Libby Mills' Demo was about Handcarving Stamps to print on Polymer Clay or to use as texture on Polymer Clay.
To see more of her work Click to go to her Instagram
CC’22 Demo Spotlight Libby
CC’22 Demo Spotlight Denise
Denise Fitzsimmons' Demo was about "Hacking Your Seconds"
Carving your pieces to make them into something wonderful instead of just "meh".
Click to go to her Instagram Click to go to her Facebook Page
CC’22 Demo Spotlight Dorian
Dorian Merriman-Boddy's Demo was about her deep dive into UV Resin.
Click to go to her Instagram Click to read the Facebook Post
Save The Date – Clay ConneCTion Retreat 7/29 – 31 Virtual Retreat!
Clay ConneCTion Retreat will be Virtual for 2022.
We will be Zooming from Friday evening, July 29 until Sunday evening, July 31.
Details To Come!
LINE – A Worksheet For Creativity
Helen Wyland-Malchow has been teaching the guild design elements at the Zoom guild meetings..
She started with LINE. Download the Worksheet here. (was sent out with the June NAN).
She went over different elements/attributes of Line.
Take something you love and represent it as LINE and do the exercises on the worksheet. The pictures are examples that Helen showed to explain the different concepts. Play with it and have some fun!
We will share our worksheets at the ConneCTion Challenge Zoom meeting on July 3.
Looking forward to seeing all we do!
"The Horizontal and Vertical Ovals show the Contrast between the Straight Static Lines and the Movement at the Ends Created by the Curvilinear Lines" ~Helen
"When you feel the urge to mindlessly scroll through Facebook, take out the worksheet and play with the exercises" ~ Carole
Clay ConneCTion Home Version
Even though we can't meet in person, we're going to have a Great Retreat!
Virtual Meetings
We will be hosting our guild meetings via Zoom until further notice.
The link, meeting ID, and password will be in the newsletter that will be emailed out a few days prior to the meeting.
Hope to see you there!
And (for those like me who are a little vain) here is a zoom youtube link from Libby that has good lighting tips: https://youtube/ACNGhPKnmok
Also another tip - (I'm SO Vain!!!!...) You can go to Zoom -> Preferences -> Video and in "My Video you can check "Touch up my appearance" which softens up everything 😉
Weekend of Clay Classes Cancelled
It is with an abundance of caution we will cancel our event this weekend. We hope to reschedule later in the year.
Weekend of Clay March 14 & 15, 2020
Weekend of Clay at the Foxon Firehouse, 1420 North High Street, East Haven,
March 14th and 15th. (Located at the corner of Rt 80 and High St in East Haven)
Classes BY Members of the guild FOR Members of the guild.
Sat am - Butterfly Koi Fish in Polymer Clay - Debbie Jaffe
Sat pm - Grunge Roses - Denise Fitzsimmons
Sun am - Insert YOUR Style Here - Carole Monahan
Sun pm - Illuminated Resin - Christy Sherman
Times are 9:00 - 12:30 and 1:30-5 each day Please set up between
(the workroom will be open Saturday evening for extra clay time)
Class fees are $15 each class, payable to the Guild.
Carole will take your payment at the WEoC.
Membership dues will need to be paid to take the classes.
Materials fees paid directly to the teacher on the day of the class.
You can take all 4 classes or any of them.
For Class Descriptions Please Click Here!
(This was emailed to members on 3/4/20)
Save the Date CC’20
Clay ConneCTion 2020
SAVE THE DATE!
Our 12th Retreat is scheduled for July 23 - 26, 2020.
At Connecticut College in New London, Connecticut
Details to Follow!
Creating Hollow Forms Class
Hollow Forms, Vessels, and Containers
The Box - 2-day workshop with Helen Wyland-Malchow
September 14 & 15, 2019
Clay ConneCTion ’18 Prize Winners
We were so fortunate to have so many prizes to share with our lucky attendees.
Our goodie bags were filled with many samples of clays from Polyform, Apoxie Sculpt, clay and cutters from Makin's, and generous coupons from Makin's, Sculpey, Marvelous Molds, ComposiMold and Craftcast.
They were generous and also donated items for our raffle. Other donations were given by R J Crafts and many of the attendees. Thanks to all of you for making this such a successful and fun retreat!
Clay ConneCTion ’18 Garden Walk
This year we finally got to go on our Garden Walk. It did not disappoint! Connecticut College has so many beautiful gardens and plantings all over the campus. This year Donna Panciera brought us to the Carolina Black Garden.
Here is a link to the Connecticut College website for the garden
Below are some pictures we took. What a beautiful and inspiring garden! Thank you, Donna!
Weekend of Clay Creations
Here are some creations either made during our WEoC or inspired by the WEoC
Weekend of Clay March 10 & 11, 2018
Weekend of Clay at the Foxon Firehouse, 1420 North High Street, East Haven,
March 10th and 11th. (Located at the corner of Rt 80 and High St in East Haven)
Classes BY Members of the guild FOR Members of the guild.
Sat am - Mitten Beads - Diane Villano
Sat pm - Goddesses with Prerogatives - Carole Monahan
Sun am - Sculpting Flowers and Butterflies in Relief - Christy Sherman
Sun pm - DragonsEyes - Christy Sherman
Times are 9:30 - 12:30 and 2-5 each day
(the workroom will be open Saturday evening for extra clay time)
Class fees are $15 each class, payable to the Guild.
Membership dues will need to be paid to take the classes.
Materials fees paid directly to the teacher on the day of the class.
You can take all 4 classes or any of them.
You can see the finished pieces from our 2017 WEoc on our Weekend of Clay March 2017 Page!
Pics from CWOS
Here are some pictures of our displays from City Wide Open Studios at the Armory.
We were in Room #210 which was actually 5 separate rooms.
Helen and Carole shared the big (entry) room. Lori had a small room off of the main room and Sharon was in the corner room with the other guild members.
We were joined by Eric (who made plastic mixed media art and stuffed animals) and Anne (who sketched dream interpretations).
It was a great time and we met a lot of interesting people!
Looking into Lori's Room - Infinite DeZignz
A closer view of Lori's room.
Looking into Carole's room from Lori's Room
Carole's Display
Carole's Cameooos
Helen's Display - Silver Thumb Designs
The Guild's table display with work by Debbie, Marilyn, Laura, Melinda, Gerry and Sharon
2 of Sharon's Lamps and necklaces by Gerry, Marilyn, and Laura.
Sharon's display with her Clay Relief Etchings.
Sharon's display with her prints and Gerry's necklaces
Some of Sharon's framed prints.
One of Sharon's Lights
Another of Sharon's Lights