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Colorful clay creations at library
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Guests listened to Boardman librarian Karen Saunders as she explained the different techniques of making Polymer clay creations.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Guests at the Boardman library attended the Play with Clay event on Jan. 28 to make their own creations out of Polymer clay.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.One of the guests at the Play with Clay event worked on rolling her clay through the flattener. The more times the clay was folded and flattened, the more the colors mixed together.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Joey (left), Bobby and Nathan Torres (right) worked on rolling out their clay to soften it before they rolled it through the flattener to make their pen covers.
By ALEXIS BARTOLOMUCCI
The Boardman library hosted a Play with Clay event on Jan. 28 led by librarian and assistant supervisor at the Boardman library Karen Saunders.
Guests who attended the event used Polymer clay to make their own creations. The project Saunders showed the class was how to make a pen cover. There were books available to use as a reference and also for people to check out when the event was over.
“We’re going to take the pen and take the hard case and roll the clay around that,” said Saunders.
Saunders went through a quick demonstration of how to soften the clay and then roll it through the flattener, which looked like a noodle maker. To blend two or more colors of clay, it was essential to run the clay through the flattener several times. The more the clay was ran through, the more swirled together it became.
Saunders also told the guests to wear old clothes or an apron to help prevent the clay staining any good clothing. Certain colored clays could rub off on skin, so the guests were advised they should wipe their hands off between clay colors so they could prevent one color from rubbing off on the other.
Everyone would roll their clay together until it became they color and design they wished. After the participants made their pen cover, the clay left over could be used for whatever else they decided to make. There were stencils and stamps to help mold the clay.
Saunders teaches several other craft classes at the Boardman library.
“One of my favorite programs I do is called ‘All About Yarn,’ that we do once a month,” said Saunders.
The next Play with Clay event will be in April for anyone who wishes to come back and finish their creations or make new projects.