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Oregon Regional Bead Society
January 20, 2008 General Meeting Minutes
Aquila Art Glass hosted the ORBS March meeting. Thanks to Aquila for sharing
their space with us.
Guest Speaker
Mitchell from Olympic Color Rods is here to talk about the latest and greatest
in colors and news.
February Meeting
For our February meeting, we will have Ruth Greening. Ruth is a precious metal
clay (PMC) artist. She will also teach a class at Aquila Art Glass. Time will be
from
10:00 am – 4:00 pm.
Students will work with PMC to form a pendant that is enhanced with a glass
cabochon and the sparkle of a CZ stone. She will teach how to use different
methods to set glass, make bails, and bead caps for glass beads.
Cost per student is $160.00 for ORBS members, and $175.00 for non-members. That
includes supplies. There will be 12 spots open. After February 2nd, we will open
the class to non-ORBS members.
See the ORBS site for information on where to send payment to secure your spot.
April Meeting and Retreat
There will be no meeting in April. We’ll have a northwest bead retreat to be
held April 11- 13th. There will be classes, demonstrations and much more. If you
have suggestions for topics, send them to Karen soon via e-mail.
Bead Challenge
We want to introduce a bead challenge for ORBS at our meetings. Bring a bead
that relates to the theme, and we’ll display them anonymously. We’ll take a
group picture and do a vote on the favorite bead. Winner will get a prize.
The theme for February is “Anti-Valentines Day” bead. Join in the fun!
Bullseye Tours by Aquila
Aquila has arranged with Bullseye to do tours of 8 people at their facilities.
They are scheduling tours. You can request to be on their e-mail list for
information about this and other events.
Guest Speaker
Olympic Color Rods
Mitchell from Olympic Color rods is our guest speaker. Olympic Color Rods
started as glass blowing supplier, and as the lampworking market has exploded,
they are offering lampworking cane. They carry Reichenback, Uroboros, Zimmerman.
Have a great web site.
Mitchell shared information about new colors they have available, and offered
rods for members to try out. He has many rods for sale today as well. Yummy!
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