Pics from April Guild Meeting

Here are some pics from the April Guild Meeting.  Tejae did a demo on how to shoot better photos of your work -- with very little fancy equipment I might add! -- and of course I think I was taking pics with my iPhone of all things..., and Robert Wiley and his wife visited our group from Texas and ended up doing a demo for us.

Tejae discussing how easy it is to take better photos

Tejae taking pics of members' work

Robert "Bob" Wiley showing Peggy Davis how to do the "Sutton Slice" technique

Filling a rubber stamp with a Skinner Blend

Press, press, press Peggy! Get that Skinner Blend in there!

More pressing!

Now to shave away the excess clay

Careful for Bob's fingers! :)

Peggy Davis, ever so intent on her clay work

Butterfly wing rubber stamp with Skinner Blend

Feeling happy after all that work

Bev observes Peggy's Sutton Slice butterfly wings

Peggy Davis with Robert Wiley and his wife

Peggy Davis' vase with Sutton Slice Butterflies...beautiful!

Claywork by Robert Wiley

Claywork by Robert Wiley

Claywork by Robert Wiley

Claywork by Robert Wiley

Assorted cabochons by Robert Wiley

Claywork by Robert Wiley

Claywork (Sutton Slice Technique) by Robert Wiley

 Thanks to Robert for showing us the Sutton Slice technique.  We were all quite intrigued!  And Peggy, your vase and butterflies came out beautifully!

If you'd like to learn more about the "Sutton Slice" technique, check out Lisa Pavelka's Business Card Holder project from HGTV.

Dia de los Muertos - Day of the Dead - Sugar skull mini masks

Sugar Skull masks - polymer clay, glitter, acrylic paint, varnish - by Jainnie Jenkins

Wow, I apologize for not posting for a couple of months!  I hope everyone is doing well and enjoying the start of summer!

This spring I participated in Sarajane Helm's mask swap again, and decided to do Sugar Skull masks.  I had seen these sugar skull candy molds down in Taos, NM, but found out that they are available from La Fuente Imports (which has their warehouse here in Colorado Springs!).  Mold making is still a bit tricky for me...I don't know if I am just impatient or haven't quite got the technique down, but my molds worked well enough for the purpose.

Sugar Skull masks - by Jainnie Jenkins

Sugar Skull masks - by Jainnie Jenkins

I was feeling a bit concerned that I added so much painted decoration instead of it being "clay" embellishment, but I still like them.  Now if only I had started much, much earlier...but why does that never happen for swaps?

Sugar Skull masks - by Jainnie Jenkins

Sugar Skull masks - by Jainnie Jenkins

Sugar Skull masks - by Jainnie Jenkins

Here are some other pics of my masks.  Thanks for taking a look!
Jainnie

Sugar Skull masks - by Jainnie Jenkins

Sugar Skull masks - by Jainnie Jenkins

Sugar skull masks - by Jainnie Jenkins