December Activities

Early Bird  

You are invited to partake in the

SACG Annual Holiday
Pot Luck Dinner

Thursday, December 7, 2006
6:30 - 9 pm

We will gather in our usual meeting room.
Please bring a dish to share. The guild will furnish the meat.

We will also enjoy our annual card/bookmark exchange.
Please bring one item for yourself, and one for your guest.

Please also remember to bring your donations for the
Battered Women’s and Children’s Shelter.

We extend a hearty thank you to the November Hospitality team of Lynn Rothe, Lenora Jordan, Nancy Meier, Pam Thomas, and Jo Drake.

Please remember that we are all on the Hospitality crew for our Annual December Pot Luck Dinner! Beverly Carter and Camille Storment have volunteered to make table decorations and could use some assistance with the setup that evening, so please contact them if you would like to lend a hand. As in the past, the Guild will provide the meat that evening.

Also, don’t forget to make a card or bookmark for our exchange at the Pot Luck. Bring only one card unless you are bringing a guest or spouse, in which case you are welcome to bring an extra.

The Battered Women’s Shelter is always in need of toiletries, and this time of year there is a need for gift items for the children as well as the adult women. So please try to remember them when you do your shopping and bring your donations (not wrapped) to the December meeting.

Shawn Behrens is our Library Coordinator this year. There apparently are several books which are unaccounted for at present, along with a check-out list for Box Number 4. If you are holding any library items, please be certain to check through your things and let Shawn know if you have any of the missing books, videos, or lists. Keep in mind that the Guild owns an extensive library full of many wonderful out-of-print and unique books and videos. Be sure to take advantage of our collection. The latest addition to our Library is Kit Nelson’s slide collection, which contains photos of the many workshops she attended.

Our next Major Workshop will take place February 3-4, 2007, when Maggie Gillikin and Leslie Winakur will present a 2 day class on Color and Design. The class will be at Discovery School, from 9-5 both days. It will provide comprehensive instruction on the use of color in general, and in calligraphic art in particular. It will also discuss basic elements of design and layout with special reference to calligraphic art. This will be a great class in which to begin preparation of a piece for the Spring Exhibit. Jill Adams is now accepting checks for this class. The class fee is $80 per student, and this includes your $20 supply fee. You may mail your check to Jill, or contact her if you have any questions.
Thank you to Anita Hyman, Sally Theus, Bill Waddington, Nancy Meier and friends, and Joan Schmitz for the wonderful Door Prize donations that were awarded to Jill Adams, Shawn Behrens, Jan Gorman, Nancy Meier, and Leslie Winakur at the November meeting. Beverly Carter, Betty Lou Jordan, Leonora Martin, and Lucy Dalkowitz created some very pretty pencils covered in their hand-marbled papers and donated them as well.

The guild extends sincere sympathy to Helen Rasplicka on the death of her younger brother in Nebraska during October.  Helen is the only active charter member of the Guild.  Our thoughts and prayers are with Helen and her family.

There was a lot of interest in the Gocco following Kaye Yarbrough’s wonderful and informative mini-workshop in October. Supplies for the printer may be ordered from Thinkink.com. There is a Gocco available for rental from the Guild through the library.  At the present time it is at Kaye Yarbrough's home for check out.  It has 10 screens and 10 sets of bulbs and various inks and all supplies needed to print.  Instructions for check out are in the directory.  Also BJ Grant and Bill Waddington have Goccos for sale.  Call them if you would like to purchase their used ones.  It is a good time of the year to think of making cards, napkins, Valentines etc.

Birthdays

December

4         Mavis Caudill-Lumen

5         Helen Rasplicka

7         Angie Vangalis

10         Melisa Valdez

11         Pat Price

19         Hanni Jane Thomas

28  Francene Smith

Envelope Exchange 

We are happy to report that twenty-seven people have signed up for the envelope exchange. 

 Sign ups will be taken at the December Pot Luck.  In January, at the meeting, you will be given your rotation for January, February, March, April and May.  The envelopes will be displayed at the potluck in June.  The list will be divided up into groups of 4.  Each month you will decorate and mail 4 envelopes and you will receive 4 envelopes.  As far as possible each month you will have different names in your group.   

 This will be  a fun spring activity for the guild.  An envelope is a small, doable little project.  You may add a card inside if you wish.    Out of town members are encouraged to participate;   just be sure and get your name to Kaye Yarbrough by December 10 so you can be added to the list.

Saturday special

Orizomegami and fantasy flowers

With Pauline sager

Saturday, January 13, 2007

10 am to 4 pm, in the usual meeting room

The day will commence with doing Orizomegami, the Japanese art of a simple fold-and-dye technique, from which interesting kaleidoscopic designs emerge when the paper is unfolded. The papers can be used to make greeting cards, book covers and end sheets, and collage elements.  After lunch you will be introduced to Pavasa’s Fantasy Flowers.

One day, about 20 years ago, shortly after the Staedtler Mars Graphic 3000 markers were introduced, Pauline decided to test these flexible tip markers on some manipulation techniques she had learned in Sumi-e painting classes. The blossom and bamboo leaves were a natural, as were a few other motifs she knew. Curious about how many flowers could possibly be duplicated with these markers, and in as few strokes as possible, she settled down for the weekend with books she had on wildflowers and garden flowers to study and practice their anatomy. From the designs that developed, she chose those which would be the easiest to quickly decorate a note card or envelope without having to resort to mixing paints. Thus was born what she named Fantasy Flowers, because they are more of a stylized version of flowers. The florae emerge from the use of certain shapes and colors, and through imagination or illusion. These markers are now acid free and can also be used for broadsides and scrapbooking.

Supply List:

▪ Sketch book or quality bond paper
▪ .01 waterproof marker ( Micron Pigma, et al)
▪ Small watercolor brush
▪ Staedtler Mars Graphic 3000 Markers: At least one each from the Magenta (or Lavender), Green, and Blue        families, and a Yellow. (See note)
▪ Pen or pencil for taking notes

▪ X-acto knife and cutting mat
▪ Paper Towels, Some newspaper
▪ 1-2 small shallow bowls, like a ramekin ( or tuna or cat food cans will suffice)

▪ Glue stick

▪ Supply Fee:  $4.   The dyes, paper, and surgical latex gloves for Orizomegami are furnished as part of your supply fee, but should you have the food coloring in the small dropper bottles, bring these. Please notify Pauline should you need gloves larger than medium.

NOTE:  Bring all that you have, even if they appear to have dried up.  Pauline will show you how to rejuvenate them.  These markers have around 100 hues.  It’s best to use a mid range - not too light or too dark.  Unfortunately, individual colors are no longer available locally and have to be mail-ordered.  Those needing to order should contact Pauline before December 16.  The cost for 3 markers (M,G,B) is $11.50 and for  4 markers  (M,G,B,Y) is $15.00.

WEB SITES of INTEREST

Recommended by Pauline Sager

http://www.jacksonpollock.org ........move your mouse, click & the colors will change. Click the return key to clear the screen to start anew.  Pretty neat.

http://tinyurl.com/loqld  .....See beautiful art done on windows using dust by an artist living in Austin.

http://gvcalligraphy.org/reggie_images/Thumbnails.html  Homework from Year Long Courses with Reggie Ezell: Genesee Valley Calligraphy Guild, Rochester, NY

http://www.sfcb.org/insidecover ……San Francisco "Center for the Book" Gallery

http://www.bostonbookarts.org

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