February 16, 2010 - KC PMC Guild meeting

Besides learning to make tiny flowers with Donna Hess, members brought recent work to share. MariEtta covered a cigar box for the guild to use as our Bead Archive box. Great job - maybe she can demo this sometime??

 

Donna brought a pair of earrings using the tiny sculptural flowers technique. Love the non-identical set, made from a full heart that is cut in two pieces.

Michelle, Robin and Kim were all inspired by Christi Friesen's new book Steampunkery and they brought their results. This is a heart pendant made by Michelle.

Robin still loves fish and she combined her fish with Steampunk style to come up with these great little guys. She also made a beetle and a fly.

 

 

Kim really got into Steampunk mode with hearts and a belted bangle that look like leather.

She also combined the her favorite resin technique with the gears. 

How about Steampunk + resin + flowers??? There is no end in sight.

Deb Williams brought several of her bird canes (which she will demo at the Sat. May 8 Play Day)

Great Cardinal cane (this plug is about 1 1/2" wide X 2" tall and stand about 1 1/2 high).

Pileated Woodpecker has great detail. Can't wait to see her do this in May!

Robin pendant made from another of her canes.

2010 Program Demo Schedule

2010 demo schedule, revised as of 5/5/2010

• February  
• Feb.13 - Quarterly Clay Play Day - Saturday, 12:00 - 4:00 pm  

• Tiny Flowers - Donna Hess will demo making small, sculptural flowers.
• 4th Saturday Free Play Day
  Sat, Feb 27, 12:00 - 4:00 pm
• March 10 - Tuesday, 6:30 - 8:00 pm
• Disc Beads - Robin Young will demo how she made the cool disc beads in the necklace she wore to the January meeting.

•  Free Play Day in March will be on the 3rd Saturday instead
• March 27 - Barbara McGuire Workshop sponsored by Heartland Bead Market
• April 13 - Tuesday, 6:30 - 8:00 pm
•  Making a Music Cane - Lynette Fisk - postponed due to illness
• 4th Saturday FREE PLAY DAY - Sat, Apr 24, 12 -4
• May 8 - Quarterly Clay Play Day - Saturday, 12:00 - 4:00 pm   
• Making a Bird Cane - Deb Williams  

• Challenge -  DUE IN SEPTEMBER: Theme: Organic
  Get inspired by nature, and show us what you create!
• 4th Saturday FREE PLAY DAY - Sat, May 22, 12 -4
• June 8 - Tuesday, 6:30 - 8:00 pm 
• Making a Music Cane - Lynette Fisk (Rescheduled)
• 4th Saturday FREE PLAY DAY - Sat, Jun 26, 12 -4 
•  July 13 - Tuesday, 6:30 - 8:00 pm
• TBD Demo
• 4th Saturday FREE PLAY DAY - Sat, July 24, 12 -4
• August 14 - Saturday, 12:00 - 4:00 pm
• TBD - MariEtta Williams
• 4th Saturday FREE PLAY DAY - Sat, Aug 28, 12 -4
• September 14 - Tuesday, 6:30 - 8:00pm
•  Organic Challenge Item Due
• TBD Demo - Michelle Wineland
• Commitment Signup for November Bead Exchange Color Theme - RED
• 4th Saturday FREE PLAY DAY - Sat, Sept 25, 12 -4
•  October 12 - Tuesday, 6:30 - 8:00 pm
• TBD Demo by Teri Stettnisch
• 4th Saturday FREE PLAY DAY - Sat, Oct 23, 12 - 4
  November 13
  Annual Bead Exchange 2010  - Color Theme - RED
  (View 2009 exchanged beads here)
  Election of 2011 officers
  Demo: Flower Cane - Kim Keane 
• December 14 -Tuesday, 6:30 - 8:00pm
• Open -  TBD (Probably a free-play night, since the last 3 years this meeting was snowed out!)
• 4th Saturday FREE PLAY DAY - NONE.
  Would have been Dec. 25!

Linda Lee's Jelly Roll Balls

Here's another "how's you do that?" from our 2009 Christmas Exchange beads....

Linda Lee conditioned Green Premo clay and rolled into base beads.  Then she made a Jelly roll out of well conditioned Premo Green Pearl clay. She rolled the green pearl clay out into a sheet to about 1.6mm thick, making sure the mica in the sheet had shifted.  Then she created a jelly roll. She formed the jelly roll into tapering, carrot like shapes, which she then cut into random size pieces.  Each piece was rolled into little balls and placed randomly into the base bead. The entire bead was then rolled with by hand until there was a smooth surface. Beads were then baked, wet sanded and buffed.