Bring your basic clay kit , some solid color clay and patterned scraps and cane ends from previous projects.

Munro Supplies Buy

We’ll be doing a group order from Munro this month. The order is open to paid members and if we reach the $250 minimum order, almost all prices are discounted 50%. Shipping is divvied up based on percentage of purchase weight. You buy heavier stuff, you pay a larger share of shipping.

This gathering is a clay play day – bring whatever projects you want to work on as well as one or two items for show & tell. If you want some assistance with a specific technique, just let us know by Friday, March 30 so we can be prepared.

Thank You for Paying Dues

Thanks to Ellen, Joy, Sonia, and Barbara for paying their dues for the 2012 program year.

Dues help support our guild by underwriting the cost of guest teachers, supplying our growing library, and buying supplies for group projects. Guild members receive discounts on classes hosted by the guild, participation in discounted supplies orders, and access to the library.

Munro Supplies Buy

We’ll be doing a group order from Munro in early April. The order is open to paid members and if we reach the $250 minimum order, almost all prices are discounted 50%. Shipping is divvied up based on percentage of purchase weight. You buy heavier stuff, you pay a larger share of shipping.

Lisa Pavelka Pendant with Magic Glos

Our March 2012 meeting will take place on Sunday, March 4 at 1 PM. We’ll meet in the classroom at Michaels Arts & Crafts Store.

Our focus this meeting will be using UV resin with clay. We’ll construct a simple clay bezel that can be filled with ephemera, microbeads, glitter, miniature clay sculptures or canes. We’ll also look at techniques to use resin as a top coat on clay.

What to bring: basic clay kit, small piece 220 grit wet/dry sandpaper, small cookie cutter to use as a shape-form, Lisa Pavelka Magic-Glos (available at Michaels and Hobby Lobby), items to fill your bezel pendant.

What we will provide: oven for curing, UV light for curing clay.

Dues

If you’ve not already sent in your $15 annual dues, please bring them to the March meeting. Dues help support our guild by underwriting the cost of guest teachers, supplying our growing library, and buying supplies for group projects. Guild members receive discounts on classes hosted by the guild, participation in discounted supplies orders, and access to the library.

New in Our Library

Polymer Clay Extravaganza by Lisa Pavelka

Robert Dancik at FSGNW

The local chapter of the Florida Society of Goldsmiths is bringing Robert Dancik to Tallahassee for a two-day workshop, Adventures in Faux Bone. Class is $275 and includes lunch daily. Class is limited to 18 students. For more information, see the FSGNW Web site.

Barb will make a pot of chili (turkey) for our lunch and have AM coffee available. Please sign up to bring a coffee cake, green salad, rolls or cornbread, iced tea/soda and dessert. Please no shellfish or pork products. See the list below for what’s been claimed.

Barb will set up tables in the front room and her polymer clay library, tools, etc. will be available for everyone’s use.  If anyone wants a lesson on a specific technique,  we can arrange for a teacher.  Alternately, we can work through some book-based projects as a group. Or watch a polymer clay DVD or YouTube videos. There are extra pasta machines and tiles for work surfaces if you need to borrow equipment.

Let Barb know if you are attending (and what you are bringing) by Friday, February 3 so she can plan accordingly and have enough food and workspace for everyone. Please note that a 1 large (but friendly) dog and a cat are in the house.  Click here to RSVP.

“CLAIMED” ITEMS FOR POTLUCK

• Coffee cake or muffins to go with morning coffee – Cindy S
• Green Salad
• Cornbread or rolls for lunch
• Cake or Cookies – Ellen RB
• Fruit Salad
• Soda (1 diet, 1 reg) – Martha S.

Details have been posted for our workshop weekend with Dayle Doroshow. There are three classes from which to choose and discounts if you register for multiple classes. As of January 10, the classes are a ‘go’. See this page for more information.

4^th Annual Clay Day and Chili Lunch

February’s meeting will be our Annual Clay Day and Chili Lunch. We’ll be meeting on Sunday, February 5. Things will get underway around 10 AM and go until 5 PM (or whenever we call ‘uncle’).

Barb will make a pot of chili (turkey) for our lunch and have AM coffee available. Please sign up to bring a coffee cake, green salad, rolls or cornbread, iced tea/soda and dessert. Please no shellfish or pork products. See the list below for what’s been claimed.

Barb will set up tables in the front room and her polymer clay library, tools, etc. will be available for everyone’s use.  If anyone wants a lesson on a specific technique,  we can arrange for a teacher.  Alternately, we can work through some book-based projects as a group. Or watch a polymer clay DVD or YouTube videos. There are extra pasta machines and tiles for work surfaces if you need to borrow equipment.

Regardless, we’ll have a great time. 

Let Barb know if you are attending (and what you are bringing) by Friday, February 3 so she can plan accordingly and have enough food and workspace for everyone. Please note that a 1 large (but friendly) dog and a cat are in the house.  Click here to RSVP.

“CLAIMED” ITEMS FOR POTLUCK

• Coffee cake or muffins to go with morning coffee
• Green Salad
• Cornbread or rolls for lunch
• Cake or Cookies – Ellen RB
• Fruit Salad
• Soda (1 diet, 1 reg) – Martha S.

Bring your basic clay kit and patterned scraps and cane ends from previous projects. Also bring some black clay. This is a great technique created by Alice Stroppel that results in stunning reuse of old canes and scraps.

Check out the Flickr group for additional examples.

Dayle Doroshow Workshop Weekend

Details have been posted for our workshop weekend with Dayle Doroshow. There are three classes from which to choose and discounts if you register for multiple classes. We need a minimum of 8 students in each class to hold the event. See this page for more information.

Looking Ahead

Our January meeting is currently scheduled for New Year’s Day. Let Barb know if you still want to meet. We can move the meeting to the following week, but will need to find a location as Michaels is not available on January 8.

February’s meeting will be our 4th Annual Clay Day and Chili Lunch. We’ll be meeting on Sunday, February 5. Things will get underway around 10 AM and go until 5 PM (or whenever we call ‘uncle’).

Barb will make a pot of chili (turkey) for our lunch and have AM coffee available. Please sign up to bring a coffee cake, green salad, rolls or cornbread, iced tea/soda and dessert. Please no shellfish or pork products. See the list below for what’s been claimed.

Barb will set up tables in the front room and her polymer clay library, tools, etc. will be available for everyone’s use.  If anyone wants a lesson on a specific technique,  we can arrange for a teacher.  Alternately, we can work through some book-based projects as a group. Or watch a polymer clay DVD or YouTube videos. There are extra pasta machines and tiles for work surfaces if you need to borrow equipment.

Regardless, we’ll have a great time. 

Let Barb know if you are attending (and what you are bringing) by Friday, February 3 so she can plan accordingly and have enough food and workspace for everyone. Please note that a 1 large (but friendly) dog and a cat are in the house.  Click here to RSVP.

“CLAIMED” ITEMS FOR Potluck

• Salad
• Cornbread or rolls
• Coffee Cake or Sweet Rolls
• Fruit Salad
• Soda (1 diet, 1 reg)

The November is the lead-up to the gifting season, so this month’s meeting will be dedicated to making three different kinds of earrings: Glittery translucent, fantasy stone, and faux ceramic. Click on the images below to see a larger picture of the samples.

Barbara will show everyone some simple techniques to make great earrings using inclusions, texture, as well as some construction and finishing techniques. You’ll be able to take home 3 pairs of drops, ready to be turned into earrings for yourself or for someone special.

When: Sunday, November 6 @ 1:00 PM
Where: Michaels Crafts Store Classroom
What: Earrings

Bring your basic clay kit and a small amount of ecru (or white and some gold) clay. You will also need 2-4 ounces of translucent clay.  Preferred brand for translucent clay (in order):

• Pardo Profressional
• Kato Clay
• Fimo Soft
• Premo Frost

If you have liquid translucent clay or Sculpey Bake & Bond please bring that, too.

Extra items you might want to bring: , leaves or sprigs of fresh herbs, texture sheets / stamps, Pearlex or Perfect Pearls, embossing powders, heat-safe glitter, and composite foils.

The guild will provide the miscellaneous supplies for the projects and an oven for curing.

Dayle Doroshow Workshop Weekend

Details have been posted for our workshop weekend with Dayle Doroshow. There are three classes from which to choose and discounts if you register for multiple classes. See this page for more information.

Award winning mixed media artist Dayle Doroshow will be teaching three workshops at the LeMoyne Art Education Center in Tallahassee. The workshops include a variety media including polymer clay, collage, image transfer, hollow forms, fibers, bookmaking and jewelry design.

Dayle Doroshow trained in traditional ceramics at Riverside Bell Tower Pottery program and the Columbia University Extension program in New York City and sold her pottery in Greenwich Village shops. She is the owner of design studio Zingaro, Stamp of Distinction in California.

Her jewelry, home decor, ethnic figures and handcrafted books can be seen at art shows and galleries on the West Coast. Dayle enjoys teaching and sharing her techniques in workshops across the United States and in France. Her Web site is http://dayledoroshow.com.

The Messengers and Storytellers workshop is on Saturday, February 18, 2012. Students will explore the mystery of three-dimensional figures, creating figures of polymer clay using a variety of surface design techniques and embellished with beads, fibers and personal treasures. Inspiration will come from earlier cultures and also from easy whimsical designs collaged from two-dimensional imagery. Doors and hiding places will be explored as part of the design. The Messengers can have secret places to hide a message or object, the Storytellers can house a small book and both can incorporate removable jewelry.

On Sunday, February 19, Rattle Beads and Pendants workshop includes a survey of ancient cultures as inspiration for sound-making beads and pendants. There will be several ways for creating the rattles along with easy variations. Techniques for surface designs will be many and varied and include millefiori applique, embossing and texture. Carved and sculptural elements will adorn the rattles and also serve as bead caps.

The final workshop, The Unfolding Pyramid, will take place on Monday, February 20, 2012. Explore the mysteries of ancient civilizations as students peek through windows, unlock and walk through doors into the world of sculptural books. Using polymer clay, beautiful papers, and other elements, students will create freestanding, three-dimensional ”books that are sculptures” or visa versa. Personal imagery, found objects and other mixed media will be combined with polymer clay to create a pyramid structure that unfolds to reveal a hidden surprise. Polymer clay techniques include transferring photocopy imagery, carving and antiquing, making and using three dimensional clay pieces.

Each workshop costs $125, with multi-day discounts available. Lunch is included each day and a casual reception with the artist is scheduled for Friday, February 17, 2012.

Registration Information

To reserve your space in the workshops, send a $25 per workshop nonrefundable deposit to:

Please indicate which workshop(s) you want to attend, your contact information including email, and any special dietary needs. We will attempt to honor dietary needs to the best of our ability but cannot guarantee we can comply with extremely specialized requests.

Final payment is due by January 31, 2012. No refunds will be given after January 31, 2012.

The minimum registrations needed for each workshop is eight (8) students.

For lodging information, please contact us for options in the vicinity of the class location.

When: Sunday, October 2 @ 1:00 PM
Where: Michaels Crafts Store Classroom
What: Pearly Gift Boxes

Bring your basic clay kit and a small amount of dark clay. Extra items you might want to bring: texture sheets / stamps. mica powders like Pearlex or Perfect Pearls, embossing powders, heat-safe glitter, and pre-made canes.

The guild will provide the boxes, pearl powders, an oven for curing, miscellaneous supplies and know-how.

Our meeting in October will be on the 2nd at 1 PM in the Michaels classroom. We are soliciting ideas for demos or a mini-class. Send them to Barbara using this form.

Looking forward to seeing you next month!