Ahhh... it is finally warm in Colorado - I know we get a little break from "very" warm up here in the Mts... seems like it was a long time of snow and cold so I am loving this! Judging by the traffic up here this weekend, most of Colo Spgs is camping or hitting Cripple Creek :-)
We have two new members one from Denver and the other from Boulder who joined to take Donna Kato's workshop. (You missed a fun time if you weren't there!).... we hope they will come back often!
Our July meeting will be a fun one (I know I say that a lot but this one is special) SHANE SMITH has agreed to come and do another demo for us... this time she will teach us a CANE TECHNIQUE. Shane is able to teach any experience level. She taught me to make my very first successful cane (bless her!) Bring your usual tools, black, white and any favorite accent colors of clay so you can work along with her. If you condition your clay ahead of time you will find it easier to just dive into the project. This is something I only do occasionally, myself, but it sure does help.
We will also have our biannual SILENT AUCTION. We traditionally do this at our Dec meeting and have added July since it is always fun and successful. Bring a piece of your work, an extra tool, supplies, books... anything clay related to donate to the auction. I have some fun supplies and tools donated by Donna Kato to bring along. ;-) And don't forget your SHOW AND TELL which is always one of my favorite activities... it is amazing to see how many different takes on clay our members make!
ANNUAL DUES - Associate Members $15 (members of other guilds)
Regular Members $30 - members for whom this is their primary guild
DUE SEPTEMBER
One of the best reasons to maintain your membership, second only to being able to attend meetings, is the chance to get a library card and access our ever growing and always inspirational collection of polymer clay books, magazines, videos and DVD's
Our AUGUST meeting, as far as we know now... will be at the new location of Cottonwood Artists School - I will have more details and a map in the reminder for that meeting. We will have our SWAP - always fun to watch... and even more fun to be among the swappers!
The swap is closed now and we have 7 signed up.
Great news! We now have a brand new CONVECTION OVEN - the toaster ovens are a handy item to have for curing clay in our home but pretty unwieldy for a large group, particularly during workshops. I bought the biggest and most highly recommended - a Haier that would hold a turkey (should anyone decide to make a polymer clay turkey LOL).
Be sure to check out the WEBSITE AND BLOG for upcoming events... and pics of activities.
We have space for a picture of member's work in our gallery.
www.pppcg.org
www.polytalk.blogspot.com
See ya soon!!
Peg
Peg Montieth
President
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