October 31, 2009
Friend of the Guild, Mona Kissel has this announcement about the mixed media retreat next July:
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Hello Everyone! We are spreading the word about our second annual Polymer Clay Collaborative & Mixed Media Retreat Retreat dates: July 19-25, 2010, in beautiful Shepherdstown, West Virginia
Please feel free to share this information with others who may not know about this retreat opportunity. Second Annual Polymer Clay Collaborative & Mixed Media Retreat
Polymer Clay Artists! Fiber Artists! Beaders!
Bookmakers! Collage Artists! Painters! Journal Artists! Stampers! Dollmakers!
Follow your muse to the groundbreaking, 2nd annual
Polymer Clay Collaborative & Mixed Media Retreat 2010 July 19-25, 2010 on the campus of Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV
Demonstrate your special talent! Sell your creations at the sales table! Explore what can be accomplished through collaboration. The possibilities are endless! Get a group of your artistic friends together! Be a teacher and a student! Come as a Guild! Come to explore! Come to create! Come to innovate! All accommodations in lovely air-conditioned campus residence halls! Three meals/day at the bountiful campus buffets! Generous 4×4 work area for all artists! Daily demos! Mixed-media vendors on site offering supplies! Sale table! Sell your art – open to the surrounding communities and university campus! Silent auction (to offset costs for following years)! Must-have goodie bags for the first 40 reservations!
Take the artistic collaborative path to this mixed media event in a creative and learning environment – your muse will be there!
Reserve your space now on the retreat website. Review the additional workshops offered this year and sign up while space is still available!!
Single rooms are still available!
Looking forward to seeing you next summer!
The Polymer Clay Collaborative Retreat team,
Anne Bowers, Mona Kissel, Heidi Spicer, Sydney Wellman
www.pccmmretreat.com
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October 31, 2009
Friend of the Guild, Kathyrn Ottman, sent us this reminder about this wonderful event right in our backyard:
Don’t forget Cabin Fever Clay Fest coming up 19-24 Feb. with hands-on workshops in Laurel, Maryland. Featuring pre-conference instructors Jeff Dever, Lindly Haunani, Nan Roche, Maggie Maggio, Cindy Silas, and newly added Jana Roberts Benzon.
Conference instructors include Tony Aquino, Maureen Carlson, Dayle Doroshow, Louise Fischer Cozzi, Grant Diffendaffer, Laurie Mika, Kathryn Ottman, Lisa Pavelka, Sarah Shriver, and Ronna Sarvas Weltman.
Go to www.polymerclayfests.wordpress.com for additional information. Proceeds from auction to benefit the American Cancer Society and the Children’s Defense Fund. Email cabinfeverclayfestival@yahoo.com with questions.
October 19, 2009
Well those who were able to attend Sunday’s meeting took full advantage of the new library books: Amulets & Talismans, by Robert Dancik, Artful Polymer Clay by Gail Ritchey and Polymer Clay Color Inspirations by Lindly Huanani and Maggie Maggio. These are all great books that I am sure you will all like to browse through or take out at a future meeting!
There has been a request to secure a copy of Jana Roberts Benzon’s DVD: Secret Shapes Inros. We should have our copy in time for the next meeting!
If there is a book or DVD you would like the library to acquire, then let us know at a meeting. You can also drop us an email using the contact form on our website, www.papcg.org.
The library is a great benefit of Guild Membership. Make sure to check it out when you are at the next meeting.
Sarah, Guild Cheerleader and Web Tinkerer
October 19, 2009
Our meeting yesterday was lightly attended, allowing for a smaller, more intimate grouping. We had an absolutely spectular demo on filling channel bracelet blanks with polymer clay. The first part of the demo involved filling the channel with a solid color of clay. The second part of the demo involved laying in a patterned sheet of clay….like maybe something you will make in Ellen’s surface treatment class next month. Everybody jumped right in, and it wasn’t long before people were filling their bracelet blanks with old canes and pretty scrap! The handout will be posted on our website, so everyone will be able to join in the fun.
We also got three new library books–”Artful Polymer Clay” by Gail Ritchey, “Amulets & Talismans” by Robert Dancik, and “Polymer Clay Color Inspirations” by Maggie Maggio & Lindley Haunani–all of which were checked out immediately. Hopefully, we’ll get reviews on them next month from the folks that checked them out.
Terri Powell, deputy to the deputy blogger
October 16, 2009
Just as an FYI, AIDSWalk Philly is Sunday. Check-in begins at 7:00 am, and the walk is scheduled to start at 9:00. What this means for us is that parking will surely be limited, and there may be street closures. (I was unable to find the route map for the walk, so I don’t know which streets.) Plan accordingly! For more information, here’s the website: www.aidswalkphilly.org.
Terri Powell, deputy to the deputy blogger
October 13, 2009
This is only a test. In the event of an actual polymer emergency, you will be instructed on which clay gear is most essential to pack, and where the preheated ovens are. However, this is only a test, so no action is necessary at this time. Thank you for your attention.
terri, deputy to the deputy blogger
September 20, 2009
See the pix on the Flickr site. Thanks for a wonderful meeting Donna!!! And to Sarah for saving our sorry youknowwhats and to Gwen, class Mom.
Martha Aleo, Deputy Blogger
September 6, 2009
Well the class is just about full. I have emailed all who’ve registered with the class list and materials list.
If you think you registered and you didn’t get an email, let us know! You can contact us through www.papcg.org.
If you’d like to attend the class, you can register there as well!
August 30, 2009
Our new header photo shows off some of the lovely inros the class made the last time Donna came to town. She’s returning to teach her Fluid Bangles class on Saturday September 19 and to spend a day claying with us at our first meeting of the Guild year on September 20.
There are still a few spaces left in the class, so hurry over to www.papcg.org and register online. Both meetings are for members only, so take a moment to make sure your dues are up to date.
Donna’s class will showcase her unique construction technique for an undulating bracelet that is a marvelous canvas for her amazing canework. The look is dramatic, and the process so simple when Donna teaches you!
