - TBA
Welcome new members:
Holly Lapinski from Stratford and Lisa Perrault from Norwich who joined at
the Clay Weekend
Raffle Winners!
Judy DeCaro won the raffle-chain-raffle
Diane Villano won the 2006 Bead Strand Raffle
This meeting will be your last chance to purchase a copy of the National
Polymer Clay Guild's Progress & Possibilities '06 exhibit catalog at the
group rate of $12.00 instead of the cover price of $16.00.
Congratulations to Lynne Ann Schwarzenberg, Tracy Van Buskirk and Diane Villano for their work published in Making Polymer Clay Beads: Step-by-Step Techniques for Creating Beautiful Ornamental Beads by Carol Blackburn.
Diane Villano will be teaching the following classes:
3/18/07 and 3/25/07, Flip-Top Journal Pendant, Michael's, North Haven, CT,
10:30-12:30 both days, $50.00
4/22/07, Flower Basket Pin, Michael's, North Haven, CT, 10:30-12:30, $20.00
4/8/07, Contemporary Jewelry Inspired by Ethnic Art -Oaxacan Woodcarving, Bead &
Button conference, Milwaukee, WI, 9:00-5:00, $165.00
10/18/07, Bottles of Hope Workshop at Art Fest to Nurture the Soul, Cromwell,
CT, 3:00-6:00, free to conference attendees. More info at
www.artfest4thesoul.com.
February 17, 2007 Minutes
15 members in attendance
Demo by Tracy Van Buskirk – Dead Cane
March Demo: Loreen Resler – Making Clay Cutters
April Demo: Diane Villano – Mica
Powders
May Demo: Photographing your work – Lynne Schwarzenberg
June Demo: Not yet
scheduled
July Demo: Karen Tenny – Circle Mania
Winner of the Bead Strand – Diane Villano
New Member: Holly Lapinski of Stratford
National News:
Progress and Possibilities 2006 Printed book is out
Deadline for Progress and Possibilities 2007 is April 1st
The Guild will be having a clay challenge every other month. The first challenge
was to incorporate a quail egg into a clay project. The next challenge, due at
our April 2007 meeting will be the use of telephone wire.
Two helpful items suggested:
Loreen Ressler: Website for “This to That” tells you how to glue two items
together no matter the material. thistothat.com
Tracy Van Buskirk: Delta – Mini Crackle mix, can be found on Amazon
Minutes submitted by Michelle Pini
Respectfully submitted,
Lynne Ann Schwarzenberg
Newsletter Lady, and General Polyphile
riverpoet@adelphia.net