July 9, 2005
Those of you who missed the meeting missed a good time! There were 13 people in attendance at the July meeting; some arrived late and some left early.
Pat started the meeting with business:
The August meeting has been cancelled. As you know, we were unable to get our usual meeting space for that date. There were efforts to put together an alternate activity, but none panned out.
The August 27 Clay Day is still on, and several people paid their Clay Day fee at the meeting. Barb V and Claudia are organizing this one; they did a terrific job with the April Clay Day, and many thanks in advance to both of them for doing the August Clay Day too.
The November meeting has been moved to the first Saturday, November 5. Mark your calendars.
Gail collected pieces for the display at Pack Library. The library has permitted us to use the display case next to the library entrance for the month of August, and it's a great opportunity to show what we can do with polymer clay, and possibly attract new members to our group. If you have not already gotten your pieces to Gail for this exhibit, please email her at g-tjolley AT juno DOT com to arrange to get your work to her.
Pat announced an upcoming postcard swap. We've done this once before, for the guild's 2nd birthday. See the postcards here: http://www.brpcg.com/SwapsChallenges/swap04.html.
It's a one-to-one swap and yes, they do go through the mail. This time it's holiday-themed postcards, and we'll draw names at the October meeting. Fun!
Pat also reminded us of the leadership change that is due to happen in just a few months. As you know, we'll vote for new officers at the January meeting; please consider volunteering for an office. Descriptions of officers' duties were available at the meeting. Click here to download and open a Word document with officer info: http://brpcg.com/misc/OFFICERS.doc (If you're not able to download the document, post to the list and I'll email it to you directly. - Irene)
Barb D was the only one to rise to July's challenge, with her detailed sand castle beach scene complete with sand dollars and flip-flops, and a necklace made with beads in beach-y colors (what landscape cane?). She and others brought show-and-tell, which resulted in many oohs and aahs.
The demonstrations began with Gail showing how she creates faux ivory. Nancy demonstrated a faux stone she learned from a magazine article, and discussed her try-at-your-own-risk burning technique to "age" faux amber. Marion showed her experiments with faux abalone, and brought a real abalone shell for comparison purposes. Irene demonstrated a quick and easy faux jade as well as faux turquoise. Thanks to Tom for bringing a blender for the pina coladas - I mean, for chopping the clay for the faux turquoise.
The September challenge is polymer clay tools - tools we have made with polymer clay.
Submitted July 10, by Irene Semanchuk Dean.
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