Mile High Polymer Clay Guild
Denver, Colorado
How we got started as a guild
History
In the mid-1990s, clayers from along Colorado's Front Range gathered in Fort
Collins. In 1997, the group split into two separate guilds: The Rocky Mountain
Polymer Clay Guild organized for people living in northern Colorado and the
Mile High Polymer Clay Guild formed for people living in the Denver metro area
and southern Colorado.
Lynne Denio organized the first MHPCG meeting and was elected its
first President. Board members were Dale Batson, Karen Goulet, Josephine Kershner-Veal, Julie Pennock,
Rosemary Probst, Tawna Silsey
and Krisin Winter.
Mile High Polymer
Clay Guild's purpose is to encourage the enjoyment, study and promotion of
polymer clay as a hobby, craft, and art for both guild members and the general
public. To this end, displays of members’ work are staged at various library
and public buildings throughout the area and guild members provide
informational programs for groups such as the Denver Parks and Recreation
Staff, Denver Weavers’ Guild and Denver Bead Society.
We have sponsored
workshops by well-known polymer clay artists such as Gwen Gibson, Celie Fago, Lindly Haunani,
Grant Diffendaffer, Linda Goff, Mike Buessler and Sarah Shriver. We’ve hosted two mountain
retreats and have established a City Clay Camp Retreat which is held the first
weekend in June.
Our guild library
contains a wide selection of instructional videos by leading artists as well as
catalogues and books. We publish a quarterly newsletter which provides
information on upcoming workshops and special events, features book and video
reviews, articles on specific techniques and helpful hints.