Golden Spike Decorative Painters

2008 Seminars

August 9th (Saturday):     September 12th-13th (Fri-Sat):     Oct 11th (Saturday):     November 8th (Saturday):     December 13th (Saturday 1pm):

Kristin Birkeland: Vegetable Basket Box Nancy Baur Seminar Nola Phillips: Snowman Sing-a-long Plate Susan Fukunaga: East Meets West Plate Christmas Party Lunchon

2009 Seminars

April 24th-25th (Fri-Sat):     September 10th-12th (Thur-Sat):

Ronnie Bringle Seminar Bobbie Takashima Seminar

August

Vegetable Basket Box Teacher:   Kristin Birkeland Cost:      $7.50   (class fee only)               $28.00 (class fee and box) August 9th, 10 am (chat time 9:30-10:00) NOTE: You need to pay the class and surface fee by July 14th so the Chapter can order the unique 13" x 4" triangular boxes. Checks can be made out to Golden Spike Decorative Painters and mailed to the chapter at 1037 W 4600 S, Riverdale Ut 84405.

September Nancy Baur Seminar

Nancy Baur has been instructing students on decoy painting since the 80's. Her easy to follow instruction packets are used by beginners, as well as advanced painters. Her instructions begin with the preparation of your decoy, sanding and sketching the patterns and the actual painting and feathering techniques. Her instructions show details of the birds and their coloration.

Mallard Drake Teacher:   Nancy Baur September 12th 2008    9am - 5pm Cost: (includes class fee and decoy)           Members                $80           Non-members        $110 Seminar:   1/2 of the seminar cost must be paid by August 20th to hold your place in the class. (After that date we will open registration up to non-chapter members.) The balance must be paid when the surface is picked up. NOTE: There is not surface prep and the pattern is already applied!!!

California Quail Teacher:   Nancy Baur September 13th 2008    9am - 5pm Cost: (includes class fee and decoy)           Members                $80           Non-members        $110 Seminar:   1/2 of the seminar cost must be paid by August 20th to hold your place in the class. (After that date we will open registration up to non-chapter members.) The balance must be paid when the surface is picked up. NOTE: There is not surface prep and the pattern is already applied!!!

MEMBER APPRECIATION: To say 'thank you' to our members for their support this year, the member seminar class fee of $50 per day has been reduced to $40 per day for our fall seminar. We hope you will take advantage of this gift and join us in September.

The Seminars will be held at the Clearfield City Municiple Building, 55 S. State, 2nd floor Multi-purpose Room. Take I-15 #335 and go south on Main Street about six blocks. The City building is on the east side of the street with plenty of parking around the building.

Lunchs are included in the seminar price. All lunches will include bottled water and dessert. Coffee, tea and hot chocolate will be provided during the seminar.

Contact Nancy (621-7564) if you have any questions about the seminar. Checks can be made out to Golden Spike Decorative Painters and mailed to 1037 W 4600 S, Riverdale Ut 84405.

Senior Center

Our Senior Center Coordinator Cathy Jensen and the Chapter Board want to thank all the members who have volunteered to teaching at the Senior Center for the remainder of the year and for those who have already taught this year. If you would like to help, assistants are always welcome. You can contact the teacher or Cathy at 475-7711. Teachers, please contact Nancy Snow at 773-0860 about a month ahead of your scheduled class so that she can display your project and put an announcement about it in their senior newsletter.

August      October      November      November

Wendy Ouellette - Note frame Rosina Lettre Marla Caywood Rebecca Chaffee

Contact Nancy or Sue at the Senior Center for more information about time and dates of classes, costs, supplies, and to sign up for classes.

Painters Tips

As promised, these are Juanita's instructions for preping 'old silver plate':

Wash the piece with hot soapy water and place in the sun to dry completely. You want all curved surfaces dry. When it is dry, lightly sand and wipe the piece with a tack cloth.

Spray the piece with a metal primer (grey or black), depending on the color you will be painting with and allow to dry in the sun. I find that doing surfaces in the summer is better so that the sun can bake on the metal primer. I tried doing it in the winter, but because it is cold, the primer just runs off the metal surface.

Mix JoSonja's All Purpose Sealer + your color (1:1). Paint and let dry. Paint again with just the paint color for a matte finish and then paint your design. I always apply 1-2 coats of Clear Glazing Medium before I varnish. I use JoSonja's Satin Varnish.

Have fun painting on the silver plate. I love the way the fine lines of the ingraving show through the design.....Juanita

July 2008 Treasury Report

Chapter Minutes

Attending:

Nancy called the business meeting to order at 10:00 am. First she showed us the sample box for the August paint-in. Not only is it a lovely piece, but the triangular box is a unique shape.

Tirzah was supposed to have come today, but there was a problem with USP and the delivery of Nancy Baur's sample decoys. She will try to get here, but needs to be at home for delivery.

Nancy told us that Ronnie Bringle will be our spring 2009 seminar teacher and Bobbie Takashima will be our fall 2009 seminar teacher.

She also talked about the chapter having a Christmas booth at the Ogden Train Station for 3 or 4 weeks this December. Items under $20 usually sell well. So anyone interested should start thinking about it.

Eileen urged everyone to enter their work in the Weber County Fair.

Meeting was closed and everyone began working on the Treasure boxes.

The meeting was adjourned around 1:30 pm and Glenda had 8 more completed Treasure Boxes that we took some pictures of. She is going to take all the completed boxes she has to the Shriner's Hospital next week. She has also sent pictures of some of the other boxes she has to "Lady Bug" and these can be seen on her web site.