Central Oklahoma Polymer Clay Guild

A big congrats to Jane Linn for winning “Best Use of FIMO” in the AMACO Bottles of Hope Designers Challenge CHA-Summer 2007. The challenge winners were announced at this week’s Craft & Hobby Association show:

• Best Use of FIMO - Jane Linn
• Best Mixed Media - Karen Mitchell
• Best Expression of Hope - Lynne Ann Schwarzenberg
• People’s Choice Winner - Dee Dye
• Best Children’s Theme - Patricia Lynn Hillman
• Best of Show - Tommie Howell

If you haven’t seen Jane’s bottle, check it out here (#8). Her award-winning bottle (along with the rest of the top 25) will be auctioned off to benefit Gilda’s Club Chicago.

Our very own Jane Linn got an email from Amaco last week saying she’s a “member of the top 25 winners of the AMACO Bottles of Hope Designers Challenge.” The Bottles of Hope project provides small glass medicine bottles covered with clay to cancer patients as a symbol of hope. Amaco — who generously donated clay when our group made these bottles in March — sponsors this challenge to help create awareness of the Bottles of Hope project.

Congrats to Jane!

The National Polymer Clay Guild (NPCG) is looking for presentations for their February 2008 Synergy Conference in Baltimore, Maryland.

“Is there something you are doing or information that you would like to share with the polymer community? If you have an idea for a seminar go to http://www.npcg.org for easy directions on how to submit your proposal. You can submit up to five separate proposals, so be creative!”

The deadline for proposals is May 15th. See the NPCG site for more information and the online proposal form.

Didn’t have time to finish your entry for the Amaco Bottle of Hope Designer Challenge? Lisa Pavelka just sent a message to the Polymer Clay People Yahoo group saying that the deadline has been extended til June 1. Several of our members got a great start on some great-looking bottles during on our March Play Day — so let’s get ‘em sent in! Entry forms here.