Summer is Here

Well we had a winner of our May photo contest and that was Khara Gunness. Here are her entries.

Our current contest is for you to write an article on your favorite rock/gemstone. This contest will run through August and a wonderful mineral specimen will be the prize.

On another note, the Puyallup show was a great success and the club made enough money to pay all the bills and add to the scholarship fund. We are now looking for volunteers for the Puyallup Fair and the sign up sheet is being circulated now. If you would like to sign up and are a member of the Puyallup club or another local Washington club, please contact John Gottschalk at wsrogue (at) hotmail (dot) com.

July's field trip will be to Red Top on the 18th. Please attend the July 10th meeting for more specifics on where to meet and the time.

If you are looking for the July newsletter, I'm working on it today and it should be out on the web site tomorrow evening.

Cheers, Dana

New Lapidary Arts Division at the Puyallup Fair

Clay Denny has been instrumental in getting a new division developed this year at the Puyallup Fair in the Hobby Hall. The classes and prizes within the new Lapidary Arts Division Y are:

Class 1st prize is $10.00 and 2nd prize is $5.00
6700 GOLD/SILVER FABRICATION
focus on lapidary arts
6710 OTHER METAL ART to include casting
or freeform design metal, enamel art,
metal filigree with focus on lapidary art
6720 CABOCHAN CUTTING/POLISHING
6730 FREEFORM CUTTING/POLISHING
6740 CARVING/INTARSIA
6750 GEM TREES, TUMBLED STONES
6760 FLINT KNAPPING
6770 FOSSIL DISPLAY
6780 ORGANIC GEMS DISPLAY
6790 INORGANIC GEMS DISPLAY
6800 PRECIOUS GEMS DISPLAY
6810 SEMIPRECIOUS GEMS DISPLAY
6820 CRYSTALS DISPLAY
6830 OTHER LAPIDARY ARTS

There must be at least 3 entries per class for any judging and prizes to be awarded. You may only enter 1 item per class, but you can enter as many classes as you wish.
Additional Awards will be:
Grand Champion – Purple Rosette plus $100 premium
Reserve Grand Champion – Lavender Rosette plus $25 premium

Look for more information in the Rock-A-Teer on how the club can help you in getting your entry ready. One idea is to have hands on classes that focus on developing your entry, or fine tuning your skills in Gem Trees, Silversmithing, Lost Wax Casting, Intarsia, Wire wrap or Cabochon cutting. There is a Division for Jewelry which has a class of Wire/Metal work where any Wire Wrapped item would qualify if class 6710 did not. We will try to get some additional detail around that craft and where those entries would be placed. Display area is to be no larger than 12” x 12” x 8”, so if you are thinking about creating a fossil or gem display, please keep that in mind.

Submitted by Clay Denny and Dana James