Southern Connecticut Polymer Clay Guild, Inc.
Not-A-Newsletter for November 2001
===== Minutes from October 20
10 people attended the meeting. No demonstration took place.
+++++Bottles of Hope
=Diane Gregoire was featured on channel 10 about her large BOH, which was sent
to a fire station in NY. She was interviewed during a BOH workshop at
RogerWilliams Park. Keep up the good work, Diane!
=Betty Roe Richards is trying to re-activate her North Central Florida Guild by
sponsoring a BOH project, and is asking for cane ends. Her bottles are given to
new patients entering cancer treatment at a nearby hospital. The address is
North Central Florida PCG, 175554 SE 104 Circle, Summerfield, FL, 34491
=Linda Gould and the Montreal Polymer Clay guild is making 100 per month for the
Royal Victorian Hospital. They are hoping to find more people to help make
bottles.
=On November 10, Barbara Heinisch will be showing a group of special needs kids
in a program called "Winners on Wheels" how to make Bottles of Hope.
++++Announcements:
Polymer Clay Express is interested in making Polymer clay instructional videos,
and is contacting guilds about who and what they would like to see videos of.
Our guild will be sending them an email with our suggestions.
=The guild voted to get a Jewelry Crafts magazine subscription to add to our
library.
=Guild member Arlene McNeely has offered to take the position of Traveling
Exhibit Coordinator.
=Guild member Lynn Schwarzenberg has offered to be back-up person for the NAN
Newsletter.
=Guild Class Review: Lindly Haunani's class was a success, and Lindly had an
enjoyable time as well.
=Bead Bazaar Review: The guild's table made 1,242 dollars - 156 went to the
guild treasury. Diane Villano won 25 guild dollars for being the person who made
the most beads and sales.
===== Congratulations
Genevieve Ciavarelli won third place in the Polymer Clay Central's October
challenge for her TLS-coated paper bead necklaces.
Christmas Tree Ornaments made by Jody Bishel, Sharon Mihalyak, Cindy Siewart and
Diane Villano were highlighted on Carol Duvall's Holiday Workshops this month.
Links to the Ornament Showcase for each show are on www.hgtv.com
====Instructors requested
Guilford Handcrafts Center needs a polymer clay instructor for a Sunday
afternoon March class for a
group of 12 Girl Scouts. The subject is beads for friendship bracelets and the
class is 1:00-3:30. Call
Helen at the Center for details, (203) 453-5947.
=====Call for Entries
PCC November [Ethnic/International] and December [Beads] Challenge. Please go to
http://www.polymerclaycentral.com/
to check out the details.
===== Bottles of Hope
There are some issues that have come up relating to the Traveling BoH Class Box.
· Should we accept donations for BoH at workshops? (perhaps to re-stock clay in
box, etc?)
· Should we ‘lend’ our BoH to non-members? Perhaps with a security deposit?
· Could we produce a simple written piece that is small in format and easy to
copy that would be included in mailings to BoH recipients. It would briefly
describe what a BoH is, how some people use it (prayers, etc) and where to
contact for more info. It would –not- include the info in the main brochure
such as the longer history, and how to make them.
· Tracy would like to collect the ‘sayings’ that we put on the bottles.
· Tracy’s dream is to have a BoH Website that visitors can go to and click
on:
· Download logo
· Download sayings and poems to put in or on bottles
· Background info, history
· How to make bottles
· How to make a Traveling BoH Class Box, including supplies
· Pictures of bottles (including links to other websites or pages that have BoH
· Advice on how to get empty bottles
· Suggestions on how to approach hospitals or clinic to start a BoH program
there.
=====Traveling Exhibit
NOVEMBER Killingworth, CT
Year of 2002 Not yet set
=====Suggested agenda for November 17 Meeting
Demo - Sue Rankin, Moire Pattern Surface Techniques
Announcements
Bottles of Hope
Officer Elections - all of the candidates are running unopposed:
Sharon Mihalyak, President;
Debbie Goodrow, Vice President;
Sue Rankin, Treasurer;
Michele Raffaele, Secretary
Show-and-Tell/Show-and-Help/Show-and-Brag
=====Looking Ahead
=December 8 – Polymer Clay-related Guild Tag Sale Pot luck lunch
=January 19 Demo - Diane Villano, Silk Screening on Clay
Respectfully submitted,
Debbie Goodrow
203-245-2910
deb_twinkle@yahoo.com