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PMC Guild UK News: January 2009

Happy New Year!

Latest copy of Fusion

Your copy of Fusion will be arriving this week. It is packed full of interesting articles. You will notice that the deadline for the Visual Trigger challenge (win $100 worth of PMC!) has already passed. The deadline has now been extended to the 15th February so you still have time to enter.

Along with the magazine you will also get a postcard with info about the PMC Symposium in August and a booking form. Be sure to book your ticket soon as there are only 100 places available.

We have a last minute opportunity for artists to have their metal clay work featured in a UK magazine in this issue but you'll have to be quick! The deadline is 21st January!

The magazine is featuring PMC in its next issue so it's worth checking it out.

We've also got a design challenge for you from Lark Books, again with a short deadline - 26th January.

Enjoy...

Craft and Design

Craft & Design Craft and Design Magazine will be featuring PMC in their March/April issue and you could have your work displayed in their Makers Gallery.

This is a really effective way to let people know where they can see and buy your work - be it at a show, in galleries, or even online! It's a unique opportunity to publicise your work to a wide and diverse audience; private and public buyers, gallery owners, interior designers, event & exhibition organisers and creative industry key figures.

If you have not seen a recent copy of craft&design you can find out more at www.craftanddesign.net. If you already subscribe to Craft and Design, you can get a great discount on having your work published.

To be included in this issue read on....

For just £35 + VAT Subscribers' Rate
(or £70 + VAT for non-subscribers)
Your full colour entry Makers Gallery pages will be approximately 1/8 page in size. To book your space, please supply the following Contact Details (please leave blank anything you do not wish to have published):

Your Name
Business Name
Website
Email
Telephone
Mobile
Postal Address

plus 25 words of text and 1 photograph (high resolution pdf or jpeg file attachment, 300 dpi, 6x9cm)

OR

For just £50 + VAT Subscribers Rate
(or £100 + VAT for non-subscribers)
Your full colour entry in the Makers Gallery pages will be approximately 1/4 page in size. To book your space, please supply the above Contact Details for publication,plus 70 words of text and 2 photographs (high resolution pdf or jpeg file attachment, 300 dpi, 6x9cm)

Please supply name and address to send invoice to if different from/not given above:

Name
Address

No payment necessary when you send your booking.An invoice will be sent upon receipt of your order, payable within 30 days please.

Send your PMC Makers Galleryentry by reply email to makersgallery@craftanddesign.net or by post on a CD to craft&design magazine (PMCMG), P.O. Box 5, Driffield, East Yorkshire YO25 8JD.

Final copy deadline is 21st January 2009 so act quickly!

Lark Books Jewelry Design Challenge - another opportunity to get your work in print

Lark Books
Are you a skilled and imaginative jewelry designer who is up for a challenge? Great! Your mission is to design a pair of earrings that can be made in 30 minutes flat.

30-Minute Earrings will showcase more than 50 incredibly stylish step-by-step projects that can be created without investing too much of a valuable commodity-time! The selected earring designs will be modern and sophisticated and encompass many different styles and techniques. The common denominator will be fast projects that look terrific!

Deadline for entries: 26th January 2009.

If you'd like to enter for this challenge, visit the Lark Books website and download the entry form. On this page you'll also find other books in production asking for entries.

PMC Symposium 2009

PMC Symposium

Vendors Hall Date: 8th and 9th August 2009

Venue: Explore @ Bristol

At-Bristol
Anchor Road
Harbourside
Bristol
BS1 5DB

(please note-bookings will be handled by the PMC Guild UK office beginning in December so do not contact At-Bristol)

Mark the date in your diary! This two day event is not to be missed.

We have the entire top floor of this ultra modern building located in the chic harbour-side area of Bristol. Easy access, plenty of hotels and great restaurants.

Guest presenters include Tim McCreight, Jeannette Landenwitch , Robert Dancik and the inventor of Bronze Clay - Bill Struve.

Seminar Group
Highlights include - exhibition of Masters Registry work, evening wine reception with 'on-the-spot' competition, vendors, book signing, hands-on demonstrations of new techniques, one-to-one sessions, delegates' gift bag and much more.

Special rates for PMC Guild members. Details to follow soon.

These pictures are from the 2007 Symposium.
Until next time
Warm regards,
Lisa Cain
Director PMC Guild UK