Diane Williams The Ceramics/Pottery Club is excited to announce orientations are back in full swing after a long hiatus. Mary Ann Bechtel started holding orientations in January and has instructed 12 Robson residents on the art of pottery building. It’s good seeing new faces in the studio and watching their excitement when they create a…
Doreen Beers As the instructor, my focus was on very beginning beginners, so we concentrated on the basics. We discussed paper—the differences in quality and how paint reacts. Then we discussed the differences in paints between tube paints and cake paints and how to mix colors. We used a variety of brushes to demonstrate their…
Pat Sand The Roving Ranchers were busy this past month going out and about. On Saturday, Feb. 26, a group of Ranchers drove to the Singing Pandas restaurant in Chandler. Singing Pandas is a family-run business featuring authentic Chinese cuisine. While the group feasted on dinner, “Mike” provided the entertainment of several singing personalities including…
Susie Klopp According to Mirriam-Webster’s Dictionary the word quilt means, “a coverlet for a bed, made of two layers of fabric with some soft substance between them and stitched in patterns through all thicknesses to prevent the filling from shifting.” Historians have found that quilted items, including garments, were used as far back as ancient Egypt, India, and…