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!

Penny from Clay Around brought us some 'toys' to play and experiment with. Our members had some fun just playing with the new silk-screens and texture rollers. 

Penny even let us use Pan Pastels which is a great tool for polymer clay people and pearly heat set paints. We were able to create so many beautiful patterns easily on clay. 

Penny also brought to us plenty of discounted clay for sale and other goodies for any polymer clay enthusiast. Our members had so much fun trying out new things and shopping!

We even had a competition for our members to make something 'flowery'. Congratulations to Shelly who won majority of votes and won some cool prize from Clay Around.

As usual, we had the same tables - Show and Tell, Trash to Treasure, Tool Library, raffle, and more. Here are some very well sculpted figures from our member Shelley

If you missed out on the fun ClayDay, remember that we have another meeting on July 17 so please write the date in your diary! The guild has just stocked up some amazing raffle prizes so you don't want to miss it.

Remember to book your places with us for the upcoming ClayDay happening this Sunday on 15th May. 

Penny from Clay Around is dropping by with a new exciting product demo. Don't forget to bring your piece for the Flower Challenge. It can be anything with flowers or flowery theme. You could use the techniques demonstrated by Shelley to make roses and water lilies. As a bonus, there will be a prize specially ordered from Clay Around for the Flower Challenge winner (voted by guild members).   

See you this Sunday. RSVP at apcg@live.co.uk

For the first part of the day, Enid showed us different ways to paint and decorate cured polymer clay. She used various techniques and gorgeous colour palettes for this demonstration. We never thought that a set of marker pens from the pound store can make such gorgeous colours!

Enid also showed her colour recipe chart. The remaining clay is made into colour chips with the colour recipe number. It was such a brilliant idea! This will make it easier for you to decide which colours to go together.

After lunch, Nadia showed us how to make a rainbow coloured Skinner blend with only 4 colours! The colour gradient was so bright and pretty.

We also had our usual tables - 'Trash to treasure', 'Show & Tell', Tool Library, raffle and more. 

On the next ClayDay on 15th May, Penny from Clay Around (www.clayaround.com) will be attending and bringing some tools for sale. She will even do a demo for one of the clay tools. 

If you want something from Clay Around, go to their website and order normally through the cart but at checkout click that you are paying by bank transfer or cheque. In the notes box write "for Anglian Guild". Penny will bring your items to the next Clay Day on 15th May and you save on shipping! 

It's Spring and our upcoming ClayDay will be all about colour!

Enid will be demonstrating some techniques for adding colour after the clay has been cured, using ink and pens. She will also be showing members how to keep colour recipe records. We will also be experimenting with a cool new tool called Chameleon Pens. 

Bright and funky colours will brighten up your projects!
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If you would like to try the surface techniques, please bring the following:

• White polymer clay
• Fine and medium permanent ink pens in black and colours
• Acrylic and alcohol inks
• ​Liquid polymer clay
• One or two small but inexpensive paintbrushes
• Mixing palette or plate or tile

*There will have supplies of pens and alohol inks for members to borrow if they don’t have them

After lunch, Nadia will show members her technique in making a rainbow Skinner blend. Just from using 4 colours, you will get a rainbow coloured gradient blend which can be used in anything! Nadia uses it in her miniatures and even in a small scale, the colour detail is gorgeous. She will be using FIMO Professional clay in this demonstration. To try, bring polymer clays in Red, Yellow, Blue and Magenta (or Fushia)

As usual, we will have our usual tools in the library to try or borrow, trash to treasures, Show and Tell display table, and raffle. 

We would appreciate a donation for the raffle and remember to also bring any art surplus that you have to share with other members. Just RSVP to book your place.

See you next Sunday!

During the first ClayDay of the year, Shelley demonstrated how to make her beautiful Rose and Lilly beads.

Shelley's technique taught us how to experiment with 3 shades of colour for the flower petals and a Skinner blend for her Lilles. We all had fun making our own version of the flower. 

Did you miss out? Make sure that you attend our upcoming ClayDay on 20th March for more exciting demos. 

Our first ClayDay of the year is kicking off on Sunday the 17th of January at the usual meeting place.

Shelley will be doing a demo on how to make these gorgeous floral beads that make the most enchanting pieces of clay jewellery.










The Rose bead will be demonstrated in the morning and the Waterlily bead will be demonstrated in the afternoon. Turn them into whimsical accessories and necklaces.

Tools needed:

• Pasta machine
• Large ball end tool
• Circle cutter (not essential but handy)
• Pokey tool
• Cocktail stick
• Blade  
• Polymer Clay in various colours

As usual, we will also have a raffle that will include a special craft prize (contributions for raffle prizes are also welcomed)

Please remember that you can sell/swap any of your unwanted tools and clay. You can also loan tools (Lucy Slicer, etc.) on the day from our tool library. We also encourage all of our members to bring any surplus craft materials that they have to share with members on that day.

Have you made something interesting over the holidays? Make sure you bring it along for the 'Show and Tell' table. 

To RSVP please email apcg@live.co.uk and more information here 
http://www.anglianpcg.co.uk/more-information-and-links.html

​Hope to see you there! 

Enid introduced the ClayDay with the development of mokume gane and demonstrated three different ways of creating mokume gane effects with polymer clay.
The first method was a technique modified by Enid which involved pressing tools and pieces of clay freely into a stack of inked, foiled and mica powdered sheets.
Next was the Julie Picarello method using contrasting colours of clay stacked and impressed with tools and objects to make interesting marks in the clay. The stacks were sliced after cooling.
Thirdly Enid showed us how to use a texture sheet to create a pattern in two or three sheets of stacked clay, then carefully shave off the surface to reveal the colours. It was interesting to see the different effects given for each technique and the variation possible using inks, foils etc.