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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.

January 2016 Meeting: Blinking Snowflake Pendant

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UPDATE 1/8/16: Lori is having back trouble and won’t be able to present her project this month, so we will switch to our planned February topic instead, and Lori will do her lighted snowflake pendant next month. So, for tomorrow’s meeting, pease bring any items you have that are broken or are “failures” so we can brainstorm together how to salvage or fix them. This will also be a good time to ask questions. Connie will do a short demo on Bottle of Hope tops. Sorry for the late notice – hope to see you tomorrow!

Happy New Year!

Our next meeting will be Saturday, January 9, 2016 from 1:30-4:30 p.m. in the Contemporary Arts Center at the fairgrounds.

Lori Luli will show us how to make a blinking snowflake pendant, incorporating LED lights for a high-tech effect. Lori will have lights available for the pendant for $4.00 – please bring cash for this, as well as for our raffle this month. This is also inchies month – bring your Winter-themed inchies to trade!

Materials:

  • Translucent  clay
  • Blue clay (or whatever color you want your snowflake on) mix your color ahead of time
  • White, pearl, and/or glitter white clay

Tools:

  • Pasta machine
  • Small snowflake or petal flower cutter Snowflake-small… guessing 1 to 1.5 inch.  Could be any 6-sided cutter.
  • Large oval cutter (or freehand the outer shape) – 4-5 inches. Could also be rectangle or trapezoid (it’s the base/background).
  • Blade
  • Other clay shaping tools as desired

Minutes for December 2015 Meeting

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Minutes recorded by Angela and Almond

There were 14 members and 3 guests at our December 12, 2015 meeting. We began the meeting with a “Show and Tell” of the gifts that attendees brought for the Dirty Santa exchange. (Pics here.) Among the gifts were:

  • Penni Jo’s notes, leaf pin, and candy cane ornament
  • Tom’s candy tin and owl
  • Marsha’s fish
  • Deborah’s lightbulb penguin
  • Connie’s aroma necklace, Mr. and Mrs. Santa cheese knife and ladle
  • Cailin’s bowl with gingerbread people and holly
  • Elizabeth’s hatching dragon with nest
  • Wendy’s altoid tin nativity scene
  • Laura’s light-up tree
  • Almond’s cottage
  • Lee Ann’s bracelet and earrings
  • Jane’s angel pin with interchangeable beads
  • Angela’s clock and accordion book
  • Kay’s bracelet

We enjoyed opening (and stealing) gifts, and everyone went home with something special and handmade. We also feasted on snacks and desserts brought by members. Thank you, Tom, for helping coordinate the gift exchange, and thanks to all who shared food and gifts. (Find pictures of our December meeting in this Facebook album.)

In the business meeting Wendy moved and Laura seconded the motion to approve the 11/14/2015 minutes.

The officers gave their reports:

Vice President Connie went over the upcoming meetings:

  • January:  Light Up Pendant/Nametag with Lori (optional – bring $4 to purchase a light-up kit)
  • February:  Fix & Repair Clinic – bring clay items with problems / mistakes and the group will brain storm and offer ideas to repair or improve. Will also feature a BOH lid demo by Connie
  • March: Deb Hart demo (maybe)

Angela gave the treasurer’s report. We have 25 paid members.

Bottles of Hope: Connie got some bottles to decorate from Deaconess Hospital. Tom brought one decorated bottle. There was discussion of where to donate bottles going forward, and Deborah mentioned a friend with a connection at the Toby Keith Foundation. She will look into that.

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

Old Business:

Tom has sent a contract to our retreat teacher. Treasurer Angela asked for a copy. Tom indicated the teacher preferred doing a 1-hour demo instead of a make-and-take, and the group seemed agreeable to that idea. Tom will have a list of donor requests at the January meeting.

New Business:

We will be electing 2016 officers at our January meeting. The nominees are:

  • 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: Bottles of Hope Coordinator
  • Tom: Photographer

Dues for $24/year will be due in January 2016. Angela will send out a reminder before the next meeting.

January will be both an inchie swap and a raffle month. The inchie theme is winter. The winners from October’s raffle will bring January’s raffle prizes.

Our next regular meeting will be January 9th, 1:30 pm at Oklahoma Contemporary Art Center on the OKC Fairgrounds.

Minutes for November 2015 Meeting

Minutes recorded by Angel

We had 16 members and 2 guests attending the November 14, 2015 meeting.  Check out all 8 of the Show & Tell items brought to the meeting on the guild website.  Thank you Tom for taking photos and posting them!

Our program was titled “Clearly a Bowl” presented by Jane Linn & Penni Jo Couch.  The dynamic duo of PJ & J provided many samples and clear directions!  Thank you ladies!

In the business meeting Deborah moved to approve the 10/10/2015 minutes. Wendy seconded and the motion passed.

Moving on to the officers reports:

Vice President Connie gave an overview of the upcoming programs:

  • December: Dirty Santa & Snacks
  • January:  Light Up Pendant with Lori
  • February:  Repair Clinic – bring clay items with problems / mistakes and the group will brain storm and offer ideas to repair or improve!

Angela sent the treasurer’s report. We have 25 paid members.

Bottles of Hope: Nance sent bottles and the new coordinator Angel took them home to clean and prepare for use.  Connie is working on getting some bottles from Deaconess Hospital.  She is also working on a place where we could donate them.

Librarian Jane brought up a question about Polymer Cafe and if the guild subscription had been updated?  Jane will check on that with Angela.

Old Business:

The question of offering early registration for retreat & or retreat classes to guild members was discussed.  No decision was made.

Tom says that he is getting things prepared to go out to ask for donations.  And a contract out to our guest teacher.

New Business:

We have two open offices, Vice President and Secretary.

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