Southern Connecticut Polymer Clay Guild,
Inc. =====Suggested agenda for May 17, 2003
Meeting ++Demo by Tracy Van Buskirk on finishing
your work and putting it all together ++Pictures will continue to be taken of
member's work for the guild website gallery pages. Please bring to the May
meeting a FEW (1 or 2) pieces to be photographed. ++The guild message board is finished.
Please use it to post classes, brag, tell us shows and exhibits and
books/articles you are in. http://forums.delphiforums.com/scpcg/start ++Raffle-chain raffle of a Tulip Basket
Pin by Diane Villano ++Last Call for ordering books from
Krause Publications. Diane will be putting in the order after the meeting. ++Bottles of Hope for Lark Books ++Wish List / Clay Day discussion ++ Show and Tell/Show and Help/Show and
Brag =====Looking Ahead Lynne Schwarzenberg will give a demo on
cleaning your pasta machine at the June meeting. Don’t forget about the Bead Bazaar in
September! We hope you are already busy making beads and other items to sell at
the guild table. Rings n Things will be holding a Trunk
Show at the North Haven Holiday Inn, June 21, 1:00 – 5:00 pm. Bring your tax #
or you will be charged tax on your purchases. =====Classes, Workshops, Retreats CLASSES AT BROOKFIELD CRAFT CENTER: FILIGREE BEADS IN POLYMER SECRETS OF POLYMER CLAY ===== Shows, Exhibits, Publications Lark Books New England Bead Society Bead Bazaar
– September 13, 2003 Artiology ===== Bottles of Hope ====Call for Entries June 15, 2003, deadline for delivery,
Beaded Inspirations Contest 2003, The Puget Sound Bead Festival, 2601 6th
Avenue, Tacoma, WA 98406. Actual work (not slides), juried in six categories:
Precious Metal Clay, Wirework, Contemporary Beaded Jewelry, Seed Beadwork, Non-Wearables,
& Mixed Media. First, Second, and Third prize winners in each category,
"Best of Show" will receive a trophy and $100 gift certificate to use
during the festival which runs July 18-20, 2003. Details at http://www.pugetsoundbeadfestival.com/contest.htm
or call 1-888-500-BEAD, ext. 4. =====Traveling Exhibit ===== Minutes from April 19, 2002 MINUTES FROM THE APRIL 2003 MTG OF SCPCG
4/19/03 Meeting called to order at 11:30 am There were 12 members in attendance. We’ve opened a Bottles of Hope Forum on
Delphi. Please visit and post to keep it active. Links to the page are in the
newsletter. You can also use the link on the Guild website www.scpcg.org . There will also be a SCPC Guild message
board on Delphi. It should be completely set-up soon. The new BOH website has graphics, tags,
information on what BOH are all about and links to the forum and the guild’s
website. Tracy will be distributing more than 200
BOH at the Relay for Life in Bethel. Each participant will get a bottle. Diane
Gregoire will be distributing BOH at the groundbreaking of a new cancer center
in Rhode Island, Cancer Cooperative Center. They picked BOH as the theme for the
groundbreaking. They will be giving out a special etched glass paperweight with
a BOH image to the largest donors. Diane is designing the bottle and she will be
receiving one of the paperweights for the guild. The exhibit at the Yale Physicians
building is over, but they have selected 10 bottles from the exhibit to be on
permanent display. Diane will be holding at BOH workshop at
her work (Yale) in memory of a co-worker who died recently. Tracy suggested doing BOH workshops a
community service projects for Teen church groups. Let Sharon know if you need brochures so
that she can print them out. You can also print them on your own computer using
the PDF files on the BOH web page. The BOH workshop kit is available to anyone
in the guild who is running a workshop. Polymer Clay Express just donated 9-10
lbs. of clay. A discussion of whether we needed an additional workshop followed.
It was decided that one kit is sufficient for the time being. Gini had expressed the idea of a
suggested BOH Starter Kit. We may put a list of items for a BOH Starter Kit on
the website and check with PCE to see if they might be interested in offering a
prepackaged kit of this sort. If you haven’t already filled out your
Member Wish List and given it to Sharon, please do so. We will be raffling an Elise Winters
Chrysalis Pin today. This is the 2nd pin, which she has generously donated. A
vote was held and passed to make Elise a lifetime honorary member of SCPCG. Rings n Things will be holding a Trunk
Show at the North Haven Holiday Inn, June 21, 1:00 – 5:00 pm. Bring your tax #
or you will be charged tax on your purchases. 2004 Clay ConneCTion: Diane got the
available dates: Fri – Sunday, 7/23-7/25, 7/30-8/1 or 8/6-8/8. It was decided
to go for the 7/23-7/25 weekend as first choice. The cafeteria is back and
Alumni Hall is being renovated this year so everything should be in great shape
for us in July 2004. Michelle R had a baby boy on April 4.
Congratulations. The guild is sending a card. Tracy will be teaching an Intro to PC
class at Brookfield on 7/19. There will be a place at the Guild’s
message board to post classes you are teaching. Diane will be providing the item for the
May Raffle Chain raffle, a Tulip Basket Pin. The winner of the May raffle will
provide the next raffle item in July. Lynne volunteered to host another Name
Tag Swap. If you are interested please contact Lynne to sign up. Leigh Ross is writing a BOH article for
Polymer Café magazine. Contact Leigh if you have any stories etc relating to
BOH. Polymer Café is giving us a free BOH ad: a call for making bottles and
Polymer Café will act as a mail-in point. Polymer Clay Central is compiling a new
Teachers’ Directory. If you teach and would like to be included, check out the
link at the PCC website, www.polymerclaycentral.com . Wendy O won the Elise Winters pin raffle. The Bottles of Hope Clay Day at Laurel
Gardens was a success. It was a fun day. Diane V. taught a group of residents,
one of whom was 97 years old. Approximately 75 bottles were made. BREAK for snacks & photography. SHOW & TELL Bead Bazaar to be the 2nd Saturday in
September. The guild will have 2 tables as usual. The Bead Society suggested
that we not have so many volunteers behind the table at one time. Snacks for May meeting: Libby &
Arlene May Demo will be on Finishing Techniques
by Tracy. The meeting adjourned at 2:15 pm. Respectfully submitted, Back-up Newsletter Lady, Understudy to
the Secretary, general all-around Poly-maniac riverpoet@aol.com
Not-A-Newsletter for May 17, 2003
Fri. (10am-4pm) June 20
Jody Bishel
Create a "queen's
ransom" of intricate, airy polymer clay filigree beads in this fun one day
workshop. The techniques presented are not as hard as they may seem; once you
know the secret of using a temporary armature that washes away after the bead is
baked. This group will also explore making the foundation tube bead, working
over the armature; and there will be discussions on how these techniques can be
adapted to make larger objects. Students will need to have mastered the basics
of polymer clay; but do not need to be experts to enjoy this challenging class.
(A lab fee will cover materials) Tuition: $115 for members, $140 for nonmembers
Sat. (10am-4pm) July 12
Tracy Van Buskirk
Polymer clay is a versatile,
colorful, and ultimately forgiving material; but knowing a few basic tricks can
greatly improve results. Students in this fun one day workshop will learn how to
make detailed millefiore canes plus how to embellish beads and other sculptural
objects. Topics covered will include: basic cane construction, design with
color, color blending, plus several different reduction techniques. As time
permits, students will make their own finished pieces. Safety issues, product
brand choices, materials storage, and useful tools will also be discussed. (A
lab fee will be charged) Tuition: $115 for members, $140 for nonmembers
The submission deadline for
"500 Polymer Creations" has been extended to
July 15, 2003, and the number of slides expanded to 5.
Lark Books plans to publish a book called "500 Polymer Creations"
(working title). Juried by Irene Dean, it will showcase the best in polymer clay
artistry from around the world.
For submission form, visit:
http://www.larkbooks.com/submissions/ArtistsEntryForms-500-poly.asp
If any other member is planning
to go to the May 29-June 1 Artiology Conference, in Atlantic City and would like
to share the drive, please get in touch with new member,
Bianca Terranova.
biancanova@aol.com
(860)572-8892
We've been busy with the
websites and message boards.
Lucille Schacht built the Bottles of Hope website for us at
http://www.bottlesofhope.org/
There is a link to the Bottles of Hope messageboard on the Delphi Forums
http://forums.delphiforums.com/boh1/start
APRIL Hagaman
Memorial Library, 227 Main Street, East Haven
MAY South Norwalk Public Library, 10 Washington St.
JUNE Miller Memorial Library, 2901 Dixwell Ave. Hamden
JULY CH Booth Library, 25 Main Street, Newtown
AUGUST Wallingford Public Library, 200 North Main St.
SEPTEMBER North Haven Memorial Library, 17 Elm St.
OCTOBER Seymour Public Library, 46 Church Street
NOVEMBER Guilford Public Library, 67 Park Street
DECEMBER Milford Public Library, 57 New Haven Ave.
JANUARY 2004 Blackstone Memorial Library, 758 South Main Street,
Branford
FEBRUARY 2004 Cheshire
No demo for this meeting, but we will be taking digital photos of members’
work for our website. We will continue the photography for a couple of months,
so please bring a few small pieces.
Welcome new member Bianca Terranova.
Lynne Ann Schwarzenberg