Our next guild meeting will be Saturday, August 12, 2017 from 1:30-4:30 p.m. in the Contemporary Arts Center at the fairgrounds. We will have a drawing this month – so for those who won something last time, please bring something this time!
For the August meeting, Wendi McKinnon will lead us in creating a Christmas scene or a Nativity scene in an Altoid tin. We will be focusing on the figures inside the tin during the meeting. The outside of the tin will be your own design.
Materials
- Altoid tin (the larger one, 3.5” x 2.25”)
- Small amounts of clay:
- For Christmas scene: red, white, brown, green, black, orange
- For Nativity scene: tan, flesh, brown, blue, gray, white, gold
- Ball of scrap clay
- Miniature Christmas trees (optional)
Tools
- Needle tool
- Pasta machine
- Work surface
- Baking surface
- Blade
- X-acto knife
- Small ball tool