A reminder to all that our next ClayDay is only 3 weeks away. During this ClayDay we have 2 special guests Fiona Abel-Smith and Ange Smith. For the days workshop, Fiona will be showing us the cute and quirky fish project and Ange will be show us how to make these beautiful translucent beads. So we will have not 1, but 2 different projects to learn. 

For the fish project:

If you have a selection of your own canes at home that you think would make great patterns for the fish bodies, do bring those with you too, although everything you need to make the fish from scratch will be covered on the workshop.

To make several different coloured Fish you will need to bring with you:

•  4 x colours of polymer clay of your choice, 28g of each colour, cut into 4 equal 7g pieces
•  35g of white clay, cut into 5 equal 7g pieces
•  2g black polymer clay
•  Pasta Machine
•  Tissue blade and blunt ended round tool (knitting needle is good)
•  Craft Knife and cocktail stick
•  Clay roller
•  Wet wipes
•  Tile to work/cook on

Just as a thought, and it’s not essential, but if you wanted to give yourself more time on the day, conditionthe clay in the individual 7g pieces before you arrive.

The following will also be needed, and while I have some to borrow on the day, if you have any of the following to bring, they would be very useful, and would save having to share my limited numbers:

•  Teardrop shaped cutter (1 inch / 2.4cm in length) also known as a petal cutter
•  Mini round cutters (0.7 and 0.4cm diameter)
•  Mini heart cutter (0.4cm)
•  Squared measuring sheet
•  Liquid Polymer Clay/PVA glue
•  Fish scale texture sheet (I use the ripple one from the Makins set A of clear thin plastic texturesheets).
• Texturing material

Members and new members please take note!

After a suggestion was made to introduce a yearly membership fee, all members were contacted and asked for their opinion. The overwhelming majority voted in favour of this, so as of the May meeting, the Anglian Polymer Clay Guild will be introducing a yearly membership fee of £30. This will cover all 6 meetings, in which we hold morning and afternoon demos, and include any workshops with a professional guest artist. This will also entitle members to sell their masterpieces when we hold a Sale Day.
Memberships can be paid by cash or cheque (cheques made payable to Anglian Polymer Clay Guild) at our next meeting on May 21st. All members will receive a membership card. 

In our last ClayDay, members were taught how to prepare curtain rings to be used in projects. Be sure to get your 'Curtain Ring' projects ready before the next ClayDay to enter it into the Curtain Ring Challenge. All entries will be judged to win a special prize! (pssssstt, the prize is going to be a tool for polymer clay of course!)

As usual please RSVP by contacting apcg@live.co.uk

We look forward to seeing you!

Our Clay Day is just 10 days away so make sure you R.S.V.P to confirm your attendance. We are doings 2 practical demonstrations on the day so plenty of time to experiment on our own.

In the morning, Shelley will do a short demonstration on how to prepare curtain rings and decorate any way we like it.

Enid's demonstration is called “Clean your pasta machine in under 15 minutes”. 
Bring an old tea towel or something similar, a medium crosshead screwdriver, a 10 mm spanner, and some surgical or methylated spirit. Enid will lend members any of those. This is a great way to kick off Spring Cleaning! Just make sure you don't forget the pasta machine from home.

We will also do all of our usual activities. Please make sure you bring along any new tools or materials that you would like to share with your fellow clayers. We also appreciate any donations to our raffle table.

Just remember to R.S.V.P by emailing apcg@live.co.uk

The bad weather did not stop our members to attend the 15 January meet - we even had a new member attend!

Anne demonstrated her technique in producing wood grain pattern in the morning so we could all have a go and create our own wood designs. 

By end of the day everyone created such unique patterns and even made their own 'faux wood' bottles which looked really great. 

In the afternoon, Nadia demonstrated how she makes realistic exterior surface textures on miniature walls and doll's house scenes. 

It was a good start to kick off 2017 and we hope our members keep enjoying our meets. 

We will be looking forward to the next ClayDay in March.

This first ClayDay to kick start the New Year is only a week away. There will be 2 demonstrations from our own members and our usual activities. 

Nadia will be demonstrating how to make faux wall surfaces from Polymer Clay. You can use this technique to create looking surfaces on anything at all.

You will need:

• Polymer Clay - Stone / Graphite / Marble effect / Terracotta 
• White Polymer Clay
• Toothpick
• Pastels
• Liquid polymer clay or Bake and Bond
• Tile surface to work on

Anne will be doing a Faux wood demonstration. This is another practical technique which you can apply to making jewellery, accessories and dollhouse items. 

You will need:
Polymer Clay - 4 contrasting  "wood" colours of clay,eg light brown, dark brown, cream, copper or gold etc
Blade
Roller
Pasta machine
Baking paper
(optional)To make a dish - helpful to have a small oven proof mould or dish to bake it on
(optional)For coaster - large circular cutter
(Optional)Pendant - cutter
(optional and will be provided by Anne) Bottle

We had our first 'Come and Try It' open day and table sale on 6th November. 

It was the perfect chance to see everyone's creation and each member had their own distinct style. There were many different things up for sale. 

Several people from the village came to our open day. We had members who volunteered to teach them a thing or two about polymer clay. They had fun making their own pieces and even got to take it home with them. 

Enid gave a demonstration on how to make a kaleidoscope cane. She used a diamond extruder and came out with dazzling results.

Shelley also gave a demonstration on how to make a flower petal cane. She always uses these bright colours to get amazing results

That was our last meet for 2016! We would like to thank all of our members for attending the meets and hope to see you again for 2017. 

The dates of 2017 Clay Day is:
January 15th
March 19th
May 21st
September 17th
November 5th

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Anglian Polymer Clay Guild

This is a reminder that our next Clay Day for the year is this Sunday! 

We are doing a 'Come and Try It' open day for visitors around the village so you can sell your polymer clay items whilst giving them a demonstration of your skills (if you want). This event has already been advertised in local newsletters and around the village so we hope to get some people in. 

You can also sell any of your creations on the day so visitors can get something just in time for Christmas. Just make sure to email us beforehand (with the RSVP) to let us know what you are selling. 

The usual activities will also run throughout the day including 2 cane demos from Enid and Shelley.

For Enid's demo you will need:

• white clay
• clay colour of choice
• extruder with diamond shaped disc
• talcum powder or cornflour to dust.

For Shelley's petal cane demo, please bring:

• Pasta machine
• two colours
• either black or brown

Make sure not to miss this wonderful cane workshops by confirming your reservation via apcg@live.co.uk

Hope to see you there.

We had a very successful workshop with Jayne Rozario. We thank her for coming all the way to East Anglia to teach us her very own Mokume-gane technique

All of our members produced beautiful designs.

We also welcomed some new members and hope that they will attend future ClayDay meetings and get to improve their knowledge in polymer clay. 

This is a reminder that our full-day workshop on 18th September with Jayne Rozario is only 2 weeks away. We invited jewellery maker Jayne Rozario to conduct a special workshop for us, exclusively for guild members so you do not want to miss out!

Jayne will be teaching us how to make Mokume Gane to make lovely jewellery. 

You will need to bring:
-7 of your favourite/contrasting colours of clay approx 1/4 block each.
OR two colours with a block of white to blend. 
-Some white
-A block of colour or black for backing
-Some small cutters for making patterns and any other textures, patterning tools you would like to try.
-Large cutters or your favourite template for pendants earring etc. 

We will also be conducting our usual ClayDay activities such as the raffle, 'Trash to Treasure', guild sales and Show and Tell. 

Make sure not to miss this workshop by confirming your reservation via apcg@live.co.uk

See you there!

We had our usual demonstrations and some show and tell by members. 
Members spent the day making a leaf cane with Shelley's guidance. 
Designs came out intricate and pretty. 

As usual we enjoyed the session in a fun environment that encourages us all to just clay around freely.

Here is a preview on what we are learning on the upcoming workshop with Jayne Rozario. We hope that you can attend the workshop on September 18. You an already start booking your place now by RSVP at apcg@live.co.uk

Only 1 week to go until our next ClayDay on July 17 so make sure you RSVP your places now by emailing us at apcg@live.co.uk

We will be doing several workshops including an intensive Liquid Polymer Clay demonstration, how to make your own moulds and a Clay Extruder demonstration to produce ombre colours. 

If you would like to participate, make sure you bring some polymer clay as well as:

• Liquid polymer clay
• Silicone mould maker (instant)
• Item you would like to make a mould from
• Scrap clay
• Clay Extruder machine
• Soft pastels
• Oil paint
• Cutters

We would also like to announce that we have booked ​Jayne Rozario to do a whole day workshop exclusively for members during our September ClayDay. She will be teaching us techniques on how to make jewellery so make sure you book your calendars in advance. Her website is http://www.rozariojewellerydesign.co.uk/

Make sure to check out the website so you can let us know what type of workshop you would like her to conduct. We would also like to ask members if you might have a bed for the Saturday night before the ClayDay in September. We would appreciate your help!

See you next Sunday!