Founder & Guild President, Ilysa Bierer, has 18 years of experience working with Polymer Clay. Her work has been featured in several polymer clay books and in national magazines and she has designed projects for many companies.Ilysa & her husband owned an art gallery and traveled the country participating in fine art shows and fairs. She has won numerous awards for her work and now has her own instructional polymer clay DVD.
Her Etsy shop name: Ilysaart.etsy.com
Vice President, Kira Slye, has 15 years of experience working with Polymer Clay. She is a certified Art Teacher and because of her schooling and the assistance of her husband, a graphic designer, she has great versatility as an artist, teacher, and designer. Her Etsy shop name: studiobijou.etsy.com
Monthly Challenges are managed by Tamara of BlockPartyPress.etsy.com.
Treasurer, Peggy Pflueger, I am a self taught artist. I work with many different art mediums but my passion is polymer clay. I am a Mom of 2 and also have 3 Grandsons. I have a variety of pc art in my shop at etsy. Love to work with color and my favorite is designing cute and funny characters. Visit her at www.peggers.etsy.com.
Newsletter Chairperson: Holly - I’ve been working in polymer clay on and off for 10 or 15 years. My first love is photography, which my schooling was in, and I enjoy combining the two mediums to create “new heirlooms” using image transfer methods. I live in lower Delaware with my husband, 2 dogs, and 2 cats.
Her Etsy shop is pollyhyper.etsy.com
Charity Director(Shared position): Dawn, of HardFlowerStudios, has worked with the American Cancer Society’s “Look Good, Feel Better” program before. She brings her knowledge and commitment to the cause to this position, and we are grateful that she suggested it to us. Dawn lives in Texas and is lucky enough to be a full time jewelry artist and work at home mom.
Patricia, of thecolorofdreams, states she is very happy to be working along with Dawn as the Charity Director. “I think donating the pendants to a worthy cause is such a great idea. I have been playing with polymer clay for about 3 years and this group has inspired me to try some different things.”
