Central Oklahoma Polymer Clay Guild http://www.okpolyclay.com/ en Copyright 2010 Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:49:48 -0600 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Minutes of Central Oklahoma Polymer Clay Guild meeting held June 12, 2010 Central Oklahoma Polymer Clay Guild Meeting - June 12, 2010 Our meeting began as usual with members visiting with each other while setting up for the meeting. **1. Introduce-welcome guests** We had no visitors for guild but interested folks came in while cleaning up including an artist named Doris. She may be back. **2. Show and Tell** Angela showed some fabulous items from her book, plant sticks and reviewed jewelry stuff from Michael's, Premo kits, findings for clay at about $10.00 & new Premo products. Sue showed some more of her fabulous jewelry including some great faux wood. Shirley cautioned us about the cutter edge of a waxed paper box and displayed a bandaged finger. Penni Jo showed her faux Ribbon Embroidery samples. I forget if Lee Ann had a show and tell, but I think so. If I don't write it down, it didn't happen it seems. **3. Program:** We made a royal mess on the tables as we ripped and tore color pages from every kind of magazine that there is. Lee Ann left with a wonderful collage of "her" colors that everyone said was just "her". The color lesson was from the book "Polymer Clay Color Inspirations". Next month we will make a necklace project from the book using the colors we love. Penni Jo talked about the importance of Value and color selection. We will like our projects and finished products better if they reflect our true color selection with good values. **4.Old Business:** Minutes were read and approved. State Fair, : We will do the demo on Saturday Sept 19th from 1-5?. Sign up for the fair can be done starting July 1st through Aug 14 on line or at the fair grounds. July 31st can be a play day for us to work on fair projects. **5.New Business:** A. Penni Jo asked if we could plan a very simple retreat and have a two day event where we could learn, share and grow. Something to think about. Makin's will send samples for an event or guild special event. Successes: PJ has been asked to make a project for the Makin's website and has been tapped to teach at 2011 Fandango. B. Christi Fresien will be teaching in Kansas City. See Angela for more details. C. Alberquerque workshops > 1. Lindley Haunan Saturday Sept 26, $200.00. > 2. Jana Roberts Benzon April 2&3 2011 > 3. Heather Campbell ?Faux Batik? Oct 2011 > 4. Sarah Shriver Summer 2011 D. PolymerCafe Challenge Winter White E. Angela has an article in next (current) PolymerCafe on tools. **6. V.P. Report (upcoming lessons):** July- Penni Jo will teach the necklace from the book "Polymer Clay Color Inspirations". Her class has been moved to November. Aug - Air dry clay Nance Sept - Pillow beads - Jane Oct - Faux Enamel & Faux Cloisonne - Angela Nov. - Carving -- Angela **7. Treasurer's Report ~~ Angela** Balance $612.55 Members 10 **8. BOH Report ~~ Nance ** Not in attendance. **9. Librarian Report ~~ Jane:** Jane reviewed the new color book. Excellent info and color collections. ** 10. Drawing for a new book ~~ Jane:** New DVD "Poly Clay Treasures" **11A. June swap: **No one but PJ had any pairs so she kept her pear earrings. **11. Raffle Winners to bring items**: Nance, Lee Ann & Jane: ** Next meeting July 10 at the Hobby Lobby in Moore 1:00 to 4:00 pm ** http://www.okpolyclay.com/2010/07/minutes_of_central_oklahoma_po.html http://www.okpolyclay.com/2010/07/minutes_of_central_oklahoma_po.html Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:49:48 -0600 July 10, 2010 Meeting-Pinch Petal Color Necklace Hi Clayers! It meeting time again! Our Next meeting will be held **Saturday July 10, 2010 at 1:00 **at the new **Hobby Lobby store -2650 S Service Rd, Moore, OK- (405) 912-8100. ** We have a change of plans afoot for this meeting. Angela was scheduled to teach her carving technique this month, but since time ran out and Penni Jo was unable to teach the pinched petal color necklace , she will be teaching it this month and Angela will teach carving in October. The meeting schedules will be as follows: July-Pinched Petal Color Necklace-Penni Jo August-Air dry clay flowers-Nance September-Pillow Beads-Jane October-Carving-Angela November-Faux Enamel & Faux Cloisonne-Angela **The supply list is as follow:** 2 oz. yellow clay 1 oz. magenta clay 1 oz. blue clay 2 oz. white clay 3 oz. black clay Pin tool Acrylic rod or brayer 36 inches of bead-stringing cord (heavy-duty upholstery thread or waxed linen thread) clasp fast-drying superglue Card stock to fold for bead tray If you have other colors you would like to use to make the necklace, please bring those instead and if you have a question about what colors to bring, Penni Jo has graciously agreed to answer any questions by e-mail. (pennijo@pennibears.com). (If you don't have these supplies-don't panic! Come! We'll have a great time together and we'll have enough supplies). This month is raffle month. The winners of the May raffle were **Lee Ann, Nance, and Jane.** Winners, should bring something for this month's raffle and everyone bring an item for it as well as a book suggestion for our awesome library. Also, everyone who finished their collage, or created new ones after the last meeting, please bring them for show and tell. We'd all love to see them! http://www.okpolyclay.com/2010/07/july_10_2010_meeting-pinch_pet_1.html http://www.okpolyclay.com/2010/07/july_10_2010_meeting-pinch_pet_1.html Meeting Announcements Wed, 07 Jul 2010 20:19:55 -0600 Saturday, June 12, 2010 Polymer Clay Meeting-Color Inspiration Collage Hi Clayers! It's that time again! Our Next meeting will be held Saturday June 12, 2010 at 1:00 at the new Hobby Lobby store -2650 S Service Rd, Moore, OK- (405) 912-8100. This months meeting will be very very interesting as we will be using an exercise in the Lindly Haunani and Maggie Maggio book, Polymer Clay Color Inspirations to create collages that will help us to find and fine tune our own individual personal inspirational colors. These collages can be used as color palettes for our polymer clay works. The supply list does not involve polymer clay and is as follows: Good Paper Scissors Glue Stick 11x 17 Inch Piece Of Poster Board Five Magazines with color pictures Two I 1-Gallon Plastic Storage Bags or Large Mailing Envelopes For storing Your Clipping Library Five Or Six Sandwich-Size Plastic Bags Permanent Markers To Label The Storage Bags If you like, bring your favorite colors of clay, paint chips, silk flowers, etc., to help with color inspairation, a great idea from Penni Jo. We will be having our swap this month and the theme is "pairs", so everbody bring a pair of something you've made and also a book purchase suggestion for our library. http://www.okpolyclay.com/2010/06/hi_clayers_its_that_time.html http://www.okpolyclay.com/2010/06/hi_clayers_its_that_time.html Meeting Announcements Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:56:27 -0600 May 2010 Meeting Notes Central Oklahoma Polymer Clay Guild Meeting May 08, 2010 Our meeting began as usual with members visiting with each other while setting up for the meeting. 1. Introduce / welcome guests - We had no guests this meeting. 2. Show and Tell As usual there was much ooohing and aaaaahing as members showed their most recent creations. Jane had a mica shift pendant necklace. Lee Ann brought her Ruphia bead and finished vessel. Nance passed around the air dry flowers that she will be teaching. Penni Jo showed her focal beads. 3. Program: Faux Embroidery by Penni Jo ( was pointy flowers) Because of the enthusiastic response she completed the technique, submitted a syllabus to the Fandango and was accepted as one of three teachers for 2010. 4. Old Business: Ruth reported on the Art Festival. People asked questions but there were no info sheets about the clay and our guild. Next year we need a handout and need to find out if we can demo. Also, the table needs to be rearranged for better display and viewing. In order to be part of the Art Festival next year, we need to have classes at least one center. Having classes with children and adults was discussed. If classes are taught for children then the center can supply the clay. Ruth - maybe develope kids programs in the centers. Jane, PJ & others to develop programs to teach teachers. There were a lot of positive comments about our display. 5. New Business: a. State Fair: I reported for Angela. Enrollment for fair is July 1 through Aug 16. We also talked about demonstrating on the first Sunday again this year. b. Play Day. It was suggested we might use our play days to prepare our state fair entries. Email Jane if you want to participate in Play Days. 6. V.P. Report (upcoming lessons): June - Color collage (AKA design board) - exercise from the color book. Everyone bring 5 magazines, we will tear out colors, and pallets that we like and learn to make a color collage that can help us choose clay colors for caning, sculpting and designing. Also, if you like bring your favorite colors of clay, paint chips, silk flowers, etc. This promises to be an exciting, revealing and helpful project. July- Carving by Angela Aug - Air dry clay Nance Sept - Pillow beads - Jane Oct - Faux Enamel & Faux Cloisonne - Angela 7. Treasurer's Report ~~ Angela Balance - $640.27 Members - 10 8. BOH Report ~~ Nance Nance is needing medium sized bottles and has contacted Norman Regional again. 9. Librarian Report ~~ Jane: Jane reviewed the new book Perfectly Paired. 10. Drawing for a new book ~~ Jane: We drew for the new book, Color Index by Jim Krause. 11. Raffle Winners of last raffle brought items to the meeting. Winner to bring something to next raffle: Nance, Jane, Lee Ann 12. June Swap ~~ Pairs -- bring any pair of anything to swap. Even a pair of pears. Next meeting June 12 at 1:00 pm at the new Hobby Lobby in Moore. http://www.okpolyclay.com/2010/06/may_2010_meeting_notes.html http://www.okpolyclay.com/2010/06/may_2010_meeting_notes.html Guild Business Meeting Notes Wed, 09 Jun 2010 17:11:58 -0600 Saturday May 8, 2010 Pointy Flower Pendant FlowersOnIvorySm.jpg Penni Jo will be demonstrating her absolutely lovely Pointy Flower Technique. Penni Jo has placed her pointy flowers on a faux ivory pendant. Please make whatever base you want to place the pointy flowers on ahead of time. Penni Jo has graciously provided us with instructions for her ivory pendant base. They are listed below with the supply list. Here is the supply list: Polymer Clay 1. Plugs, loaves or scraps of skinner blends. Ends or scraps of leaf canes. Or, clay in your choice of color for flowers and leaves. 2. . Background clay, shown are faux ivory and a pearl background. Faux ivory instructions are below the materials list. 3. Faux Ivory Clay: For faux ivory you will need about a half block of white and ecru or beige, and a block of translucent. See instructions below. Other Tools 4. Optional: wire for wirework. 5. Pointy tool: like a smooth round toothpick, skewer, needle tool, etc. 6. Iron On Glass or Crystal jewels: Choice of color. Available at Hobby lobby in the aisle for ironing stuff onto jeans and t-shirts. 7. Optional eye pins: If dangles are desired, eye pins will be needed. 8. Clay tools: Pasta Machine for mixing clay. Faux Ivory Instructions. Condition and layer 'faux' Ivory clay as follows. Polymer Clay: Premo Ecru or Fimo Sahara (or mix your own light ivory color using your favorite brand of clay - One part) White - One part Transparent or Translucent. Two parts 1. Roll the clay into flat sheets about 1/8" thick or the thickest setting on the pasta machine. Trim into the same size rectangles. Stack the clay as follows: Ecru, Translucent White, Translucent. Cut the stack in half. Place one half on top of the other. Do not flip the clay over, the stack should stay in the same order, ecru, translucent, white, translucent; ecru, translucent, white, translucent. Press from the center out to remove air bubbles. 2. Flatten the stack slightly, Cut in half again, and restack. Flatten slightly; continue these steps, building a stack about an inch high with a soft, subtle grain running through it. 3. Trim the stack until the subtle 'ivory' grain begins to show. 4. Roll the scraps into a ball and put the clay through the pasta machine on a medium thin setting. Lay the sheet of clay on a sheet of deli paper. 5. Cut thin slices from the edge of the stack. Gently press the clay slices onto the sheet of clay with the lines (grain) of the "ivory" running in the same direction. 6. When you have a sheet of faux 'ivory' large enough, roll it through the pasta machine set one thickness larger than the original sheet going with the grain of the 'ivory'. 7. Reset the machine one thickness thinner and put the clay through it again in the same direction. Your faux 'ivory' is ready to wrap on the your project. FlowersOnPearlSm.jpg May is our raffle. Jane, Penni Jo & Ruth were the winners. Winners should bring something for the next raffle and everyone else also bring something for the raffle so we can have funding for our ever expanding and ever amazing library. Also bring a suggestion for a book, DVD, or magazine to add to our library. ]]> http://www.okpolyclay.com/2010/05/saturday_may_8_2010_pointy_flo.html http://www.okpolyclay.com/2010/05/saturday_may_8_2010_pointy_flo.html Meeting Announcements Tue, 04 May 2010 21:18:05 -0600 Wednsday, April 14, 2010 Meeting-Hollow Form Vessels Part 2 Hello Clayers! It's time for another great clay meeting. The meeting will be held **Wednesday, April 14th at Southern Oaks Recreation Center at 400 SW 66th street, from 6 to 9 pm**. At this meeting we will be determining if this will become our permanent location or not. This month I will be teaching part 2 of the Kathleen Dustin's technique for creating hollow form vessels. If you do not have some of the listed items, I will have mine on hand for use. The supply list is below: SUPPLY LIST Pasta Machine Cutting Blade Exacto Knife Baby Powder Armor All or WD-40 Needle Tool Scissors Fiber fill Drill bit 1/8" 1/8" Cord to string the hollow form onto (Pony Lacing works fine) Ruler Genesis Thick Medium 1/8" rivets Loctite super glue Medium Grit/Rough Sanding Sponge At least 1 package of clay that is the same clay that was used on the interior of the hollow form (If anyone wants to recover the mold they made at the February class then please bring a skinner blend sheet or some other decorative sheet of clay long and wide enough to cover your mold as well as a 1 or 2 blocks of clay for the interior of the hollow form vessel and some paper and a pencil or pen) The theme for the swap at April's meeting will be "spring flowers." So everyone bring a swap item. Also bring an idea for a book, DVD or magazine to add to our library. See you at the meeting! http://www.okpolyclay.com/2010/04/wednsday_april_14_2010_meeting.html http://www.okpolyclay.com/2010/04/wednsday_april_14_2010_meeting.html Meeting Announcements Mon, 12 Apr 2010 23:35:14 -0600 Central Oklahoma Polymer Clay Guild Meeting ~ March 10, 2010 Purple sliver flowers on faux ivory close up view Also demonstrated, by Penni Jo, late in the meeting was "Unraveling the mystery of Skinner Blends" answering, to the best of her abilities, questions such as "How can I make a very narrow blend?" (a row of round magnets on the rollers to prevent the clay from spreading out) and "How do I choose colors to achieve a specific blend". (Value is as important as color and darks can overwhelm a lighter color if the color is even slightly transparent. Adjust a lighter color to be more opaque when blending with a much darker color.) **6. Treasurer's Report ~~ Angela** Balance - $648.69 Members - 10 **7. BOH Report ~~ Nance** Nance was absent but we were reminded Angela reminded us of the North Texas Guild's Bottle of Hope contest. Here is the link - http://www.ntpcg.org/boh.html Entries must be shipped to arrive by April 18, 2010. There are cash prizes for the winners. Check it out. **8. Librarian Report ~~ Jane:** Jane showed our newest book Lisa Palveka's 'Complete Book of Polymer Clay'. **9. Drawing for a new book ~~ Jane:** Be sure to bring the name of that 'I just have to read this' book for the book drawing. **10. April Swap ~~ Jane and April:** The March raffle was won by Jane, Penni Jo and Ruth. The next raffle will be in May. Each winner will bring items for raffle in May. We talked briefly about one of the canes to make might be a **Poker Chip **cane, slices of which could be used to 'buy' chances on the raffle. ( Wouldn't it be fun to have a poker chip swap? Everyone's would be so very different. ) The April swap will be Spring Flowers. Bring your happy spring item and join the swap. Any spring themed item can be entered. Think birdies, flowers, rain, violets, pansies, lavender, pale pink, blue and yellow, think new life and new joy. **Next meeting April 14, 6:00 at the Rec Center.** Looking forward to finishing my Hollow Vessel and seeing all of you. Please excuse all the exclamation points, but it was such an exciting meeting. Your excitable secretary, Penni Jo. ]]> http://www.okpolyclay.com/2010/04/central_oklahoma_polymer_clay.html http://www.okpolyclay.com/2010/04/central_oklahoma_polymer_clay.html Meeting Notes april fun meeting raffle swap Sat, 03 Apr 2010 22:52:47 -0600 Wed. March 10, 2010-Lesson Change Hello Clayers, The March meeting will be held at the **Southern Oaks Recreation Center, 400 SW 66th Street, 6-9, Wed., March 10th**. Due to a death in my family, I will not be able to teach part 2 of the hollow form class this month and will instead, teach it at the April meeting. Penni Jo has graciously offered to teach in my place. She will be unraveling the mysteries of the skinner blend to us and will be teaching us how to make multiple color Skinner Blends, resulting in different effects. She will also be teaching a twist on the Natasha bead called a Ruphia Peche Indian Bead created by Ruphia, the president of the of Corpus Christi Polymer Clay Guild where Penni Jo attended meetings during her stay in Texas. Thanks Penni Jo and Jane for all your help on such short notice! The supply list is as follows: **General Tools needed:** Pasta machine (we will have one to share) Work surface or work surface cover Cutting blade Stylus or needle to make eyes on the indian bead Skewer or knitting needle Clay needed in colors you like General clay tools **Materials needed:** A little bit of flesh and black clay 1/8 to 1/4 oz. each of Indian blanket colors or your favorite bead colors. ( 3 to 6 colors) If you have a stash of scraps from other projects, you might want to bring them. Penni Jo has added some additional info about the class. Guild March Madness ~ Pick up lessons: 1. Revisit the Skinner blend. If you would like to know how to create a specific blend, let us know, we'll help you figure out colors and amounts needed. **Materials needed:** a. Colors of clay that you would like to skinner blend b. A specific kind of blend that you would like to have for a project, eg, flower petal, leaf, etc. Bring any questions you may have about how to blends colors to make certain projects, ie. Calla Lilly. 2. Ruphia Peche Indian Bead using the Inside-out Technique (AKA Natasha Bead) Ruphia is the president of Corpus Christi Polymer Clay Guild where Penni Jo attended meetings during her stay in Texas. Her Flickr site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/24413745@N07/ Etsy Site: http://www.etsy.com/shop/Ruphia?section_id=5350461 **If you are uncertain about the colors you want, Michael's has clay on sale this week. Four blocks for $5.00. ** This month we will be having our raffle. April, Angela and Jane were the winners of our last raffle and should bring something for the next raffle. Also, everyone bring and idea for a book you would like to add to our library. http://www.okpolyclay.com/2010/03/wed_march_10_2010-lesson_chang.html http://www.okpolyclay.com/2010/03/wed_march_10_2010-lesson_chang.html Meeting Announcements Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:57:27 -0600 Wed. February 10, 2010 Hollow Form Vessels Link to Map] This month I will be teaching Kathleen Dustin's technique for creating hollow form vessels. It is rather a lengthy process so we will be breaking the class down into 2 classes, one in February and the other in March. If you do not have some of these items, I will have mine on hand for use. . The supply list is below: **SUPPLY LIST** Pasta Machine Cutting Blade Exacto Knife Baby Powder Armor All or WD-40 Needle Tool Scissors Paper Black Permanent Marker Medium Grit/Rough Sanding Sponge At least 4 0z (or scrap clay the size of 2 blocks of packaged clay) of thoroughly blended scrap clay (make sure you blend the scrap clay until it is of uniform consistency and color) 1 block (2 oz) metallic clay 2-3 blocks of clay (will be making a skinner blend) The theme for the swap at February's meeting will be "red and/or pink." So everyone bring a swap item. Also bring an idea for a book, DVD or magazine to add to our library. See you at the meeting! ]]> http://www.okpolyclay.com/2010/02/wed_february_10_2010_hollow_fo.html http://www.okpolyclay.com/2010/02/wed_february_10_2010_hollow_fo.html Meeting Announcements Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:48:44 -0600 January 2010 Meeting Notes Program Lee Ann presented two excellent techniques, making faux wood and creating a pendant using a different mica shift technique, along with a handout with very clear directions.

Business Meeting

Old Business

**Election and Installation of Officers:** The following officers were elected by acclamation: * President - Jane L. * Vice President - April G. * Secretary - Penni Jo C. * Treasurer and Web Master - Angela M. The position of librarian will be decided later. Annual dues were collected by the treasurer. Next month's meeting will be held at Southern Oaks Recreation Center, 66th and South Walker, on Wednesday, February 10, from 6-9 p.m.. There was no new business. **Officers Reports:** V.P April G. reviewed our upcoming meeting schedule: * February 10 - Hollow Vessels with April G. * March (10 or 13, TBA) - continuing Hollow Vessels with April * April (10 or 14, TBA) - Penni Jo's "pointy flowers" and leaf canes from Skinner Blend * May - Color Collage project from Maggie Maggio's color book **Treasurer's Report:** Angela reported a balance of $411.86, plus the dues that had been paid during the meeting. Our membership stands at 8. **Bottles of Hope:** Nance again asked for volunteers to take over her Tuesday morning BOH project at Norman Regional Hospital, as she will have a schedule conflict beginning soon. **Library Report:** Librarian Jane L. praised our latest purchase, Clay So Cute, by Sherri Haab, for having excellent tips and instructions and good "trendy" projects. She would recommend it for beginners and for teenagers. **Drawing for a new addition for the guild library:** The DVD Intricate Kaleidoscope Caning, by Sarah Shriver, was drawn and will be purchased this month. **Bi-Monthly Raffle:** April, Angela, and Jane were the raffle winners and will bring items for the March raffle. **Announcements:** The theme for the swap at February's meeting will be "red and/or pink." Jane reminded us that our own Angela M.'s segment on HGTV's That's Clever will be aired Tuesday, January 19th. ]]> http://www.okpolyclay.com/2010/02/january_2010_meeting_notes.html http://www.okpolyclay.com/2010/02/january_2010_meeting_notes.html Meeting Notes Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:02:00 -0600 Mica Shift and Faux Wood With Lee Ann-January 9, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello Clayers! It's That time again! Our next meeting is January 9th from 1-4pm and will be held at the **Hobby Lobby in Norman (2417 W. Main, Norman, OK)**. Our Own awesomely talented Lee Ann will be teaching us the elusive Mica shift technique and also her faux wood technique. I know this has been a much anticipated class and we are all looking forward to it! The supply list is a follows: Wood 1 oz. gold and 1 oz. black Clay blade, pasta machine, clay roller Mica Shift Those above, plus template for shape of necklace, needle tool, cording Clay Gold and/or copper 1/2 block (1 oz) each OR Pearl Colors: Teal Blue Pearl - 2 parts yellow, 3 parts blue and 20 parts pearl Red Pearl - 3 parts red and 10 parts pearl Golden Red Pearl - 2 parts red, 2 parts gold and 5 parts pearl Orange Pearl - 1 part red, 2 parts yellow, and 5 parts pearl Green Gold Pearl - 2 parts blue, 3 parts yellow, 4 parts gold and 8 parts pearl Blue Violet Pearl - 1 part blue, 2 parts magenta and 10 parts pearl If you pick a pearl blend, it should equal about 1/2 block of clay. Please have these mixed before meeting. Black clay and a plain sheet of clay close to the color you are using. This month is raffle month! The last one was in September and the winners were, April, Nance and Lee Ann. September winners, please bring an item to contribute to the raffle for this month. Also, everyone bring a suggestion for the book you would like to have added to our growing library http://www.okpolyclay.com/2010/01/mica_shift_and_faux_wood_with.html http://www.okpolyclay.com/2010/01/mica_shift_and_faux_wood_with.html Meeting Announcements Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:50:42 -0600 December 2009 Meeting Notes Polymer Clay 14 sm_trm_trm2.jpg Polymer Clay 1 sm_trmAdj.jpg Polymer Clay 4 sm_trmAdj.jpg Polymer Clay 5 sm_trmAdj.jpg **Business Meeting:** **Old Business:** - **Field Trips:** Jane asked whether we would like to have more "field trips" like our November meeting at Elements Beadery, and several members were in favor of more such trips. - **Meeting Location:** We also continued our discussion about changing our meeting place to Southern Oaks Recreation Center, the second Wednesday of each month, from 6-9 p.m. Penni Jo will check to see whether that time slot is open, and if it is, we will try to meet there in February to try it out. **New Business:** **Annual Guild Elections** will be held in January. Descriptions of the duties of officers are available online. We were reminded that it has been advantageous for an officer to serve for two years, although this is not mamdatory. After two years, Angela said she feels it is beneficial in most cases for a new person to take the position. We did make exception for treasurer/web master, as it is simpler to have one person continue in those positions. Although there were some conditional volunteers for librarian, the position was left open until storage issues can be addressed. After some discussion, the following slate of officers emerged: - President - Jane L. - Vice-President - April G. - Secretary - Penni Jo C. - Treasurer and Web Master - Angela M. - Librarian - TBA Nance R. will continue in two volunteer positions, BOH Coordinator and Photographer. **Officer Reports:** Program Schedule: Vice-President April G. reviewed our upcoming meeting schedule. Some of the dates depend upon whether we permanently change our meeting place and time: - **January 9** - Mica Shift with Lee Ann - **February 13** - (first evening meeting) - Hollow Vessels with April - **March** (10 or 13, TBA) - continuing Hollow Vessels with April - **April** (10 or 14, TBA) - Penni Jo's "pointy flowers" and leaf canes from Skinner Blend **Treasurer's Report:** Angela reported a balance of $387.37 and 8 members. **Bottles of Hope:** Nance asked for substitute instructors to teach at Norman Hospital beginning toward the end of January, as she will have a schedule conflict. Nance will be teaching children who are cancer patients at Baptist Hospital on Tuesday mornings. She asked members to check for other area hospitals with cancer units, so we can begin more projects to give away Bottles of Hope. She also mentioned that we are running short of the medium-sized bottles, and those will be the best size to use with the children. **Library Report:** Jane talked about our November purchase, *Food Miniatures*, and found inspiring ideas in *The Best of Stringing*, one of our December purchases. She found *Beading 101 and Beyond* a great resource for basic information. **Library Drawing:** *Clay So Cute*, by Sherri Haab, was the winning book and will be purchased for our library this month. **Announcements:** Angela Mabray's taped segment for the television show *That's Clever* will finally be aired on January 19th. After the meeting, members who wished to participate did an exchange of Christmas projects. ]]> http://www.okpolyclay.com/2009/12/december_2009_meeting_notes.html http://www.okpolyclay.com/2009/12/december_2009_meeting_notes.html Meeting Notes Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:54:02 -0600 Share a Christmas Project Day-December 12, 2009 Hello Clayers! It's time for another great poly clay meeting! This month's meeting should be very fun and informative. This month, every one is encouraged to bring a Christmas project and discuss how it was made. Also, if any of our very knowledgeable members have any great tips, please share them with the group. We discussed exchanging the projects we bring in a gift swap exchange. So bring something you would like to swap. If you've made something you would prefer not to swap, please bring it anyway and discuss your technique with the group. We will meet Saturday September 12, 2009 from 1-4 p.m. at the *Hobby Lobby in Norman (2417 W. Main, Norman, OK)*. Don't forget to bring a book suggestion so we can addd another great book to our awesome library. See you there! http://www.okpolyclay.com/2009/12/we_will_meet_saturday_septembe.html http://www.okpolyclay.com/2009/12/we_will_meet_saturday_septembe.html Meeting Announcements Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:03:47 -0600 November 2009 Meeting Notes IMG_6279_trmadj.jpg This month our guild met at **Elements Beadery in Bethany, OK**, to learn about jewelry finishing techniques and the use of appropriate findings. Seven members were present. Thanks to Elements staff member, Pat Dorety, we had two delightful hours learning to solve our jewelry-making problems and exploring the many wonderful beads and findings at the store. Pictured (right), Pat helps several members complete projects they had brought with them. After our visit, we held our business meeting over lunch at a nearby tearoom. IMG_6282_finalbest.jpg **Business Meeting:** **Old Business:** - **HOLD IT: THE CONTAINER SHOW:** Congratulations are in order for members Penni Jo C.and Jane L., (polymer clay) and April G., (pottery/ceramics) who all have had pieces accepted in the Paseo Art Association's juried competition. The show will run until November 28th. The Paseo gallery is open Wed. - Sat., noon until 4 p.m. The artists and their works are pictured at the end of this article. - **Use of Guild's Flickr Site:** Angela reported that she had carried out the group's decision to reserve the use of our Flickr site for paid members only. **New Business:** - **Meeting Space:** Penni Jo reminded us to visit the larger meeting space at Southern Oaks Recreation Center, at 66th and S. Walker. The facility has good equipment, including an accurate baking oven. It is only available 6-9 p.m. weekdays, however, so we would have to change our meeting time. - **One of Our Members is an Author:** Angela Mabray has been asked to be a co-author of a new polymer clay book, and has been working on the chapters she is responsible for. We congratulate our talented Angela on this well-deserved opportunity! **Reports:** **Upcoming Meetings:** V.P. April G. reviewed our revised meeting schedule: - **December 12:** Members will show and explain Christmas items they have made - **January 9:** Mica Shift with Lee Ann K. - **February 13:** Hollow Vessels with April G. - **March 13:** Hollow Vessels, continued - **April 10:** Flowers from Skinner Scraps with Penni Jo C. **Treasurer's Report:** Angela M. reported a balance of $410.31, and a total of 8 members. **Bottles of Hope:** Chair Nance R. reported that she will be doing the bottles with cancer patients who are under age 18 soon, at an (as yet) undisclosed location. **Librarian's Report:** Angela reported that our newest purchase, *The Polymer Clay Cookbook*, by Jessica and Susan Partain, contains a great recipe for a sugar scrub to help remove clay from your hands. **Library Drawing:** Instead of drawing this month, we purchased for our library two books from the bead shop, *Beading 101*, published by Hot Off The Press, and *The Best of Stringing 2009*, an Interweave Press publication. No raffle was held this month. IMG_6283_trmAdj.jpg IMG_6286_trm.jpg IMG_6284_trm.jpg After a delightful lunch in a beautiful setting, several members went to the Paseo gallery to see our members' work in the container show. Pictured are (l-r) Penni Jo, Jane, and April with their work. All works: © all rights reserved. ]]> http://www.okpolyclay.com/2009/12/november_2009_meeting_notes.html http://www.okpolyclay.com/2009/12/november_2009_meeting_notes.html Meeting Notes Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:35:49 -0600 Bead-In OKC Meeting Bead In OKC postcard ]]> http://www.okpolyclay.com/2009/11/bead-in_okc_meeting.html http://www.okpolyclay.com/2009/11/bead-in_okc_meeting.html Meeting Announcements Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:41:09 -0600