The new location worked well. We had lots
of discussion about where we would meet next. We voted and chose
Earth Guild since we can keep our usual Saturday. So May 11th
we will meet at Earth Guild. There is a city parking lot just
behind Earth Guild that is usually only $1.00 on weekends. If
I'm remembering correctly, it's the Rankin Ave. parking lot that
is the closest to the store. The Civic Center is a bit further
away, but either do work.
Next month's challenge is to create a tile
for our sign that will be used at craft fairs and the like. Instructions
have already been posted. We discussed the sign extensively at
the meeting, deciding color and basic design ideas. Irene had
a great concept based on our logo. I'm doing the lettering and
will demo that at the next meeting.
We had a visitor from the Sevierville group.
I meant to get her name and missed it. Sorry! (from Suzanne -
her name is Linda Livaudais.)
Maggie has also been in contact with a
possible teacher who does some interesting tapestry techniques
and she had some information about her. We discussed the cost
and decided that we still need to know more about her classes
before going any further.
Our website is now separate from Irene's.
The cost is minimal. Thank you, Irene, for all your work on that!
Forms can still be turned into Suzanne
if you haven't. If you are interested in doing a demo, please
let her know.
Ideas for other challenges were presented:
an exchange of odd items to see what we'd each do with them or
what can be done with damaged goods.
Irene had a great sanding tip.
Jan gave an excellent demo on her watches.
For those who weren't there, you missed lots of cool beads and
a great technique for using polymer beads with a watch.
There are some new books in the library:
Images on Clay
36 Millefiori (sp?) Clay
(Gail...there was another...I didn't get
all the names...if you haven't posted them could you e-mail me?:
Thanks!)
Hope to see everyone in May!
submitted by Kathy Wu, May 1, 2002
See April's
challenge photos.
