Polymer Clay Guild Meeting this Saturday

May 2014 Meeting

Note the new start time – noon! We can arrive a little bit before noon, but please be aware that there is a class taking place in the main room until 1145 AM. Your consideration of the students and teacher’s time is appreciated.

End time is unchanged – we need to be packed up and out by 4 PM.

When Saturday, May 3, Noon until 4 PM (sharp!)

Where Lafayette Arts & Craft Center, 501 Ingleside Avenue in Lafayette Park (midtown)

May Project/Demo

Cindy will be demonstrating and mentoring members through the first 2 color mixing exercises found in the Polymer Clay Color Inspiration book by Lindly Haunani and Maggie Maggio.

She has her own copy and asks members to bring a copy if they have one.

The 2 color exercises are value sorting and mixing pivot tiles. We will create tiles sets to take home that can be used as the basis for color choices when creating polymer clay jewelry and other projects. There are projects in the book that use the tile sets as a basis for successful color choices. See the general and exercise specific supplies below.

Contact Cindy with any questions.

General Supplies

2 cutters are desirable but not required. If you have them, bring a 3/4 inch square cutter and a 1/2 inch circle cutter.

Value Sorting Exercise & Supplies

Students will explore value scale and create clay tiles to explore color scale.

Supplies for value sorting: an assortment of colored quarter ounce pieces of polymer clay
in your favorite brand and a one half ounce of black clay one half ounce of white clay of the same brand.

Mixing Pivot Tiles Exercise & Supplies

Students will explore Hue variation, Value Variation, and Saturation and create clay tiles
to explore color.

Supplies for creating pivot tiles: 1 ounce pieces of polymer clay in yellow, orange, red,
purple, blue, green, black and white clay. 2 or more ounces of assorted scrap clay.

Extra fine tip marker.