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.

September 28, 2014 Meeting

Hi Everyone,

Now that fall is rolling in we hope many of you will be back to guild.

This month Barbara B will be teaching a cane by Meg Newburg.

 

Please bring your basic kit and two contrasting colours of firm clay. 

Barbara will be using black and white classic Fimo.

If you are using Premo, you could leach your two colours between sheets of paper overnight to firm it up.

See you there!

May 25th meeting

Hello all, here is the supply list for this months meeting:

"Spring Flowers"

Regular Clay kit

2  -  5 colours  - skinner  blended on one sheet (or less colours if you prefer)  (I used Premo clay)

Kemper cutters - oval or tear drop

Medium ball tool or ball tool set

Wire - 22 or 24 gauge - wire cutters, needle tool pliers, etc.

6  mm fire polish beads

pin backs / magnets

SMILES

2014 Workshops

Jan 26 - Our New Years party!
Feb 23 - Bottles of Hope
Mar 30 - open
May 25 - Rita
June 22 - BB2Shoes
Sept 28 - Barbara B
Oct 26 - Cathy
Nov 30 - Patti

October Meeting - Brainless Cane

I will be teaching the "Brainless Cane" which is being generously shared by Julie Eakes who taught it at Clay Carnival in Las Vegas.  It is an easy and fun technique and makes a surprisingly complex looking cane.

Julie taught us using Delft colors, shown in the following example, but you can use any colors you want.

You need a dark version of a color and a medium version plus white.

For the Delft colors using Kato clay:
Medium Blue - 1/2 package blue, 1/4 package white, 1/4 inch ball of orange
Dark Blue - 1/2 package blue, 1/8 package black, 1/4 inch ball of orange
White

Those using the same colors and the same brand of clay can exchange cane pieces.

Pixelated Retro Canes

Barbara Colautti taught a great class today featuring Bettina Welker's Pixelated Retro Cane.  The class results are below:

Crackle Techniques

Don't forget - Sunday September 8 is our special "make-up" class for the one we had to cancel earlier this year.

I will be demonstrating a variety of crackle techniques using different materials.   Because some of these methods require some drying time, I recommend making something simple like earrings or a small brooch.  There will be a two-page handout.

Cynthia

Supply List for Crackle Class

Regular clay kit
Black clay
White clay
(any other colors you might want to use)
Paint brushes
Container for water for washing paint brushes
Silver leaf or gold leaf
Alcohol inks (preferably Piñata)
Mica powders
Little paint mixing pots or palette
Alcohol
Don't go out and buy any of the following, but bring them if you have them
Daler-Rowney FW Pearlescent Liquid Acrylic
Inca Gold paints
Viva Precious Metal Color
Deco Art One Step Crackle
Jones Tones Foil
JAZZ brand tempera paint
Future floor finish
Glazes such as Golden Polymer Varnish

anything else you'd like to experiment with