Central Oklahoma Polymer Clay Guild

The Central Oklahoma Polymer Clay Guild’s participation in the Bottles of Hope program was featured on News9 This Morning (see Group Bottles Hope under Featured Videos).

Our group became actively involved with Bottles of Hope in March after local cancer survivor Cindy Matteson shared her story with us. Since then, we’ve created about 40 bottles (view some of them here). Some of the bottles were created in guild meetings, some in classes with community groups like the Newcomers, and many by group members working on their own at home.

Once we have 50-75 bottles, we plan to hold an event at a cancer treatment facility, where we can give these bottles to cancer patients and survivors.

If you have questions about Bottles of Hope, please contact us. If you would like to get involved, we welcome you to create and donate your own polymer clay-decorated Bottles of Hope. (Here’s more info on making Bottles of Hope.) And as always, feel free to visit one of our meetings to learn more about using polymer clay. We meet the second Saturday of every month at the Hobby Lobby in Norman.

Thanks to the group members and class participants who came out and made bottles, to Studio Mid-Del for hosting our bottle-making session, and to News 9 for the great story!

We are an enthusiastic bunch and we love to clay. This seems to cause our meetings to run right to 5pm or a little over and causes an issue for the class that follows us at 5pm. In an attempt to eliminate being rushed toward the end of our meetings and running into the class that follows us, we have made a change in time. We still meet on the second Saturday of the month and at the same place, but we will now be meeting at 1pm until 4pm. All in all this solution should work out better for us and for the class that follows us.

Congratulations to Penni Jo Couch! Her logo was the winner of our guild’s logo design contest. She will receive a $25 gift certificate to a craft store of her choice.

Thanks to everyone who entered & voted!

The two entries for Central Oklahoma Polymer Clay Guild’s logo design contest have been posted. You may view photos of the entries and vote for your favorite here until March 31st. One vote per person, please. Members who prefer to vote in person can do so at our March 31st Play Day.

Thanks to our contestants for their excellent entries!

Good news! Our group is now set up with a Tax ID, a bank account, and a PayPal account. So now it’s even easier to join the group — just make your check out to “Central Oklahoma Polymer Clay Guild” or send us your payment via PayPal. Details are on the About Us page.

Central Oklahoma Polymer Clay Guild member Penni Jo Couch passed along this design call out for Sweetbrier Studio molds:

Sweetbrier Studio is pleased to announce a product design “Call Out” to all designers who work with polymer clay or light weight air dry clay.We are in need of new, finished pieces designed with Sweetbrier Studio molds. Projects will be used in trade shows, project sheets and new instruction booklets.

Projects should include “step outs” (photos of each step and written instructions plus a list of tools and supplies).

We are interested in simple finished pieces. On a scale from 1-10, with #1being the easiest, we need the projects in the 3-5 range.

Projects are desired for the following segments:

Purpose

Design a logo that can be used to represent the Central Oklahoma Polymer Clay Guild. The logo should be suitable for use on online (website, membership image links) and on printed materials (posters, cards, etc.). The design can be made from polymer clay or from any other medium.

Who can Enter

Current Central Oklahoma Polymer Clay members.

Prize

$25 Gift Certificate to a craft store of winner’s choice.

How to Enter

Send an email with an attached photo (or scan) of the entry to contest@okpolyclay.com. Note that the winning entry may need to be borrowed for additional photos.

Judging

All entries received will be randomly assigned a number. Members will then have an opportunity to vote for the winner.

Deadline

March 1, 2007