Saturday, January 29, 2011
2011 Program - Posted
Hey, all you members - please check the 2011 meeting schedule and let Lynette know if there are corrections. Thanks!
Monday, January 10, 2011
2011 Program Planning
Our first 2011 KCPCG meeting is Tuesday, January 11....snow permitting. Bring your calendars and be prepared to have ideas for or volunteer for a demo . . .
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Mixed Media Challenge Results
Wow! What an amazing variety of items people made for our September Mixed Media Challenge. A talented group of artists in our guild.....
Two people - Anne and Deb - made dolls so vastly different from each other as to defy comparison:
Anne's mixed media doll:
Deb's Clown Dogs:
See all the challenge results by clicking on the doll below.
Two people - Anne and Deb - made dolls so vastly different from each other as to defy comparison:
Anne's mixed media doll:
See all the challenge results by clicking on the doll below.
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| KCPCG Mixed Media Challenge |
Thursday, September 9, 2010
September 14 Meeting Plans
The Kansas City Polymer Clay Guild will meeting Tuesday, September 14 at 6:30 pm at Heartland Bead Market in Lenexa.
Features of this upcoming meeting:
♢ Demonstration: Puffed Pillow Potion Pot by Michele Wineland We're just watching on this one! She's going to show us how she made those cute Potion Pots she made for out Spring Container Challenge.
♢ September CHALLENGE ITEM: is due; theme is Mixed Media
If you have finished your challenge item, you'd better get busy! Here are the results of our Spring Container Challenge.
Other events to keep in mind:
♢ NOVEMBER BEAD EXCHANGE: Theme RED is coming. We started a signup sheet last month for our annual bead exchange. You'll need to make as many beads as we have people signed up so each receives one of each bead.
♢ FOOTLOOSE CRAFTERNOON - Saturday, September 25, 12 noon - 4
Our 4th Saturday free play day! Bring your own project and clay along with friends.
Features of this upcoming meeting:
♢ Demonstration: Puffed Pillow Potion Pot by Michele Wineland We're just watching on this one! She's going to show us how she made those cute Potion Pots she made for out Spring Container Challenge.
♢ September CHALLENGE ITEM: is due; theme is Mixed Media
If you have finished your challenge item, you'd better get busy! Here are the results of our Spring Container Challenge.
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| KCPCG Container Challenge |
Other events to keep in mind:
♢ NOVEMBER BEAD EXCHANGE: Theme RED is coming. We started a signup sheet last month for our annual bead exchange. You'll need to make as many beads as we have people signed up so each receives one of each bead.
♢ FOOTLOOSE CRAFTERNOON - Saturday, September 25, 12 noon - 4
Our 4th Saturday free play day! Bring your own project and clay along with friends.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Great info for those who teach and those who sell
A great reminder about what is legal (and not permitted) in using and learning from published materials and designs cam in today's Art Jewelry Newsletter (from Art Jewelry Magazine, Kalmbach Publishing) from editor Hazel Wheaton. View her essay here.
Monday, August 23, 2010
500 Judaica
Congratulations to KCPCG member Sue-Ellen Flescher, who was among the artist chosen for the recent Lark Books "500 Series" publication "500 Judaica".
We don't have a picture yet of the bead and wire kippot that was selected, but we will post it when we do. The book is on sale now, from Lark Books and from Amazon.
We don't have a picture yet of the bead and wire kippot that was selected, but we will post it when we do. The book is on sale now, from Lark Books and from Amazon.
Sunday, August 8, 2010
August Meeting is a Clay Play Day - Saturday, 8/14
Saturday, 12:00 - 4:00 pm
-basic tool kit plus
-a new, highly flexible blade
-a work surface to work on (big tile or parchment paper)
-cornstarch or baking powder
-paper towels
-premade Skinner blend, using any two colors of clay of any brand (Marietta will use Premo cream and olive green)
USE 1/2 OZ OF EACH COLOR. If you want a larger cane, use 1 oz of each (or half a package). Roll it up into a bulls-eye jelly roll starting with the light color for the middle.
If you want to make a finished item (e.g. pendant, earrings, necklace, or ring), also bring any extra supplies, such as
-more clay for a base to decorate with canes
-extra flower canes you've made
Hands-on learning Topic:
Make one Skinner Blend and create several leaf cane variations
led by MariEtta Adams
SUPPLIES & TOOLS-basic tool kit plus
-a new, highly flexible blade
-a work surface to work on (big tile or parchment paper)
-cornstarch or baking powder
-paper towels
-premade Skinner blend, using any two colors of clay of any brand (Marietta will use Premo cream and olive green)
USE 1/2 OZ OF EACH COLOR. If you want a larger cane, use 1 oz of each (or half a package). Roll it up into a bulls-eye jelly roll starting with the light color for the middle.
If you want to make a finished item (e.g. pendant, earrings, necklace, or ring), also bring any extra supplies, such as
-more clay for a base to decorate with canes
-extra flower canes you've made
If you need a refresher course, here's How to do a Skinner Blend from Polymer Clay Central
IF YOU'VE NEVER MADE A SKINNER BLEND:
Not to worry! It's easy! You have 2 options.
1) Take a look in a polymer-cafe book or at one of the following webpages and give it a go:
http://www.polymerclaycentral.com/poleigh/skinner.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gve4L0cmhWg
2) Bring your two colors, and your humble president I or some other helpful guild member will teach you how. If you have a PASTA MACHINE, you'll need it. It should be part of your basic tool kit.
Not to worry! It's easy! You have 2 options.
1) Take a look in a polymer-cafe book or at one of the following webpages and give it a go:
http://www.polymerclaycentral.com/poleigh/skinner.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gve4L0cmhWg
2) Bring your two colors, and your humble president I or some other helpful guild member will teach you how. If you have a PASTA MACHINE, you'll need it. It should be part of your basic tool kit.
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