Meeting Announcements

Meeting announcements: Our May guild meeting will be on Saturday, May 10 from 1:30 to 4:30 at the Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center at the State Fair Park (3000 General Pershing Blvd.). We’re doing inchies this month, and there is no set theme – bring as many as you would like to trade. We will have a raffle next month, so if you won an item in the item last time, bring something next time!

Nance will be presenting our lesson (or lessons) this month – fossils and faux opals! Following is the supply list:

Clay

• For fossils: Reptile colors….quarter of a package in each of three or four colors of your choice, plus a small piece of black or brown clay.
• For faux opals: Half a package of silver, half a package of pearl white….and a little piece of black or brown.

Products

• Donna Kato Transparent Liquid Clay OR Mod Podge, or  Crystal Accent (made by Ranger and available at Hobby Lobby)
• Mica powder to match colors you chose in clay
• Alcohol ink in yellow
• Good box to bring home your projects safely

Tools

• Regular slicers, sculpting tools etc. No need for pasta machines.

Other 

• You may want a leaf texture stamp, if you have one.

We will be making a decoration to apply to a trinket box in the future….no need to get one for the project, just one to put the project safely inside for the drive home, in case it is still not fully cured!

NOTE: Construction is still likely on May Avenue next to the fairgrounds. Enter through Gate 5 further south on May, across from Forest Lumber. See this map for reference.

Connie Farrell will present our demo this month on decorating serving utensils. The list of materials, tools and tips are below. March is raffle month – those who won last time, please bring your raffle items this time!

Materials

• 2 oz. block of clay in color of your choice

Tools

• Pasta machine
• Etch ‘n’ Pearl tool
• Blade/X-acto knife
• Rubber stamp of your choice (see tips below)
• Large serving utensils with plain handles
• Spray bottle with water
• Paper towels
• Acrylic paint for antiquing
• Small paintbrush
• Circle cutters (see tips below)

Tips from Connie:

• The stamp used in the sample was ordered from Rubber Stamp Plantation (Mayan sun tile), $7.50 plus shipping If you don’t want to order this stamp, you can share mine or use a different one.
• I used circle cutters ranging from 1/2″ to 1-3/4″.
• Colors used in the sample: Sculpey III Renaissance brown metallic clay with black antiquing.
• My utensils came from Dollar Tree.

The link to the handout from JoAnn’s is here.

NOTE: Construction is still likely on May Avenue next to the fairgrounds. Enter through Gate 5 further south on May, across from Forest Lumber. See this map for reference.

Meeting announcements: Our February guild meeting will be on Saturday, February 15, one week later than normal. We’re doing inchies this month, and there is no set theme – so anything goes!

Update: Tom reminded me to mention the invitation from the Mustang Library to include some of our items in their display case celebrating National Craft Month. The items will be on display throughout the month of March, and Angela has generously volunteered to take the items to the library. If you want to participate, please bring your items to this month’s guild meeting, bring them to the library, or contact Angela.

Tom Gibson will be teaching us how to make a Damascus Ladder cane:

Materials:

• Choose four to seven colors of cane worthy clay the color selection can be anything that appeals to you, but make sure there is good contrast between adjacent layers. Metallic or pearl clays can produce extremely good effects.
• Bring 1/2 to 3/4 block EACH COLOR of conditioned clay. You will need enough to have 7 or 8 strips 1″ x 6″ at the #1 (thickest) setting on the Atlas Pasta machine or 2 layers at the #3 setting. You will probably use more of the lighter color strips than contrasting darker colors.

Optional inclusions:

• Gold leaf
• Mica powder
• Glitter

Tools:

• Tissue blade (the stiffer ones work best for this cane)
• Brayer or roller
• Work surface
• It is also helpful to have a piece of Lucite or other flat surface to provide an even distribution of pressure while rolling the stack of clay.

NOTE: Construction is still likely on May Avenue next to the fairgrounds. Enter through Gate 5 further south on May, across from Forest Lumber. See this map for reference.

This is raffle month and those bringing items are: Karen, Tom, Cindy, Connie, and Penni Jo.

Angel is our instructor this month, and she will teach a cane technique created by Pavlina, a lady she met via Facebook.

After seeing some of her polymer clay pieces, she asked Pavlina for permission to teach the cardiogram/razor wire technique at our guild meeting. Pavlina was excited to be asked and gave her permission!

She went on to tell Angel that she was new to polymer clay, and that she belonged to a guild in Bulgaria. Her only request was to post pictures of some of our color combinations.

Clay

• 1 block light color
• 1 block dark color
• 1 block metallic color

Tools

• Pasta machine
• Work surface
• Slicing blade or other slicing tool
• Acrylic rod

Optional

• Molds or shape cutters

Our meeting will be held January 11th from 1:30 to 4:30 at the Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center at the State Fair Park (3000 General Pershing Blvd.).

Our meeting will be held December 14th from 1:30 to 4:30 at the Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center at the State Fair Park (3000 General Pershing Blvd.).

NOTE: There is ongoing construction on May Avenue next to the fairgrounds. Gate 3 (the one nearest to the arts center) is completely closed until at least January 2014. Use Gate 5 further to the south, across from Forest Lumber. See this map for reference.

This month, Lisa and Penni Jo are teaching us how to combine polymer clay and gourds to make beautiful tabletop accessories.

Also, this month is inchies with the theme of Water.

Materials/supplies/tools list for gourd class (Lisa’s part):

• Gourd blank (furnished)
• 1/2 block black clay, well conditioned
• Your favorite color of mica powder
• Fluffy, pouncy brush
• Texture sheets – just bring what you have and we will sort them out in class
• Brayer (or mug)
• Cornstarch – a couple tablespoons will be plenty. Water misters do not work for this project.
• Medium-size drinking straw – unused or cleaned and dried
• Pasta machine
• Work surface
• Index cards
• Long stiff blade

Our meeting will be held November 9th from 1:30 to 4:30 at the Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center at the State Fair Park (3000 General Pershing Blvd.).

NOTE: There is ongoing construction on May Avenue next to the fairgrounds. Gate 3 (the one nearest to the arts center) is completely closed until at least January 2014. Use Gate 5 further to the south, across from Forest Lumber. See this map for reference.

Nance will be teaching the lesson this month. We’re not sure exactly what we’ll be making, but she has warned us to watch out for “spooks” – so whatever it is, it’s sure to be fun! Here’s the supply list from Nance:

Clay:

• 1 block orange
• 1 block glow-in-the-dark
• 1/2 block light green
• 1/2 block darker green
• 1/4 block gold

Tools:

• Pumpkin shaped cookie cutter (I have one and will share)
• X-acto knife
• Sculpting tool, scribe, or ball point pen

Optional:

• Mica powder
• Glitter
• Antiquing supplies – tube of ocher acrylic paint
• Maybe a plastic spider

Our meeting will be held October 12th from 1:30 to 4:30 at the Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center at the State Fair Park (3000 General Pershing Blvd.).

NOTE: There is ongoing construction on May Avenue next to the fairgrounds. Gate 3 (the one nearest to the arts center) is completely closed until at least January 2014. Use Gate 5 further to the south, across from Forest Lumber. See this map for reference.