It is a man-made material that remains pliable for long periods of time, but it bakes or "cures" in your home oven (or a toaster or convection oven set aside for Polymer Clay use) at a fairly low temperature. Though hard, thin sheets are often flexible, you can sculpt it, carve it, stamp it, texture it, sand it, buff it, paint it, and build with it to create sculpture, accessories, figurines, dolls, jewelry, or use it to embellish other surfaces. You can use Polymer Clay to make mosaics, plaques, wall hangings, furniture, and other decorations. In recent years, Polymer Clay has developed from a child's plaything into an artistic medium, yet its delightful playfulness has not been lost.
-Definition courtesy of the National Polymer Clay Guild

Our mission is to provide a forum where people interested in Polymer Clay can come together to share ideas, techniques, and resources. To encourage each other's expression of creative talents through the use of Polymer Clay, learning and growing as artisans. We feel strongly that this must be a safe place to share. Our work and techniques are freely shared, they are meant to be used as inspiration, interpreted individually, but NOT COPIED.

We come from all parts of New Hampshire as well as Massachusetts. Our members vary in their interests, some make jewelry, sculpture, functional items, dolls, to the exquisite showcase evening purses. We invite you to come meet the members of the New Hampshire Polymer Clay Guild.

Our organization's members range from beginners through professional artisans with one thing in common - a burning interest in the amazing medium of Polymer Clay. Polymer Clay is a wonderfully flexible medium, which is as versatile as the people who use it.

Besides our monthly meetings on Wednesday nights, we can have Clay Days on mostly Saturday with an occasional Sunday to meet the need of our working members upon request only. The hours are flexible, mostly from 10:00am to 4:00pm and the focus is to have projects to help the beginner-intermediate with basic techniques that need more than the allotted time of 2 hour meetings during the week. Any questions on weekend time classes, or to schedule a particular date, please email Pauline Duke: pdduke2003 at yahoo dot com. for more information.

Come to one of our meetings and see what we are about! We usually meet from 6:30-8:30pm on the 2nd Wednesday of the month. The meeting begins with a short business meeting to bring us up to date on current or upcoming projects. This is followed by either a demonstration of techniques, discussion, or work on a group project, and we end with a "Show and Tell" - sharing new work, ideas, resources, and national news. Minutes of the meeting are recorded, and published to all members so they may keep updated.

The first meeting is free as a "sample". If you decide you'd like to join our Guild, dues are $25.00 per year which are due every March throughout February as a fiscal year.

The individual scheduled to run the meeting will usually email a list of requirements for the meeting. This will include whatever tools or polymer clay will be needed, or list what other materials will be needed for the discussion/activity they have planned.

-Getting together with others who share the Polymer Clay obsession providing opportunities for critiques and help when requested.
-Access to a well stocked library of videotapes, and some DVDs; books, and magazines, articles of interest etc.
-Guild sponsored workshops at membership discounts with nationally known artists.
-Our popular monthly "Raffle" - each month a member donates or obtains a piece of clay work.
-Donated monies go to the Treasury to further Guild Activities.
-Participation in wholesale purchase of supplies, group shows, field trips, and anything else we can imagine.

We are currently meeting most 2nd Wednesdays in the Community Room of the Hopkinton Town Library at 61 Houston Drive (off Pine Street) in Contoocook NH. Parking is available in front of the Library.

PLEASE CHECK OUR MEETINGS PAGE TO VERIFY MEETING TIMES!! as we do substitute some meetings in order to have special events such as a DEMO or a WEEKEND WORKSHOP given by an Artist who has been scheduled in previously.

Also available is the Yahoo NHPCG group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NHPCGuild/ or you can email our member Bette Abdu (babdu at metrocast.net).