Hot Crafts Committee Meeting - March 7th, 2022

Hot Crafts Committee Meetings
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Time and Place

Hot Crafts Area 7:00 PM

Agenda

To-Do List

• Update Active Buildout/Improvement To-Do list
  • What's been finished?
  • What needs to be one to finish things that have been started?
  • What needs to be done for health and safety and to make all activities functional?
  • Who will do or lead each thing?

Wishlist

• Updates to Wishlist?

Activities and Events

• Classes and Certifications
• Demos

Minutes

Attendees: Lisa, Kevin, Alexa, Ameera, Jax

To-Do list

Equipment/Space

• pottery wheel: drip tray not secure, needs improvement
• Storage/Shelving
  • possibly get rid of black shelves and put wheel by column?
  • designate shelves work in progress and kiln ready
  • consolidate ceramics stuff to wood shelves and make room for tumblers on green shelves

Wiki/Documentation

• Wiki stuff- please help wherever you can, we have a tone of undocumented stuff
• kiln vent - likely to corrode, put in instructions to inspect vent every firing
• local sources for clay: core clay and queen city clay

Wishlist

• Alexa to research extruder options and document in Wishlist

Events

• April 2nd - jewelry bench basics class - touch on basics of hand tools, mainly teach soldering torch (maybe make a simple soldered wire ring) - Kevin and Jax
• April 9th (Saturday) 2:00pm to 5:00pmAlexa taking on play with clay day - date: (Lisa put on calendar)
• April 12th - Thompson Enamel Demo - Kevin to make announcement
• April 29th and 30th - Casting classes - Jax interested in teaching sand casting, Kevin to work on Investment casting