BRPCG Minutes: March 2012

BRPCG Minutes – March 10, 2012
Dues are due! Note: Only members who have paid their dues may check out items from the library.

New in Library: The Polymer Arts Magazine. We have re-ordered the Lindly Haunani / Maggie Maggio book for the library to replace the one that was lost.

Thanks to Amy for doing the wonderful poetic minutes. However, do not expect that your regular secretary to be so creative.

Next Month: Clay Day 9am till – 5pm and the Guild Anniversary – Which one? Anyone know? (editor note: 13th!)

Bring things to donate for silent auction.
Bring $$ to buy stuff
Let Sharon know what you would like to demo.
Bring food. Sharon brings muffins & scones.
Kay will do a demo.
Maggie's doing a demo.
Julie will do a Swellegant demo.
Sharon will do a mystery demo.
A list of supplies should be sent before clay day.
Come for a day, come for an hour!
The day is a free for all – Play, demo, chat, or whatever.

Kay has been using rocks as forms to make hollow pieces. She has repurposed glass from her old carriage lights as baking tiles – upside down makes it easy to pick up from the oven. Brought inks to try today. True Blue's supply of Piñata inks is very low. Kay also brought testure sheets she made from a placemat.

Bridget attended Karen Woods' silkscreen class in Buford at Creative Journeys studios – a really amazing, must-see place. She's going back for more to Carol Simmons' class next month in Dahlonega, GA.

Pat ordered Dan Cormier's e-book and has been working from it. She will be ordering the wide peeler. If anyone wants to order one, let Pat know. She will also check out the Williams Sonoma version to see if she can save on postage.

Cathy attended the last Queen City Meeting, as did Maggie. Maggie created a terrific teacup faerie. They practiced Sutton Slices at QCC.

Teresa has been busy at school and survived her economics and statistics classes. She wants her life back.

Barbara played all month. Tried making a squishy, swirly can from an on-line demo, and found that she liked her own adaptation better. She also made faux rocks.

Janet is back after a long absence.

Debbie is here from Maggie Valley.

Sharon is here, but people were talking so I couldn't hear what she said.

Cheryl has been working on Sutton Slice & has done some very nice work.

Julie has new pieces – a really great Little Red Riding Hood one. She will demo the technique she has been adapting from Maggie Maggio's watercolor method.

Judy used JB Weld to adhere two sides of a knife handle to cover the knife her husband made . She is wearing a beautiful cabochon necklace made entirely from techniques she learned from Kay.

Cheryl from Hendersonville has done a new cane. She wants to join the news group, but is having technical difficulties. Anyone who wants to join – give Teresa your e-mail address and she will invite you and get you all set up. Oops. Before I could even get this sent out Teresa had it all taken care of.

Jackie from Saluda is semi-retired nurse, adjunct instructor at Blue Ridge, introduced to PC by Cheryl, and has fallen in love with it. She's here to learn, so we'd better get on with the demos.

Next month we'll have a special announcement from Kay about a class she would like to teach for us.

See you all at Clay Day for a full day of fun from 9am to 5pm. Whoopee!!
-Bridget, BRPCG Secretary