Central Mississippi Polymer Clay Guild

The July meeting of the Central Mississippi Polymer Clay Guild will be on Saturday, July 18, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. at the Pearl Library, Pearl, Mississippi.  In this Meeting Debbie is going to demo an Inro.  Inro is Japanese for rock purse usually hanging from the obi or sash of a Japanese robe.  In Polymer clay world it is also considered wearable art.

Supplies list:

·        Bring your Inro form made from one of the following: rock, tall cylindrical shape cutter, bath tissue/paper roll or PVC pipe.  Anything you can think of to make a small vessel.  Donna Kato has a sample in her book: The Art of Polymer Clay.

·        Tin Foil

·        Paper towels or some type of stuffing

·        Clays: 

o    Kato Clay for the Inro Base: Black-large block

o    Premo Clay for the outer layer, White or any other color of your choice.  Cane could work too.

o    Premo Clay for the outer layer: White or any color of your choice

o    Liquid Clay

·        Cornstarch for baking your piece

·        Rubber Band to fit around Inro form

·        Stiff Blade

·        Scissors to cut clay

·        Clay Roller

·        Coarse-grit sanding sponge

·        Small bowl for sanding

·        2 Eyelets (In scrapbooking department)

·        Super glue

·        Repel

·        Buna Cord or some type of cord

·        Hand drill – the bit / same size as the cord to string the Inro

·        Texture sheet