……and a massively heat welcome to the primary version of the brand new publication from the British Polymer Clay Guild. Our publication PolyNews will complement our web site, www.bpcg.org.uk and can carry you a daily and concise round-up of all the present highlights. PolyNews will make sure you don’t miss out on polymer occasions within the UK, Europe and additional afield; we are going to check drive new merchandise in your behalf, hunt down thrilling work from different polymer artists, take a look at blogs, write guide evaluations, observe down elusive artists and persuade them to disclose their darkest secrets and techniques! There shall be alerts after we are planning particular occasions on the BPCG Fb websites and there’s a lot extra concepts within the pipeline together with common give-aways from our gifted Committee Members and different covetable and infrequently distinctive clay-related gadgets. Maintain a watch out for the month-to-month version of PolyNews so you do not miss out.
We very a lot hope you’ll look ahead to receiving PolyNews in your in-box and that you’ll benefit from the content material in addition to discovering a helpful useful resource. In case you are a member of the Guild, you’ll obtain the publication robotically and in addition you probably have requested to be stored updated with the Guild. Nevertheless, we perceive that in-boxes can typically be overwhelmed, so it’s simple to unsubscribe by clicking the hyperlink beneath. You’ll be able to subscribe at any time from the BPCG web site.
If you need a print copy of PolyNews, we’re going to make them out there on the Regional group conferences. Please contact your native group co-ordinator, in order that they will put together it for you while you attend the Clayday.
I anticipate you’ve heard the sayings, ‘You’re by no means too previous to be taught one thing new’, and ‘You’ll be able to’t educate an previous canine new tips’. Our previous web site served us faithfully, creaking into the twenty first Century however simply couldn’t sustain with the unimaginable technological modifications we’ve seen within the final decade. I understand how it felt. We’re lucky that now we have on our Committee gifted individuals who gleefully embrace social media and technological networking abilities and who’ve the persistence to show the remainder of us to not concern it. You’ll meet them in PolyNews sooner or later. They’re working tirelessly and going with out sleep, I concern, with the launch of our pretty, new and contemporary web site. Lizzi, our net editor has obtained many compliments on the trendy and clear look.
The British Polymer Clay Guild Fb web page www.fb.com/BritishPCGuild and Group discussion board www.fb.com/teams/538935692939040/ have proved to be invaluable conserving our devoted members and the rising claying neighborhood updated with Guild occasions. We’ve got a closed group particularly for BPCG members in addition to an open group in order that we will community extensively each right here and around the globe. Do verify into each regularly, because the open group is a helpful discussion board for the trade of assist and concepts.
This previous canine is studying new tips, if a bit slowly. I’ve been claying for over ten years, and I imagine I’m properly up with most issues polymer. I now double verify what I’ve assumed I’ve identified, on questions reminiscent of what varnish to make use of on polymer. I didn’t realise that one model of polymer clay will react in another way with one other model of clay’s varnish, and that query is essential in the event you work with completely different manufacturers. That’s the place PolyNews will come in useful. After we spot an attention-grabbing technical notice, we are going to steer you in the fitting course. By the way, for the above query, hop on over to Ginger Allman Davis’s wonderful website, The Blue Bottle Tree https://thebluebottletree.com
It is our twentieth Anniversary!
The Guild was fashioned 20 years in the past on the twenty third of September. We thought it will be a superb excuse for a celebration, so we wish to invite you to the twentieth Birthday Occasion of the British Polymer Clay Guild. It can happen on twenty third and twenty fourth September 2017. Save the weekend! We’ve got secured a tremendous venue in Kidderminster, largely because of the beneficiant clay spirit of Lisa Walker of Lisa Walker Designs, and the Trustees of The Merely Limitless Wellbeing Centre. A lot frantic planning and scheming is happening in the intervening time. We are going to let you know the way our plans are progressing sooner or later, however in the meantime, hop on over to the Merely Limitless web site http://www.simply-limitless.org and have a look at all that pretty house.
Lessons, programs and different clay goings-on
Hobbycrafts and Miniatura on the NEC Birmingham
Because of the untiring and constant work of Committee members Allan Marshall, Ange Smith and Fiona Abel-Smith, supported by different members of the Guild, who’re after all in no way tempted by the chance to pattern the Hobbycrafts present, the Guild all the time has a robust presence at these occasions. This report from Fiona explains why…..
‘We had an awesome 4 days on the NEC once more for the Hobbycrafts present, and as all the time we took particulars from anybody who confirmed severe curiosity in becoming a member of one in every of our teams. The present was just a little quieter than previous years and I definitely observed that the overwhelming majority of people that we spoke to got here from the midlands areas. many individuals took the Guild’s enterprise playing cards and so hopefully even those that did not need to go away a contact electronic mail should get in contact (I’ve had one for the South Midlands group this morning – so that you by no means know). We give away ‘orphan’ beads very often which we connect our web site particulars to, and it was such a pleasure to have the ability to inform folks concerning the new web site.’ The longer model shall be out there to Members within the web site.
Lisa Walker has additionally shared her private expertise on the Guild stand and we shall be listening to from Lisa within the Might PolyNews. Possibly it can encourage you to volunteer for the subsequent present. It’s a enjoyable and rewarding expertise.
We are going to go away you now to go on over to the Guild net pages and spend a little bit of time discovering your manner round. Have enjoyable, and we’d love to listen to from you!
Lots of you will have been asking when your membership is up for renewal. Properly, it’s due by the thirtieth April for everybody besides for individuals who have joined just lately (properly achieved – you will have joined on the proper time!). As a particular incentive, we are going to choose a paid up member at random to obtain an additional particular clay associated reward – the draw will happen on the seventh of Might and the fortunate recipient shall be given a shout out on the Fb members web page! Click on right here to finish the membership type or contact Angela@BPCG.org.uk for extra particulars.
