Pricing Your Beads - Discussion
Accepting beads for the Bead Bazaar (last day)
Voting results on the VP position
Raffle-chain raffle
Show-n-tell
Bead Bazaar September 16 North Haven Holiday Inn
Oct Demo - Michele Pini - Mica Shift
Nov Demo - Karen Tenny – To be determined
Clay Day Sat Oct 28 St Paul's Wallingford 9-6-ish
Tag Sale and Pot Luck Luncheon Dec 9 Meeting
Save your pc and craft related tag sale items if/when doing any cleaning (?!)
Please mark your calendars for the next Klay Karma
The dates will be July 13-15, 2007 Rivier College in Nashua NH
If you have pictures from Clay ConneCTion you'd like to share, Polymer Clay Central has offered to create a gallery for them. Please send them to Stephen at sdross@optonline.net
Thank you Leigh!
Craft Lab: New craft show on DIY Network:
For more information, follow this link http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/shows_dclb
4 of the 5 episodes listed have polymer clay. (thanks to TonjaL on PCC for the info)
Arlene McNeely 8/5/1926 - 8/17/2006
Arlene McNeely passed away 8/17/06 at Hospice in Branford.
Donations may be made to CT Hospice 100 Double Beach Rd, Branford, CT 06405
September Hagaman Memorial Library , East Haven
November East Lyme Public Library
Tricia Hamel has been busy scheduling the Traveling Exhibit around her area (Ivoryton)
She would like to pass on the responsibility to someone in another part of CT as of January.
If you are interested please contact her at tjhamel@peoplepc.com or Sharon at sharchar@aol.com
The Cutting Edge A workshop with Dan Cormier and Tracy Holmes Saturday October 28 and Sunday October 29, 2006 Sponsored by the New Hampshire Polymer Clay Guild http://www.nhpcg.org At the Hopkinton Public Library in Hopkinton, NH (near Concord NH) Cost: $160.00 for current members of the NHPC Guild or the National Polymer Clay Guild. Non-member price: $180.00
Requests for a reservation should be e-mailed immediately to the registrar, Debbie Gile at dgile@conknet.com Reservations will be confirmed when a $50.00 deposit is received by the registrar within 7 days of the e-mail request. Final payment must be RECEIVED by the registrar no later than September 25, 2006.
A full description of The Cutting Edge workshop is available as a PDF document by e-mail request from Bette Abdu babdu@metrocast.net
Participants will receive workshop details when final payment has been received.
Participants from outside the area will be supplied with hotel information on request.
Cancellations before September 25th will incur a $50.00 penalty. Cancellations made on September 25th or later will not receive a refund unless a substitute student fills the space.
Michele Raffaele, is scheduled to teach a polymer clay jewelry class for North Haven Adult Education starting on September 26 Tues evenings for 4 weeks. Tuition: $40.00.
Here the link to the description. http://www.north-haven.k12.ct.us/ae/aepages/tuesday.html
Michele is also going to teach a multi-media jewelry class at Artsplace in Cheshire for 7 weeks on Thursday evenings from 7-8:30 Tuition: $90.00 for non residents - including all materials. Artsplace is at 1220 Waterbury Rd. Cheshire. tel. 272-2787. At 5:30-7:00 Michele is teaching a similar class for kids in Grades 4-7. Both will be using wire, shrink plastic, polymer clay, and paper to make jewelry.
Lynne Ann Schwarzenberg will be teaching classes in Dallas, TX and Las Vegas in September and October, and will be attending “Sandy Camp” in San Diego, CA as well. Lynne also has scheduled classes in February at the Lone Star Retreat in Houston and The Creative Palette convention in St. Mary’s Georgia. Lynne will be scheduling a class at guild member Marilyn Malcarne’s home in the Deep River/Essex area in November. Details to follow.
National Polymer Clay Guild's Progress & Possibilities Show winners:
Marie Segal
First Prize Alternative Use "Clay Mail 2 - Winter"
Third Prize Alternative Use "Clay Mail 1 - Fall"
http://npcg.org/galleries/progress/progress7.htm
(This was left off the list last NAN. Our apologies.)
Bottles of Hope Challenge at the 2006 Clay ConneCTion Retreat:
We need help filling in the blanks! Can anyone provide the names of the winners of these categories? Most Humorous, Best Animal, Best Floral,Best Sculpture, Best Masculine Design
Themes and winners were:
Best in Show - Dawn Naylor
Best use of color - Karen Swiech
Best use of canes - Jana Roberts Benzon
Most convincing faux - Lisa Gauthier
Best juvenile design - Terry Hudson
Best disguised bottle - Seana Bettencourt
Best use of interior space - Christy Sherman
Just Love It - Dawn Naylor
Welcome Jane Moreno, a new member from Nyack, NY who joined at the August meeting.
There were 12 members and 2 guests at the August meeting.
Demo by Gerri Pieper using air dry porcelain clay available at www.amaco.com
Next meeting 9/6 (2nd Sat) because the Bead Bazaar is Sept 16 . Volunteers needed to work the guild’s booth.
Guild gets 10% of sales if you work, 20% if you don't.
Bring beads to meeting or work something out with Sharon via email.
Display cards are available from Sharon and pricing will be discussed at the meeting.
A slide show of Clay Connection 2006 was shown...great pictures of a great weekend.
Discussion on how to improve retreat for 2008.
Tricia would like someone to take over the traveling exhibit in January. After 2 years she has exhausted her area. A list of all the libraries in the state with contact info is available.
Clay Day at St. Pauls in Wallingford scheduled for Oct. 28th ...to be confirmed.
Show & tell.
Minutes taken by Tricia Hamel
Respectfully submitted,
Lynne Ann Schwarzenberg
Newsletter Lady, and General Poly-Maniac
riverpoet@adelphia.net