Recently I took apart my atlas pasta machine and realized one of my blades had worn down unevenly so I needed a new one. Thought I'd pass along the information in case any of you need new scraper blades. The information below was recommended by www.theclaystore.com
You can find this information on sculpey's website...
www.sculpey.com/Projects/projects_CleaningPastaMachines.htm
I contacted them today and they sell the blades for $5 a set. Very reasonable. They accept checks or credit cards and accept orders over the phone, fax or email.
Atlas Pasta Machines (GARY VALENTI, INC., 54-36 FLUSHING AVENUE, MASPETH, N.Y. 11378, TEL.: 718-386-0896 / FAX: 718-417-6227)
Contact Dawn M. Steiger at Valentimp1@aol.com.
They have a website, http://www.MarcatoUSA.com
-Tejae Floyde
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Reminders...News....Etc
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
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
June Meeting Highlights
Very nice turnout! We had a lovely and lively group :-)
Tejae Floyde and Kaye Wilson gave us a terrific primer on taking photos of our work. They helped me figure out a couple of my own recent problems! I hope everyone feels a little more comfortable with their skills :-) I want Kaye to be my photographer with the HUMONGOUS wonderful camera she brought - WOW! We had a chance to practice some with our great advisors there with us
I (Peg M) did a quick demo of different bracelet styles in preparation for our SWAP - and we have 8 people signed up - Louise F, Lynn T, Shane, Cathie G, Karen F, Sue M, Kaye, and Peg M. SWAP is closed for sign up - we will trade at the meeting in August. I also showed a quick technique for making tube beads and how to tie off a stretch cord bracelet. I totally forgot that I was going to show how to roll that tube on a texture sheet to make a whole different kind of tube bead. But give that a try - comes out great... and when baked you can use acrylic paint to bring out the texture effect by "antiquing" it.
August will find us in our new location - not too far away... a little east on Colorado AV near the curve that scoops you on to Pikes Peak AV. We will be doing our SWAP and perhaps a Pot Luck
Thank you Darlene Clark for stepping up to be our new librarian. Darlene dove right in and learned the system. Anne Morris will continue as treasurer, tho she will be unable to attend during the summer because she is now the proud owner of a Phatt Hatties BBG business and will be at the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo and all manner of events making great food :-)
Speaking of the Library, be sure to buy a library card if you do not already have one. We have a wonderful array of books, magazines, videos and DVDs available. It's a great way to decide if you want to buy a book for your own library or just take in the ideas you see while borrowed.
Have a wonderful June!
Peg
Tejae Floyde and Kaye Wilson gave us a terrific primer on taking photos of our work. They helped me figure out a couple of my own recent problems! I hope everyone feels a little more comfortable with their skills :-) I want Kaye to be my photographer with the HUMONGOUS wonderful camera she brought - WOW! We had a chance to practice some with our great advisors there with us
I (Peg M) did a quick demo of different bracelet styles in preparation for our SWAP - and we have 8 people signed up - Louise F, Lynn T, Shane, Cathie G, Karen F, Sue M, Kaye, and Peg M. SWAP is closed for sign up - we will trade at the meeting in August. I also showed a quick technique for making tube beads and how to tie off a stretch cord bracelet. I totally forgot that I was going to show how to roll that tube on a texture sheet to make a whole different kind of tube bead. But give that a try - comes out great... and when baked you can use acrylic paint to bring out the texture effect by "antiquing" it.
August will find us in our new location - not too far away... a little east on Colorado AV near the curve that scoops you on to Pikes Peak AV. We will be doing our SWAP and perhaps a Pot Luck
Thank you Darlene Clark for stepping up to be our new librarian. Darlene dove right in and learned the system. Anne Morris will continue as treasurer, tho she will be unable to attend during the summer because she is now the proud owner of a Phatt Hatties BBG business and will be at the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo and all manner of events making great food :-)
Speaking of the Library, be sure to buy a library card if you do not already have one. We have a wonderful array of books, magazines, videos and DVDs available. It's a great way to decide if you want to buy a book for your own library or just take in the ideas you see while borrowed.
Have a wonderful June!
Peg
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
What do Clayers love as much as Clay?
Leslie Blackford in Colorado Springs
for one day only!!
Leslie will be in Colorado for other reasons and
we want to take advantage of her being close! ...
She has agreed to do a one day workshop on Saturday June 21st to teach us her famous Magic Beans ideas... anyone who was able to get to Clay Carnival last winter had fun making these wonderful one of a kind beads (just ask Peg Harper :-)!
Leslie will also do some fun creative spark activities.
Fee 60$ at Cottonwood Artists School
Colorado Springs Colorado
Sat June 21 9:30 AM to approx 4 PM
Please send me a quick reply at the email listed below
if you intend to sign up or if you want more info...
I will then send my address so you can mail the fee and registration...
I have always found that my skills seem
to take a little leap every time I take a workshop...
just so inspiring.
Leslie is a terrific teacher.
This should be fun!
PPPCG President
Peg Montieth
June Meeting
June 8th - at the current Cottonwood location
Tejae Floyde and Kaye DelMar Wilson will be teaching us photo techniques. Taking good pictures of ones work can be even harder that making the item! Trust me, I know this personally. I will demo making tube beads and making bracelets using stretch cord (my favorite brand is PowerCord that I buy from Fire Mountain Gems.
We will also have some catalogs (bring your favorite) to see if we can put together some group orders to get great discounts.
Have a nice Spring (yep, looks like it is finally here!)
Peg
Tejae Floyde and Kaye DelMar Wilson will be teaching us photo techniques. Taking good pictures of ones work can be even harder that making the item! Trust me, I know this personally. I will demo making tube beads and making bracelets using stretch cord (my favorite brand is PowerCord that I buy from Fire Mountain Gems.
We will also have some catalogs (bring your favorite) to see if we can put together some group orders to get great discounts.
Have a nice Spring (yep, looks like it is finally here!)
Peg
May Meeting Rocked!
Shane Smith (shall we call her Wilma or Pebbles ? :-) did a great job teaching us to use inclusions from the spice cupboard in tinted translucent clay to form little "rocks" - wouldn't that make a fun bracelet? She also brought a "stone" bowl that was great... polymer clay can pretend to be so many things! Thanks Shane... and I overheard someone asking if you would teach us cane methods sometime.... we will be sure to see that it happens :-)
We voted on a SWAP and will be making bracelets this time... please contact me or Cathie Graeser cathiegraeser@juno.com to sign up.. we will do the actual swapping at our August meeting. This should be fun... I can show anyone interested how to use stretch cord at our next meeting if you want to try this quick and easy alternative.
We voted on a SWAP and will be making bracelets this time... please contact me or Cathie Graeser cathiegraeser@juno.com to sign up.. we will do the actual swapping at our August meeting. This should be fun... I can show anyone interested how to use stretch cord at our next meeting if you want to try this quick and easy alternative.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Dayle Doroshow
On April 19 and 20th, Pikes Peak Polymer Clay Guild welcomed reknowned artist Dayle Doroshow to Colorado Springs to teach a two day workshop featuring chaos cards and messengers and storytellers. I was lucky enough to have Dayle stay in my home for the weekend! A great time was had by all and we worked through our creative blocks on Saturday by making "chaos cards." These very thin, flexible cards were made entirely of polymer clay using various techniques that each of us wanted to explore. We had to come up with a list of trigger words that name the cards ( that was harder than I thought it would be) The purpose of this deck of cards is to throw a little chaos into your art making process. By doing that, you can become unstuck if you need it, change direction in your work and come up with a way to solve a problem.
Tina Holdman won the official "most Cards" made in the room that day. I think she made well over 40 cards!
On Sunday we made our messengers and storytellers. These "dolls" all turned out to be very sophisticated and personal to each participant.
Dayle first showed us how to make the head using various techniques and colors of clay which we then antiqued with burnt umber or even white paint. Some of us even tried animal heads which all turned out great. Then we got to work on the bodies. We could decorate them any way we wanted to using any and all techniques. Everyone "dolls" turned out terrific!
Dayle is a wonderful teacher and really helps her students think creatively and outside the box. While hosting her in my home, I heard wonderful stories of all her travels around the world, in particular, the workshops she teaches at Gwen Gibson's polymer clay retreat in the south of France. It sounds like the most wonderful place to go take week to relax and clay. She is very knowledgeable about travelling abroad and I learned a lot from her.
Hopefully, you'll be able to see from my photos all that we learned and made!
Tracy Miller
Tina Holdman won the official "most Cards" made in the room that day. I think she made well over 40 cards!
On Sunday we made our messengers and storytellers. These "dolls" all turned out to be very sophisticated and personal to each participant.
Dayle first showed us how to make the head using various techniques and colors of clay which we then antiqued with burnt umber or even white paint. Some of us even tried animal heads which all turned out great. Then we got to work on the bodies. We could decorate them any way we wanted to using any and all techniques. Everyone "dolls" turned out terrific!
Dayle is a wonderful teacher and really helps her students think creatively and outside the box. While hosting her in my home, I heard wonderful stories of all her travels around the world, in particular, the workshops she teaches at Gwen Gibson's polymer clay retreat in the south of France. It sounds like the most wonderful place to go take week to relax and clay. She is very knowledgeable about travelling abroad and I learned a lot from her.
Hopefully, you'll be able to see from my photos all that we learned and made!
Tracy Miller
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