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Minutes for May 2016 Meeting

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Minutes recorded by Deborah

There were 14 members and 3 visitors at our May14, 2016 meeting. There was lots of talking about the retreat from last month.  Check out pictures on the guild website.  Next year’s retreat is already being planned.

Inchies will be swapped four times a year, next time in July meeting with a Summer theme.  

June meeting will be by PenniJo and Jane to make a signature cane.

Don’t forget – you can check out DVDs and magazines from the library.

Old Business

In the business meeting, Shirley motioned to approve the 03/12/2016 minutes.  Laura seconded and the motion passed.

There are lots of pictures from the Show and Tell on the guild’s Facebook page. 

Our new purchase for the library will be “Polymer Journey”.  Marsha made the motion and Tom seconded.  Everyone approved.

New Business

Our next regular meeting will be June 11, 2016, 1:30 pm at the Oklahoma Contemporary Art Center on the OKC Fairgrounds.

May 2016 Meeting: Christmas in May!

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Our next meeting will be Saturday, May 14, 2016 from 1:30-4:30 p.m. in the Contemporary Arts Center at the fairgrounds.

Laura Clarkson will present an elegant Christmas tree design for our May guild meeting. This class is a smaller version of Laura’s lighted Christmas tree.

Materials

  • One 2 ounce package translucent clay
  • One 2 ounce package pearl clay
  • A scrap of gold clay

Tools

  • Work surface
  • Pasta machine
  • Blade
  • Smallest round or teardrop cutter
  • Scissors
  • Optional: bring your favorite clay tools

Laura will provide paper to make the cones to build the tree on.

 We will be having our drawing this month, so if you won something in the last drawing, be sure to bring some goodies for this month!

Minutes for March 2016 Meeting

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Minutes recorded by Katherine Barnes

Penni Jo calls our meeting to order and introduces Deb Hart our special guest teacher.  She showed us how to make the most adorable sculpted owl earrings using her canes.  Everyone had a wonderful time, and Deb Hart decided to become our newest member and join our Guild.  She will also attend the upcoming OK Poly-Clay Twisters Retreat 2016.  Welcome aboard, Deb!!!! 

Show & Tell had five members who brought items.  And two members brought bottles of hope.  Thanks Tom for posting the photos.

Angel moved to approve last month’s minutes and Wendi seconded it.

Jane, our Librarian, was not present so Penni Jo read her report; and announced that Jan will host the goodie bag assembly at her house.  Everyone is welcome to come and help!  It will be on April 02, 2016 at 1:00 pm.

Penni Jo announced the May meeting will feature Laura’s tree; and the June meeting will be Jane and Penni Jo who will present creating clay signatures for our work. We will do our Inchies four times a year and the theme for each will be the seasons.  January Inchies for Winter, April Inchies for Spring (which will be presented at the Retreat), July Inchies for Summer, and October Inchies for Autumn.  We are renaming the “Raffle Drawing” and simply calling it “Drawing”. 

Angela presented the Treasurer’s report and announced we have 23 paid members.

Angel and Connie ,our Bottle of Hope Coordinators, have bottles available.  Connie will bring a large bag of bottles to the Retreat.  We are hoping everyone takes home a few to decorate.

Myra, our Webmaster was present.  Penni Jo commented on what an extensive amount of information Myra has on our webpage.  Myra has the minutes available for each meeting dating back to November, 2006.

Old Business:

Tom discussed the upcoming Retreat and large number of sponsors who would be supporting our event. 

Angela followed up on a letter received from the State Fair, asking if COPCG would be a sponsor and will we have a demo?  Laura moved and Angela seconded to pay $25.00 to sponsor.  After Penni Jo asked for volunteers for the demo, Connie moved and LeAnn seconded to have the demo on September 18th from 2:00pm to 6:00pm.

New Business:

The need for a new sign to represent COPCG at the State Fair was tabled and will be discussed in May’s meeting.

We held our Drawing and had six winners: Tom, Karen, Penni Jo, Laura, Angela, Connie, and Wendi.  Please remember, if you were one of the lucky ones who won; don’t forget to bring prizes for the May Drawing.

April’s meeting will not be held because of the Twisters Retreat.  Our next regular meeting will be May 14, 2016, 1:30 pm at Oklahoma Contemporary Art Center on the OKC Fairgrounds.

March 2016 Meeting: Owl Earrings with Deb Hart

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DebHartOur next meeting will be Saturday, March 12, 2016 from 1:30-4:30 p.m. in the Contemporary Arts Center at the fairgrounds.

We are delighted to welcome Deb Hart as our special guest teacher for the March guild meeting. She will show us how to make these adorable sculpted owl earrings using canes.

There’s a LOT of information about Deb and this project in the attached PDF file. In preparation, be sure to make the two bullseye canes ahead of time that are listed OwlEarringsunder “Materials” in the PDF.

This is also raffle month, so bring your goodies if you won something in the last one!

Minutes for February 2016 Meeting

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Minutes recorded by Marsha

Penni Jo called the meeting to order.

NEW BUSINESS:

There were 15 members at our February 13, 2016 meeting.

 Angela gave the treasurers report. We have a balance of $7635.26 We have 23 paid members. She reminded all that dues are due.

The Retreat Registration is live and we have started receiving registration monies.

 Next we had show and tell. Tom, Penni Jo, Jane, LeeAnn, Connie and Lori brought great ‘show and tell’ items. Check out all of the Show & Tell items brought to the meeting on the guild website. 

 A question came up about a large bottle of hope that the clay had cracked on.

Great Tip: The recommendation was made that when heating clay with glass, it is best if you do not preheat the oven, (put your piece in the oven then turn on), after heating for your allotted time, leave your piece in the oven, time turn off the oven and let the piece cool down in the oven then remove.

OLD BUSINESS:

A motion was made and seconded to approve the January minutes, the motion passed.

 Bottles of Hope:  Connie has the contact for the Toby Keith House. She urged everyone to try and make a bottle a month.

Librarian: Jane reported we did not receive any new books this month.

Retreat: Tom noted we have received some donations for the retreat and some correspondence from requestees declining to donate.

 Upcoming programs:

  • March:  Class with Deb Hart – Owl
  • April:  Twister Retreat
  • May:  Light Up Christmas Tree with Laura and Spring Inchies

Watch for information on website for OK POLY-CLAY TWISTERS RETREAT in April.

Our lesson was taught by Lori, The Light Up Pendant.

It was great fun and her larger than life samples made seeing and understanding the project so much easier and fun.

Next month will be raffle month.

Our next regular meeting will be March 12 , 2016, 1:30 pm at Oklahoma Contemporary Art Center on the OKC Fairgrounds.

February 2016 Meeting: Snowflake or Flower LED Pendant

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Our next meeting will be Saturday, February 13, 2016 from 1:30-4:30 p.m. in the Contemporary Arts Center at the fairgrounds.

Rescheduled from last month: Lori Luli will show us how to make a blinking snowflake pendant and flower pendants, incorporating LED lights for a high-tech effect. Lori will have lights available for the pendant. (For non-members, there will be a charge for lights and battery).

Materials:

Clay needed:

  • Translucent, 1/2 block
  • White or very pale blue, 1/2 block
  • Liquid clay
  • For a snowflake-ish pendant
    – Blue-ish clay (for snowflake background)
    – White, pearl, or glitter white clay, 1/4 block
  • For a flower-ish pendant
    – Background color of choice
    – Flower color (s) of choice, 1/4 block

Tools:

  • Design cutter (snowflake, flower, etc.) smaller than 1.5×2 inches
  • Background cutter (circle, oval, rectangle, etc.) larger than 2×3 inches
  • Standard clay tools (pasta machine, blade, etc.)

Optional:

  • Your favorite decorative elements such as mica powders

For this meeting, extra are at Lori’s cost:

  • RGB blinking LEDs $.75
  • Plain LEDs $.25
  • Coin Battery $.50
  • Prices may be higher at later meetings

Minutes for January 2016 Meeting

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Minutes recorded by Deborah

There were 12 members at our January 12, 2016 meeting. Check out all of the Show & Tell items brought to the meeting on the guild website. We also exchanged inches.

Old Business

In the business meeting Angel motioned to approve the 12/12/2015 minutes. Wendy seconded and the motion passed.

New officers were elected:

  • Penni Jo: President
  • Jane: Vice President
  • Deborah: Secretary

The following volunteers are willing to remain in their positions:

  • Angela: Treasurer (with Lee Ann as Assistant Treasurer)
  • Jane: Librarian (with Lee Ann as Assistant Librarian)
  • Myra: Webmaster
  • Angel and Connie: Bottles of Hope Coordinator
  • Tom: Photographer
  • Marsh: Party Planner

Wendy motioned to accept all the officers and Wendy seconded. Officers were approved.

Upcoming programs:

  • February: Light Up Pendant with Lori
  • March: Class with Deb Hart – Owl
  • April: Twister Retreat
  • May: Light Up Christmas Tree with Laura and Spring Inchies

Bottles of Hope: Deborah will get contact information to Connie and Angel.

Librarian Jane reported on the new Polymer CAFE and Polymer Arts magazines.

Tom gave Connie, Deborah and Almond lists of sponsors for the retreat. He will send a request letter to be sent to sponsors for their donations.

New Business

Motion made by Wendy for guild to pay to upcharge on classes on an as-needed basis. Angel made motion to pass, Connie seconded and motion passed.

Dues for the new year were due. Please pay Angela.

Watch for information on website for OK POLY-CLAY TWISTERS RETREAT in April.

We had Repair Clinic. Jane wanted to know what to do with a bracelet that was too big. Some suggestions were to put clay on the inside.

Wendy put modge podge on a piece and made it sticky. Suggestions were to use ammonia or acetone to gently remove residue.

LeeAnn wanted to know how to cut canes evenly and had put combs together but the bottom was not flat. Suggest to cut a piece of plexiglass.

Almond covered a pice of pine wood that made it heavy. Suggested using Bass wood.

Tom wanted to know how to get things shiny. Suggested acrylic varnish in art supply.

Connie did a demo on the lids for the bottles of hope.

It was raffle month.

Our next regular meeting will be February 13, 2016, 1:30 pm at Oklahoma Contemporary Art Center on the OKC Fairgrounds.