Clay Network General Meeting on May 6, 2018 at 2pm

Hello All!  

Spring is flying by and the next meeting is rapidly approaching!  Our last meeting was well attended and a great success.  We want to thank Dana Drake for her outstanding presentation and attention to detail.  Everyone came home with new ideas and samples of utilizing textured rolling pins and stencil making for "press and go" dishes. Please see the attachment for various sources that Dana uses to make these beautiful dishes and the pictures of our group in action.  Also, post your finished items on our Facebook page or email here to share with all.

Please join us for our bi-monthly meeting on Sunday, May 6, 2018 from 2p-5p. We have altered the date from the second Sunday due to the holiday (Mother's Day). Our meeting will be held at member Christie Rogers' home studio.  Please message here for the address to this meeting. 

Christie recently attended a workshop in Elijah, NC by local Georgia potter, Lora Rust (www.lorirust.com),  and she will be providing a hands-on demo of what she gleaned from the program with the unusual technique of "pushing the clay". Christie will use the simple tools she acquired to demonstrate and we will have several to share, as well as some to be given as a raffle prize. If you would like to participate in the "hands-on" portion, PLEASE BRING A SLAB OF CLAY on a ware board to practice.

As always, our meeting will begin with a fantastic potluck "Meet and Eat". Please bring a dish and a friend to share in the love for all things clay. There will be vegetarian and vegan options available.

Following the potluck, we will begin with the demo/hands-on session. The general meeting will ensue after the demo. Please bring ideas for future meetings, meeting place locations, classes, workshops, tools, tips, ideas, field trips, and pretty much anything clay related!

At each meeting, we have a FREE "Cool Tool" raffle! Who doesn't like FREE?? You don't want to miss that...

As always, our lending library will be available to members for check out. We are always adding new selections for up to date, cutting edge information.

See you at the meeting!

Cindy Ward
Secretary
Clay Network

***Clay Network General Meeting, Sunday, March 11, 2018 2p-5p

Please join us for our bi-monthly meeting to be held in St. Augustine, FL at the home of Dana Drake, owner of Om Pottery. She will be hosting the meeting in the clubhouse of her community association. Dana plans to share with a demonstration and hands-on of her technique in making templates for slab pieces. She plans to focus on pieces that she uses to fill the empty spots in the kiln. 
If you would like to participate in the hands-on portion, please bring a rolled slab (12x12) OR a few balls of clay that can be rolled out there on site, a bat to work on, tools (fettling knife, rib for compressing, sponge), and scissors for template cutting. 

Our meetings will start with a fantastic potluck "Meet and Eat", which will be followed by a Dana's demo. The general meeting will begin after the workshop portion. 
There is typically a FREE raffle for a pottery related item and our fantastic lending library is always available. We have new books for checkout so don't miss this meeting. 

**Directions to the meeting will be provided in a separate email

Clay Network Sales Opportunity

Clay Network will be participating in the NE Florida VegFest on Saturday, March 3, 2018 from 11a-6pm at Riverside Park in Jacksonville, FL.

If you are a member and would like to participate with our group, please email or message our group on FaceBook.

Best Regards,
Clay Network Secretary