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polymer clay split ring necklace
This New Jersey Polymer Clay Guild’s May workshop was an exciting one. Everyone seemed to have a demo to try. Joyce should some professional techniques for sanding and buffing. Her work always has the mark of a professional with her glossy surfaces from her expert sanding and buffing techniques. Joyce should how she rigged up a Black and Decker cleaner to use for sanding and her large grinder.

Robin demoed skinner blends and some ways to her them. She showed a rolled and a new trick for me, rolling the blend lengthwise, then pushing in into a gradient plug, much each than the usual fold plug.

Susan, demoed Maggie Maggio’s polymer clay split rings. Joyce has had a lot of experience with them so she showed a slight variation on the shape that she came up with. The rings are closer to actual split rings. In fact the necklace show is made by Joyce using split rings. It is of course highly polished, just about anything Joyce does is.

check out the great items people brought to show off on Facebook. Our next workshop is June 5, I’m already forward to it!

polymer clay filigree snowflake

For our March workshop this month, Susan Averello did a demo making filigree snowflakes. Using just an extruder and a template, these snowflakes are deceptively easy to do. They are delicate and lacy but the technique is simple.

Some suggestion were to tweak the template and use different colors to change the snowflakes into shamrocks and flowers. So much can be done with this technique.

The group is already revving up for the April 3 work shop. Robin will be doing a demo on mica shift techniques. Demos are a great jumping point for a new projects

School’s open and fall is rolling around and it is also the time of the year to renew your membership. Dues are 30 dollars a year, we meet year round, every second Sunday of the month. You can also come to a meeting as a guest to see if you want be part of this group.

This year we now have a president, Robin Milne, and a co-president, Susan Averello, to be able to organize more activities. This month Susan will be demoing Christi Friesen’s new technique for making wrapped vessels. Everyone is welcome to join it. Clay and a pasta machine are needed but embellishments like beads and 28 gauge wire as well as the basic clay tools. Toilet paper will be supplied- you have to come to understand that one.

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