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Please read the following press release from
my friend and very talented artist Holly Gage. Then click on the ticket
button and please read the instructions and make copies. I was honored to design
the info page and the tickets.
Thank you .... big time
Last summer, the Metal Clay community lost one of its own when Robin Whittemore,
a talented jewelry artist and active member in the Metal Clay community, lost
her courageous battle with cancer. Robin struggled with breast cancer and after
six years of chemotherapy, radiation and medication, she was then told she’d
required a bone marrow transplant.
Robin inspired the group with her uplifting spirit and love of life. Sadly, she
died during the summer of 2007, leaving a legacy of courage and charity among
her friends and colleagues.
Now Metal Clay artists from around the country have decided to honor Robin and
their own loved ones who have succumbed to this disease by raising funds to
benefit the American Cancer Society and The Marrow Foundation.
Metal Clay is a new way of working with silver, gold and platinum. It is a
moldable metal that transforms from a clay-like state into pure sculpted
precious metal jewelry with the heat of a torch or kiln.
Dozens of Precious Metal Clay (PMC) and Art Clay artists have created
handcrafted charms for bracelets and necklaces, which will be raffled to raise
money for cancer treatment and prevention. Members of the Metal Clay community
have donated every aspect of this project, from making charms and bracelets to
designing and selling raffle tickets and donating Web site space and credit card
fees.
This is your chance to own a unique work of art created by the nation's premier
Metal Clay artists. Raffle tickets are only $5 each or five for $20 and all
proceeds will be donated to the American Cancer Society and The Marrow
Foundation.
These pieces of fine jewelry will be raffled on July 20 during the PMC
Conference 2008 at Purdue University, but you do not have to be present to win.
Tickets can be purchased at the conference or in advance at
www.wholelottawhimsy.com or at www.medacreations.com. Tickets and directions for
payment submissions can also be printed out from www.pmcguild.com or
www.artclayworld.com.
Each ticket purchased brings with it the chance for a special piece of fine
jewelry but it also brings us one step closer to a cure. Visit
http://www.pmcguild.com/,
http://www.artclayworld.com/,
http://www.wholelottawhimsy.com/
or http://www.medacreations.com/ to
do your part.
For more information, contact Holly Gage of Gage Designs, metal clay member and
project coordinator, at hgage1@ptd.net
