February 21st meeting

We will have our next meeting on February 21st at 10:30 am at Rita's house. (Directions below)

 Cynthia will be demonstrating the "Crushed Velvet" mica shift technique.  (Photos of earrings at end of post) You will need your usual clay kit plus the fettuccini attachment for your pasta machine.  That is the big, heavy attachment that fits on the back of the pasta machine and has two different sizes of cutting rollers - we all take it off and put it who knows where.  I can find one of mine and if we have a couple more, we should be fine.

You will also need metallic clay to take advantage of this technique.  Any colour of metallic clay will work and you can make your own colours by adding some opaque clay to pearl.  You can use your crushed velvet to make anything you want.  You don't want the clay to be too sticky because we are going to put it through the narrow cutters.  If your clay is very soft and sticky, you may want to leach it a bit.

Please let Rita know if you are coming to the meeting so we can be sure to have enough chairs. Email is ritamicallef@rogers.com

Address is:  320 Trudelle St., Scarborough.  M1J 3K1.  which is on the north east corner of Trudelle and Torrence.  The driveway is on Torrence Rd.  Telephone:  416-289-1674

I’m one street north of Eglinton, between Bellamy and McCowan.  (McCowan becomes Danforth Rd. around Lawrence)

For those coming from the west end, take the 401 going East.  Get off at McCowan, turn south (right) Go down to Trudelle St. and turn left.  This street meanders a bit just go past 2 or 3 stop signs and turn left onto Torrence.  Its the first driveway on the right.  If you miss Trudelle St. coming off McCowan/Danforth Rd. don’t panic, go down to Eglinton and turn left.  You will then pass McCowan and turn left on Torrance and I’m on the first driveway on the right. 

For those coming from the EAST, take the 401 and get off at Markham Road.  Travel south to Eglinton, turn right on Eglinton, go past Bellamy and turn right on Torrance (stop sign), cross the street and I’m the first driveway on the right.

November meeting

Please note that our November meeting is on the 22nd, NOT the last Sunday of the month.
10:30am-4pm   Bring lunch
The location is Judith Ann's condo building.

Location Details:

650 Lawrence Avenue West, just east of the Allen Expressway

There is visitor parking in the garage.   Go to the console in front of the building and enter 7777.  Judith Ann will buzz you in and the garage door will open.    Drive in, turn left and park in a spot with the letter V in front of it.

We are in the Party Room on the Ground Floor.  Press G in the elevator.

Ink Painted Triangle Books

In Sunday's workshop we'll be making ink painted clay triangle folding books that can tell a visual story or simply be an interesting coloured design piece. People love to play with these as they try to make the pyramids. They could make a good Christmas stocking stuffer. 

You'll need to bring your basic clay kit along with the following: 

Index card or heavy paper to make a template

2 or more packages of white clay 

Cornstarch for a release 

Piñata or Adirondack inks

Rubbing alcohol 70% or higher

Spray bottle for alcohol 

Small narrow paint brush 

Paint tray  - plastic egg cartons are great

Container for cleaning brush

Medium or course regular sandpaper for texture

Texture sheets

Kemper and other assorted cutters

Tools to make designs in clay

Needle tool

Make up sponge

Liquid clay

Drywall sandpaper

Thin waxed cord

Small drills

Scissors 

Index cards and small tiles for baking

Preserve Your Memories spray - optional 

Gold marker - optional 

Next meeting in September

Our next meeting will be September 27th. 

The location is Judith Ann's condo building.

Location Details:

650 Lawrence Avenue West, just east of the Allen Expressway

There is visitor parking in the garage.   Go to the console in front of the building and enter 7777.  Judith Ann will buzz you in and the garage door will open.    Drive in, turn left and park in a spot with the letter V in front of it.

We are in the Party Room on the Ground Floor.  Press G in the elevator.

May meeting details

We will have two teachers for our May meeting on the 31st from 10-4.  Bring lunch.

Rita will show us how to make some lovely flowers which can be used to make a brooch.  You need to bring basic clay kit,  20 gauge wire, wire cutter and white clay, green clay for the leaves , brooch clip and mica powders.

Kathy will show us how to make faux soutache: 
-Basic kit
-Extruder
-2 or 3 colours of clay plus black
-Glass or stone cabuchon
-Small seed beads or crystals for embellishment
-Thin wire that'll go through the beads
-Texture sheet
-Bail or jump ring

I have extra cabs, seed beads & wire for anyone who needs themas well as an extra extruder to lend

Location Details:
650 Lawrence Avenue West, Party Room, Main floor (just east of the Allen Expressway)

There is visitor parking in the garage.   Go to the console in front of the building and enter 7777.  Judith Ann will buzz you in and the garage door will open.  Push elevator button G to get to Main Floor.  Drive in, turn left and park in a spot with the letter V in front of it.

Next meeting in May

An exciting announcement! Rita has graciously offered to assume the role of president for our guild. She is very passionate about the guild continuing. Rita will be great in helping to keep us organized and working with all of us to build our membership base. Thank you Rita!!!!!

We've have had quite a time securing a meeting room.  Places seem to be one of - not available, too expensive, need insurance, not a central location, etc. But we have a neat idea to try, and if it works, then we can decide if we continue with this. Judith Ann lives in a very central location just south of Yorkdale and has been able to line up the party room in her condo building. The rent is more then we usually spend but I will propose that we make it a full day meeting and have a couple of people teach. This is something we had already spoken about. Would 10am to 4pm work with everyone?

Do we have people interested in teaching on May 31st? I hope Kathy is available as she had been changing plans to be able to teach in March and now our next meeting won't happen until May. 

Location Details:

650 Lawrence Avenue West, Party Room, 1st floor

There is visitor parking in the garage.   Go to the console in front of the building and enter 7777.  Judith Ann will buzz you in and the garage door will open.  Drive in, turn left and park in a spot with the letter V in front of it.

February meeting

At our meeting on the 22nd, which will be held at BeadFX at 1pm, I will show you how to make the following earrings and pendants.  Also, since we missed our January meeting, bring your tips and tricks to share.

Here is what you need:

Clay colors of your choice

Threaded rods, but I will have some to share

Circle cutters 1.5", 1", 5/8", 3/4", 3/8"

20 ga wire. 2" for pendant, 1.5" each for earrings

Round-nosed pliers for bending wire

Earwires

Bail or Jump ring

Chain

Your regular clay kit

November's meeting

We had a great time on Sunday making miniature Christmas cookies and candies.  Patti brought a whole plateful of examples and told us how she made them and then we all made our own.  Here is Patti's plate.