24th September Meeting @12noon

Hello everyone,
It's that time again. We have decided on working on techniques from Julie Picarello new book called Patterns in Polymer. Here is her Flickr site: www.Flickr.com/photos/Julie_Picarello
You can view her wonder art.

Supply List:
Basic Polymer Clay kit (surface to work on, Tile or glass, pasta machine, blade, roller, etc)
*"Conditioned" polymer clay Premo or Kato in 3 or 4 colors that compliment each other and contrast
*"Conditioned" ecru, translucent & pearl clay
** (we do not want to spend the whole class just conditioning clay so please have this step done prior to meeting)
- bring items like circle cutter, wavy blade, etc. things to imprint (poke, press) into the clay to make the design
That is about all I can think of at the moment for supplies. But of course if in doubt bring the item along, at least you'll have it if you need it! : )
Look forward to seeing everyone, if you need directions please e-mail and we'll get the information out to you pronto.
Cheryl

August meeting

Our August 27th meeting is an exciting change up. We will be meeting at Linda's. She has generously offered to teach her wire wraping technique. She has some extra tools but if you have any jewelry/wire working tools please bring them. She has also offered to make some photo transfers for us on her printer. So bring pictures to copy if you would like to do that to.
Contact me if you need her address or phone number. 12:00 at Linda's.

Report on Julie's cane workshop

Hi Y'all,

Well, time's fun when your having flies - er - I mean time flies when you are having fun.
The cane workshop on July 23 and 24 with Julie Eakes was a wonderful blur. Cheryl, Linda, Kathy, Bridget, Pat, Sharon, Teresa and I were lucky enough to attend. Besides being a the queen of face canes and a great teacher Julie has a wicked (good thing) sense of humour. So there was never a dull moment. She and some of the other characters there (you know who you are) would occasionally erupt into song or joke telling. Julie even renamed me sister Mary Margaret. Maybe it was because I kept calling her Teeeacherrr. In spite of all the fun and a white clay shortage that forced us to make only a 2 pound cane instead of a 4 pound one we left with some good looking canes, if I do say so myself. Thanks to Julie's generosity we also left with a cd and templates so we won't forget how we did it. I now have a much greater appreciation of all the work that goes into Julie's canes. THANK YOU Julie! We had a great time and learned somthing too.
Thanks to Cheryl and her husband all their hard work for the meeting place and lunch arrangements.

Improtant Announcement

Hi Y'all,
The long awaited Julie Eakes face cane workshop in Charlotte is a go! Saturday and Sunday July 23 and 24th.
There are a limited number of seats. It is open to QCC and BRPCG members. Cost will be reasonable, depending mostly on the cost of the clay and lunch. I know it is short notice and we need to order the clay asap.
I need a firm commitment by Saturday June 25th if you want to attend the class and a deposit by July 6th . It will be held in Charlotte at our Queen City Clayers Meeting Place.

Maggie

June 25th Meeting

Hello all,
What to put in a reminder the QCC Meeting is this Saturday. Seems like everyone has been pretty busy since Memorial Day. Please let me know if you plan to come and what you'd like to see Demo'd, otherwise, it looks like it will be a free for all clay day. Bring your current project.
Ok, hope to see you there,
Cheryl

updates

I have failed to report on our March and April meeting. Shame on me because both were so much fun!
In March we had special guests from the BRPCG. Sharon and Bridget came all the way from Asheville. Where these two go there is always a party. Kathy very generously demoed her lath turning of polymer clay again. We all got to take a turn (no pun intended;)). Too much fun, laughing and learning for one meeting.

April was just a little quieter although our most famous member, Julie, attended. She filled us in on her travels and committed to teaching our groups a face cane workshop. Yea! Details will follow. Maggie demoed the faux brocade surface technique and made square tile bracelets with it. Cheryl had to be different and made round tiles instead. Very clever. Again, time just flew by.

Our next meeting is scheduled for the 28th which happens to be Memorial day weekend. Please let us know if you can come.

I will post the demo soon.

Supply list for April 16th meeting: Regular clay kit (work surface, pasta machine, acrylic rod, clay blades...). 2 pack Black clay (you can use other colors if you like but this method really looks good on black). Faux Brocade Deep cut small design rubber stamp, Water spray bottle, metallic acrylic paint (tube type), Perfect Pearls powders. Tile bracelet quilt template plastic with grid pattern, 2 skewers or small dia. knitting needles, liquid polymer clay, stretch cord or elastic cord, beads for spacers with holes large enough for the cord to go through, index cards to bake on. Don't worry if you don't have all this stuff. We can share.