In addition to conditioned clay, if you have them bring your extruders and extruder discs.  Mica powders if you’d like you links to look like metal. Finally, bring any already made polymer clay beads or cabochons that you want to try to link together.

Besides Patty’s demo

Martha Aleo will also be talking about the golden age of polymer clay swaps. F rom Martha …

Remember all the polymer clay swaps?   I’ve taken my swap goodies out of mothballs. We will be sorting through them at the March Philly polymer guild meeting. Some items will be sold at Clayathon. There is some incredible work here not to mention work by some big names before they became big.

We are going to have a two-part workshop at our February 17 and March 17 meeting.
Patty Pickup will show us how to make links and findings from polymer.

Everyone know how to make beads and cabochons in polymer clay but we reach for the string, the cord, the wire to join our pieces. In this demo/workshop we are going to look at how to use polymer clay to create chain links and findings in polymer clay.

Part 1 February (Concentric Cutters)

Materials list:

In addition to conditioned clay (I like Kato but bring what you like except Sculpey III) , please bring (if you have them — no need to go shopping if you don’t as I will bring some)

Concentric Cutters: Circles are fine, ovals are even better, any shape really works (By concentric, I just mean that you need the same shape in different sizes. They don’t even need to be the same shape but that is a good start. Remember these shapes are for links so small is good. Kemper tools are fine. Makins cutters come in lots of fun shapes
You can buy a set with a lot of good shapes on Amazon.

We will continue with Patty’s Links and Findings  workshop in March.  Plus there will be an extra surprise at the March meeting that we will let you know more about in the next blog post.

The weather people have predicted freezing rain for Sunday afternoon making the trek out to Blue Santa Beads in Media a little more challenging than usual.  So we have cancelled the meeting.  The next meeting is February 17, theme TBA.  Suggestions welcome.

But not all is gloomy in Polymerville.  If you had been wanting to go Clayathon and found yourself shut out, four places have opened up.  If you want to register, don’t delay.  Contact Arlene Groch.

It’s getting to be that time of year. Snow is falling as I write this and the holidays are almost here. I hope you will join us for our November meeting at  Blue Santa Beads for a holiday party/clay play day. Check out the newsletter to find out all the info on the meeting.

November guild meeting

Where: Blue Santa Beads

1165 W. Baltimore Pike, Media Pa. 19063

(610) 892-2740

When: Sunday November 18th – Noon to 5pm

Cost: Free to members

Join fellow polymer artists and enthusiasts for a day of claying and fun. Bring some clay and basic tools and clay along .   We are having a holiday get together and clay day, if you’d like bring a dessert or non alcoholic beverage to share.  Anyone who’d like to give a short demo is welcome to Don’t forget your show and tell as well.

If you plan on attending please RSVP by clicking HERE so we have an idea of how many people to expect

Upcoming Meetings

Please note our new meeting time noon to 5

We know Sunday mornings can be busy with church or family obligations so we changed our hours to make it easier to attend.

November 18th – Guild Holiday Party

December – No meeting

January 20th

Membership  – Join now

We were able to keep the membership fee to the low price of $40.00. Being a member helps support the guild and gives you the benefit of access to Guest Artist meetings which are member only, it also gives you a first shot to sign up for a master class and a discount at Blue Santa Beads in Media.

Please sign up today using the Paypal link.

September guild meeting 

When: Sunday, September 16th – Noon to 5pm

Cost: Free to members