Southern Connecticut
Polymer Clay Guild, Inc. ==== Welcome new members! -Cindy Seiwert gave a wonderful
demonstration of Precious Metals Clay and it’s possibilities, along with
showing us some of the detailed and beautiful items she has made already. Thank
you, Cindy, for that helpful demo! -The issue of the ‘calendar’ by
Trudy was given more discussion, ending with a group consensus of how to deal
with it from this point on. Diane Villano will be continuing with the efforts to
wrap this issue up. =====
Reminders ---Membership runs annually Jan to
Jan so dues are now due and they are $15.
Please mail to Sue Rankin, our new Treasurer, if you are not able to come to the
meeting. (make out checks to Southern Connecticut Polymer Clay Guild, Inc. (or
SCPCG) and mail to: SCPCG c/o Sue Rankin, 477 Church Hill Rd., Trumbull,
CT06611) ----The 3 beads for the bead strand are
due by THIS MEETING!!! ----Raffle-chain drawings will be held
Jan, Mar, May, Aug, Oct. If you win the raffle, you also provide the item for
the next raffle. ---- Our Guild had great success at the
Bead Bazaar this past year, and we will be doing it again. Are you slowly but
surely working on your beads before the last minute rush? =====
Bottles of Hope Classes =====Classes,
Workshops, Retreats ---March
21, 2002, 7:00 to 9:00pm, Thursdays,
5 weeks (skipping March 28th and April 25th) ---March
24, 2002; 11- 4 PM, Sunday @ GHC Clay
Day: ==== Clay Connection 2002 - July
12,13,14 ----Unique ‘Clay ConneCTion 2002’
pins are in the planning stage. ----The ‘Ask The Experts’ gathering
is shaping up, with Tips & Techniques, for Saturday night. Cindy Siewart
will be coordinating. ---- The Slide Bank from NPCG will be
shown Friday night. ----Volunteers will be needed, even if
you can offer just a few hours. Some jobs can be done long before the retreat,
some during the retreat. ====Volunteers needed ---Promotion
Coordinator - someone to help get the word out about the guild and our programs =====Traveling Exhibit Traveling Exhibit Schedule: =====Suggested agenda for March 16th
Meeting Demo of Faux Sandstone by Tracy Van
Buskirk Items for slides Membership Brochures will be distributed
to new members and updated materials will be passed out to all members who did
not get them at the last meeting. Looking Ahead: Respectfully submitted, Debbie Goodrow 203-245-2910 deb_twinkle@yahoo.com
Not-A-Newsletter for March 16, 2002 Meeting
Barbara McKie from Lyme, and Holly Bollier from
Guilford, who joined the guild in January.
Gini Frank Fischer from Bethel, Gail Gilchrist from Ridgefield, and Jeanette
Tang from Bethany who joined in February.
====From Feb Meeting
-There were 24 members in attendance. That’s a new
record!
We need some volunteers to help at an upcoming Bottles of Hope workshop.
All of you are more than qualified to do this!
Diane will run the April 8th meeting but needs help.
Please respond! As you know, we have the BOH supply box, so all we need is your
time and talent.
Thanks.
Tracy BoH Coordinator
---- April 8th - 8:00 p.m., 1 hour hands-on workshop, St. Vincent DePaul Ladies
Guild, Taylor Avenue, East Haven, contact Connie (from the East Haven Women's
Club) at (203) 467-9594. Diane Villano will conduct this workshop, but since
they expect 35-40 people, she will need at least two guild members to assist.
Debbie Goodrow - Clinton Adult
Education Evening Classes Morgan School, Route 81, Clinton
Polymer Clay Techniques and
Hints Faux techniques,
image transfers, Millefiori, Molding, caning,
and Mokume Gane are just some of the possibilities for this class. Class members
will choose what techniques will be emphasized. Handy tips and ideas for making
working with polymer clay easier and more fun will be shared. You'll be bringing
several finished items home!
Tuition $25.00 Materials Fee: $10 (includes your choice of 5 oz of different
polymer clay colors and a tissue blade)
Please give suggestions for what you'd like to have taught or highlighted.
Put your suggestions on our message board http://pluto.beseen.com/boardroom/n/55120/
Cost will be $10 for members, $15 for
guests.
We are still accepting
additional items to display. The display seems to have many ‘jewelry’ items.
We’d like to show some of the alternate uses of polymer clay. Any ‘other’
items are solicited, for example -salt and peppershakers, -notebook covers,
-serving ware with pc handles, -curtain finials, -tiles, or anything else you
can think of.
MARCH
North Haven Library, 17 Elm St. North Haven
APRIL Trumbull Public Library, 33
Quality St.
JUNE Blackstone Library, South
Main Street, Branford
AUGUST Milford Library 57 New
Haven Ave.
SEPTEMBER Hamden Miller Memorial
Library
OCTOBER Cheshire 104 Main St.
Tracy has arranged to have slides taken of members work and will be accepting
items at the meeting (4 items for $60, checks made out to Cash) She will also
have some slides so you can see the quality of his work.
Clay ConneCTion 2002 discussion and planning
Announcements
Raffle-Chain:
Debbie Goodrow will be donating the item for the raffle of this meeting.
Clay Day discussion
Show-and-Tell/Show-and-Help/Show-and-Brag
Discussion on new Kato Polyclay by
Sue Rankin at our April Meeting