Pittsburgh Polymer Clay Guild: Clay Day Archive

Upcoming Events

Clay Day is usually the third Sunday but holidays sometime disrupt the schedule so please check this space.

10 - 11 am: Show and Tell. New items you're working on and/or the results of our latest challenges go on the table for all to see and admire

11- Noon: Have questions about how to do something? Now's the time to ask

Noon - 1 pm: Demo of the Day

Sunday, February 16 -- "Show and Tool Day" bring your favorite clay tools or tricks to show to the gang or tell about a almost-disaster you wiggled out of with some ingenious solution!
Sunday, March 15-16, 2014. We welcome Christy Friesen as our 2014 workshop instructor!
Sunday, April 27, 2014 -- Etsy, Flickr, Blogger, Facebook, Twitter...how to use them all together to promote your work online (Rebecca Watkins)
Sunday, May 18, 2014 -- Silhouette cutter system for polymer clay (Barb Kaczor)
Sunday, June 15, 2014 -- Finishing your jewelry -- hardware tips for clasps (Kathy Bintrim)
Sunday, July 20, 2014 -- Simple relief face sculpture (Les Polinko)
No meeting August
Sunday, September 21, 2014 -- Pasta Machine surgery (take it apart, clean it, and put it back together better than new!)
October 2014 -- Fall Retreat, 4 days of clay!
Sunday, November 16, 2014 -- Let's talk about critiquing work. We'll review a few recent projects from some willing volunteers and use Christine Dumont's method of evaluating a work based on key factors. We can then use what we learn to look at our own work with a more critical eye to help us understand what makes a piece "sing" -- or how we can boost its impact if it's not quite "there" yet.
No meeting December

Archived Events

Saturday & Sunday, May 5-6, 2013 - Spring Workshop. "It's Not Nice to Fool Mother Nature" bracelet. Animal, vegetable, or mineral? No one but you will know after you learn new faux techniques and combine them all into a bracelet! Randee Ketzel is coming from Austin TX to show us techniques you can apply to beads, jewelry, and finishes for covering boxes or whatever! Watch for more details!
Sunday, May 19, 2013 -- Selma Andrews will share an interesting technique for making hollow forms. Part I of the "Inspiration Project" -- each person will choose a photo blindly and then use the picture as inspiration for a project.

Sunday, June 23, 2013 -- date change!Beginners! Join us for this one to learn basicpolymer cane techniques. Part II of the "Inspiration Project"
No meeting in July.

Sunday, August 18, 2013 We'll review the results of "Inspiration Project #2." This time the theme is "negative space."
Sunday, September 15, 2013 Use the canes you made in June to cover a blade case. Marcy will show us how.
Saturday & Sunday, October 11-13, 2013 Annual Retreat at the Spiritan Center. Watch for more details! Barb Kaczor is the event coordinator.
Sunday, October 20, 2013

Clay Day agendas:

10 - 11 am: Show and Tell. New items you're working on and/or the results of our latest challenges go on the table for all to see and admire
11- Noon: Have questions about how to do something? Now's the time to ask
Noon - 1 pm: Demo of the Day

Clay Day agendas:

10 - 11 am: Show and Tell. New items you're working on and/or the results of our latest challenges go on the table for all to see and admire
11- Noon: Have questions about how to do something? Now's the time to ask
Noon - 1 pm: Demo of the Day

Clay Day agendas:

10 - 11 am: Show and Tell. New items you're working on and/or the results of our latest challenges go on the table for all to see and admire
11- Noon: Have questions about how to do something? Now's the time to ask
Noon - 1 pm: Demo of the Day

Clay Day agendas:

10 - 11 am: Show and Tell. New items you're working on and/or the results of our latest challenges go on the table for all to see and admire
11- Noon: Have questions about how to do something? Now's the time to ask
Noon - 1 pm: Demo of the Day

10 - 11 am: Show and Tell. New items you're working on and/or the results of our latest challenges go on the table for all to see and admire
11- Noon: Have questions about how to do something? Now's the time to ask
Noon - 1 pm: Demo of the Day

10 - 11 am: Show and Tell. New items you're working on and/or the results of our latest challenges go on the table for all to see and admire

11- Noon: Have questions about how to do something? Now's the time to ask

10 - 11 am: Show and Tell. New items you're working on and/or the results of our latest challenges go on the table for all to see and admire

11- Noon: Have questions about how to do something? Now's the time to ask

10 - 11 am: Show and Tell. New items you're working on and/or the results of our latest challenges go on the table for all to see and admire

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