Southern Connecticut Polymer Clay Guild, Inc.
Not-A-Newsletter for November 2002
=====Suggested agenda for November 16 Meeting
Diane Villano will give a demo on Japanese
Braiding.
She uses this type of braiding to display some of her "Big Beads".
The Travelling Exhibit will be on display at the meeting. At this time items
that are in the display can be returned to members, if they wish. We are looking
for additional items to add to the display. Most items are shown for a month at
each facility and usually stay with the exhibit for the year, but can be
retrieved before then if needed back by the member.
Faux Bead Swap beads will be exchanged.
Discussion of the December Meeting/Tag Sale/Raffle
Discussion of Weekend of Clay. Time and teachers to be discussed.
Show-n-Tell/Show and Help/Show and Brag
Clay Day:
Clay Day at Laurel Gardens was a wonderful time.
(Laura O was last seen picking out a room close to the rec room ;-)
We had 11 members at the clay day...there was room for more.
Thank you Deborah Edery for making the arrangements for us!
=====Looking Ahead
December meeting will be the Second Saturday of the month, December 14th.
It will be the annual Tag Sale/Auction & Pot Luck. Bring polymer clay
related items: tools, books beads etc that you are willing to donate to the
guild. We draw numbers and do a revolving round of shopping. First & second
times around all items are $1 then prices are lowered until the tables are
empty. Since items are priced at $1 please package accordingly. Higher value
items will be auctioned.
===== Congratulations and Guild Honors
Congratulations to Michele Raffaele on winning the October Raffle. Michele won a beautiful faux turquoise necklace donated by Janice Rubino. Michele will be donating an item to raffle off at the January meeting.
Congratulations to Lynne Schwarzenberg for winning First Place in Polymer
Clay Central's October Challenge! Her Mokume Gane necklace is incredible. Lynne
will bring the necklace to show at the meeting. Please check it out at the
following link...
=====Classes, Workshops, Retreats
Diane Villano will be teaching fall classes at the Guildford Handcraft
Center, 411 Church Street, Guilford, CT (203) 453-5947
Filigree Ornaments in Polymer Clay
Saturday December 7th, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Students with some polymer clay experience will fashion a filigree ornament
using various colors of extruded clay. We’ll explore various methods of
covering permanent and temporary glass armatures as we create beautiful holiday
ornaments. Materials fee $4.00, materials list provided, non-member tuition is
$58.
Jody Bishel
will be teaching at Ravensdale 2003 in Issaquah, WA. The conference will take place August 3-10, 2003. Details will be provided as they become available.Diane Villano
will be teaching various classes at the Bead and Button Show in Milwaukee, WI in June 2003. Diane’s class schedule will be highlighted in a future newsletter.New York Polymer Clay Guild Upcoming Events:
===== Shows, Exhibits, Publications
November 17 – December 22 Crafts
USA 2002, 4th National Juried Craft Exhibition, Silvermine Guild Arts Center
1037 Silvermine Road, New Canaan, CT 06840 (203) 966-9700
===== Bottles of Hope
Our Guild’s Bottles of Hope are
still on display at the Yale Physicians Building. This event is giving our
program a lot of exposure, and we are sure to need more bottles for cancer
patients and survivors, so please keep making them and bring them to the
meetings!Tracy VanBuskirk updated us at the last meeting that the BOH program
has spread throughout the country. Tracy gets e-mails from around the
country/world from people/pc artists involved in making and distributing BOH.
The program started in 1999 with Diane Gregoire and the BOH really picked up
steam in 2000 with the retreat.
Please make more bottles and bring them to the meetings. There is a supply of empty bottles at the Rock Garden meeting location. Any BOH will be distributed to various cancer centers. The bottles can be any range from simple to involved, whimsical bottles are very popular. Cane ends can be used to cover bottles. We also take donations of canes/cane ends for the workshops. There is a GREAT need for bottles. E-mail Tracy at BOH@hotmail.com and she can e-mail you a word document file with nice sayings which can be printed on card stock and tied on to bottles. Please try to bring in more bottles soon.
====Guild Help Needed
Promotion Coordinator – someone to
help get the word out about the guild and our programs. Please contact Sharon or
Diane if you are interested in volunteering for this position.
=====Traveling Exhibit
A big thank you to Arlene McNeely for continuing in her position as the Traveling Exhibit Coordinator for 2003.
In January, the exhibit will be in Glastonbury
In February, it goes to Cheshire.
Meeting called to order at 11:20 am
Michelle Raffaele gave a demo on Faux Raku
There were 17 members in attendance. Patti Leathe from West Hartford, renewed her membership when she visited with us at the Bead Bazaar
Sharon brought the boards listing the guild’s accomplishments again. Please update the info if you see any areas needing correction or addition.
Tracy compiled a list of accomplishments regarding Bottles of Hope. Sharon will e-mail this list to the guild members.
We will try to do a demo/workshop at Yale soon. We will try to do a demo/workshop at Yale soon. We also encourage people to make BOH at the Clay Day.
Make A Difference Day, Oct. 26. Parade Magazine – they are looking for outreach programs. Debbie would like to feature BOH made at Clay Day. Lynne will take pics.
Go see the BOH exhibit at Yale Physicians Bldg.
Clay Day, Oct. 26 11-5 PM, Laurel Gardens, Woodbridge. Box lunch with sandwich, chips, soda available, $4. Let Sharon know in advance if you want one.
Traveling exhibit – still in Hamden (Sept. & Oct.) will be at the Nov. meeting. This will give you a chance to see it, add to it or possibly take items you might want back. January it will be in Glastonbury, February it goes to Cheshire. Arlene will be coordinating the balance of 2003.
Raffle Chain – last winner was Janice Rubino. She has a faux turquoise necklace to be raffled today. Today’s winner donates the item for January’s raffle. Tickets are $1 each.
Faux Swap – 18 people signed up. 20 beads due at the Nov mtg, Nov 16 OR MAIL TO LYNNE BEFORE. They will be distributed at the meeting. Size ½ inch to 1-1/2 inch. Needle tool/toothpick sized or larger hole please. Bring in a gallon-sized ziplock.
Carol Duvall ornaments will be collected after Show & Tell.
Thanks to Sharon, Diane, Genevieve and Ethel for bringing juice & snacks for the mtg.
Raffle was won by: Michelle R. She will be providing the raffle item for January.
Snacks & drinks for Nov mtg: Libby & Janice – snacks, Arlene – juice. Please call someone to bring in something if you cannot attend.
November’s program will be the swap and the traveling exhibit.
December’s meeting is the 2nd Saturday, Dec 14th. It will be the annual Tag Sale/Auction & Pot Luck. Bring polymer clay related items: tools, books beads etc that you are willing to donate to the guild. We draw numbers and do a revolving round of shopping. First & second times around all items are $1 then prices are lowered until the tables are empty. Since items are priced at $1 please package accordingly. Higher value items will be auctioned.
Lynne Schwarzenberg & Terry Hudson have a display at Yale Children’s rm 201 , Oct 19-25th.
Citywide Open Studios in New Haven. Check the New Haven Advocate for details.
Bead Strand – due to a mix up @ the retreat Leigh Ross & Marie Segal were unable to participate in the raffle for the Retreat Bead Strand (even though they purchased quite a few tickets). If you can donate 2 beads please give them to Deb so that we could give them each a bead strand. They are due to Deb at Clay Day or by the end of the month.
Dues for next year and 3 beads for next year’s bead strands (optional) are due by the beginning of 2003. The guild has 3 bead strands, 1 for the exhibit, 1 for the Rock Garden and 1 for raffle.
For the 3rd year in a row we will be sending ornaments for the Carol Duvall Holiday Special to decorate the trees on the set. Your ornament may be on TV! Or featured on the web site. Diane is collecting ornaments today. Tracy will be shipping them out to the CD show. They are due to Tracy Van Bus Kirk by Oct 27.
Kathy Rue, former owner of Polymer Clay Express passed away recently. Diane will be sending a sympathy card on behalf of the guild.
Meeting adjourned at 2:15 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Lynne Ann Schwarzenberg
Back-up Newsletter Lady, Understudy to the Secretary, general all-around Poly-maniac
riverpoet@aol.com (203) 734-1396