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 😉
Debbie Goodrow and Dorian Merriman-Boddy teamed up to demo Inka-Gold and Gilders' Paste at the October guild meeting. 
Debbie was lucky to find some Inka-Gold colors on clearance at Hobby Lobby. There are 20 different colors. 
Deb used the Inka-Gold between layers of polymer clay for a mokume-gane effect. 
Inka-Gold can be used to stamp, paint, and when thinned with water, can be used as a "wash". 
When applied heavier there was more of a crackle pattern. 
When used straight from the container, Inka-Gold is similar to "Rub-n-Buff". 
Dorian brought in a few tins of Gilders' Paste. It is more of a paste wax, while the Inka-Gold has a smooth, creamy consistency.
A few different colors of the Gilders' Paste rubbed on top of textured polymer pieces.
Christy Sherman demonstrated how she makes flowers at our June guild meeting.
Christy started with a Skinner blend and cut out the shapes. 
Here is the assembled flower. Notice the texture she added to the petals. 
Sometimes she will follow a diagram. Here is an an example she has on her phone. 
Here is a cut out petal and an assembled flower. 
Christy made 2 Calla Lilies and positioned them together. Makes a nice broach. 
These are some of the cutters she uses to make the petals of her flowers. They can also be cut out freehand or using a template. 
Rose assembled and petals shaped to look realistic. 
Starting with a single petal wrapped around the center of the rose... 
another petal gets attached..... 
wrapping and distorting to fit together right. 
Here is a wonderful collection of leaves and flowers, tendrils and I think I even see a snake in there! 
A collection of roses made by Christy.
The single slices show the elements that were combined to create the extruded patterns. 
She had so much fun that she volunteered to demo her ongoing experiments at the March guild meeting.
You can see how much fun she had with all the samples she brought to show us! 
Carole extruded shapes from a glue gun and used the shapes for printing / resisting ink when printing. 
