APCG just keeps growing and we extend a warm welcome to our new members, Terry, Anne and Linda. 

Well, weather-wise, what a contrast to our last clay day in August. Then the weather was scorching hot; this time cold and wet.  Yet again, however, our venue proves to be an excellent choice as the powerful heaters (and possibly quite a lot of hot air we generated) kept us warm.

1. British Polymer Clay Guild anniversary party

BPCG is holding a 25th anniversary event in Sutton Colfield on 25th November.  We will submitting a display and extended an invitation to members who would like to attend. Let us know by e-mail.  

2. Website news

Hooray! We have our own website.  It is in the early stages of development and we welcome ideas and submissions. These could be photographs of your work, inspirations you have found, tutorials and so on.  If you would like to contribute, e-mail us with your ideas, links and photos. And you can always comment on our posts.

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3. International Polymer Clay Association
IPCA have asked us to consider twinning with a US group.  An excellent idea which we hope to get started soon. We’ll keep you posted.

Show and Tell:  
Yet again, members brought stunning examples of their work, just a few of which are shown in this post.

Maxine demonstrated her technique for producing extruded rainbow canes which she then used to coil, bray and cut to achieve a rainbow flower.  Off we all went to try it out. Some produced flowers, others used a range of different shapes and all looked great.

Sue Heaser gave us an outline of her progress from experimenting to becoming the author of a book on mosaics.  She showed us how to use graph paper to mark out the tesserae and explained how to arrange, attach, bake and finish a polymer clay mosaic. We were enthralled.  

Micro mosaics are next on our list if we can persuade her to do another!

Pictures of your finished pieces using today’s techniques are more than welcome.

Raffle
We held our first raffle with the prize of 12 of the new Premo! Colours.  Won by Maxine. We look forward to seeing the projects you make with them Maxine!

Social Event
We must not forget to mention our social event to Newmarket Bead Fair on 18th November.  You are welcome to join us for coffee, lunch and shopping.  We meet at 11am in the foyer.

Finally, some ideas for the future:
Enid suggested a “Trash to Treasures” table. This will be held at our next clay day in January. A great idea - details to follow.

Pat will be showing how to make display boxes from card.

Terry has offered to demo a clay technique.

We will post more detailed information later so keep an eye on our updates.

It was a marvellous day thanks to all of you. See you soon.

A quick reminder everyone - summer time ends this weekend. Don't forget to put your clocks back.

Dates for meetings in 2013 are now confirmed. How nice to be able to plan ahead!
Sunday 20th January
Sunday 17th March
Sunday 19th May
Sunday 21st July
Sunday 15th September
Sunday 17th November

Our next clay day 28th October. 

Venue: Wortham Village Hall  (IP22 1PP) Find a map here.

Times: 11am to 3pm

Cost: £3.00  (includes coffee, tea, squash).




General items to bring with you: 

• Clay and tools
  

• Packed lunch
  

Bring for this meeting:

• An item\items for “show and tell” table plus small name card
  

• If you have interesting magazines, books or articles that you would be happy to share for the day feel free to bring them with you.
  

Morning:

Demo: Maxine will demo her technique for using an extruder and cutters to create the patterned spirals from which she makes really lovely flowers and beads. 

Afternoon: 

Demo: Sue Heaser will be demonstrating how to use polymer clay to produce exciting mosaics.

Don’t forget you can also find us on our Facebook page at: http://www.facebook.com/EastAnglianPolymerClayGuild

Nearly upon us is our 3rd Polymer Clay Play Day.   2 fantastic demonstrations by Sue Heaser and Maxine Denby. 

Book your place now by e-mailing us at apcg@live.co.uk 

Sue Heaser will be demonstrating her techniques for making mosaics in polymer clay. The method shows how to make the small tiles or “tesserae” quickly and easy in a multitude of colours and then use them to make colourful mosaics of all kinds.