Saturday, May 3 – We Clay Again!
Join us on Zoom, Saturday May 3 for Jen Jacobs’ demo, Making a Statement Necklace/Earrings. Supplies and info below.
Zoom will open for general chit-chat around 1030 AM and the Demo begins at 11 AM. All times EDT. When the demo ends, if people want to stick around and work together online, then that’s what will happen!
Zoom info will be sent on Friday, May 2 to all members. Not a member and want to attend the meeting? Just contact us about attending two meetings before joining us.
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| Date | Meeting Format | Program |
|---|---|---|
| May 3, 2025 | Zoom | Jen J: Disc Beads |
| June 7, 2025 | In Person & Zoom | Ellen: Secret Garden Brooch |
| July | No Meeting Independence Day Holiday | |
| August 2, 2025 | Zoom | Cindy S: Black & White Challenge |
| Clay-Bor Day Retreat (August 30 & 31, 2025) | In Person & Zoom | Donna P: Enhanced Waters of Mars Beads Nancy B: It’s a Horse-araffe! NEW |
| October 4, 2025 | Zoom | Program Needed |
| November 1, 2025 | In Person & Zoom | Program Needed |
| December 6, 2025 | In Person & Zoom | Program Needed |
May Meeting: Polymer Clay Statement Necklace/Earrings
(This is my rendition of a demo done by 2 sisters, Judy Thomas & Rhonda Weisberg, that were members of the Greater Atlanta Polymer Clay Guild. They were kind enough to do this as a demo at one of our Atlanta Retreats several years ago.
Let’s build a simple cane and make the most of it!
SUPPLIES:
- Usual clay tool kit (pasta machine, work surface, blade, etc)
- Texture sheet – course grit sandpaper or fish filter will work well for this.
- TINY round cutter – like 1/8 inch, or even a needle tool or skewer will work (I will be using a needle tool and then a pen vise after baking)
- Clay: 3-4 colors that work well together. Here are some examples of the cane we will be making. Images will hopefully help you to choose colors. I hope you will try to have your skinner blend ready and other clay conditioned and/or sheeted so that you can clay-along.
- Really sharp/fresh blade for making cane slices. You can certainly use a LUCY Slicer and/or a Click-a-Slice if you have one.
- Your favorite earring findings and a couple of jump rings – or, make your own with 20 gauge wire.
- Cording – leather, waxed linen, satin “rat-tail” – whatever you prefer. I have used black, waxed-linen cord that I found at Walmart (my Michaels was out of stock ). You’ll want to have about 36 inches of cording.
- Scissors
- Minimal jewelry tools – only if you have them! No need to buy (chain nose pliers, flush cutter, round nose pliers – or my favorite, the 3-in-1 jewelry tool)
- Super Glue
- OPTIONAL: Extruder
