by Cynthia Tinapple on March 31, 2006 · 3 comments
Grape, chocolate, kiwi, mandarin orange, avacado, blueberry, raspberry, mango, papaya and mint. Lindly Haunani’s 2006 colors make you hungry for more. In her hands polymer clay looks alive and edible.
If you’re feeling shy and tentative about your colors, if your supply of gray waste clay is larger than it should be, sign up for [...]
by Cynthia Tinapple on March 30, 2006 · 1 comment
This Tuscan landscape is a recent work from Bettina Welker from Germany. It’s a nice twist on the bangle bracelet originally developed by Margaret Regan. It’s especially noteworthy because it was Bettina’s first landscape cane.
Sometimes when you run into a technique that resonates with your artistic sensibilities, things just "click". It looks like Bettina’s [...]
by Cynthia Tinapple on March 29, 2006 · 1 comment
You viewers are good googlers and your help is invaluable. Marsha Markle noted that there are a couple of other artists in Niche Magazine that we may want to look at.
At the left you see the work of Linda and John Whitney and their Niche listing. Their pairing of flat metals and polymer is [...]
by Cynthia Tinapple on March 28, 2006 · 1 comment
Maybe others can fill in the blanks here. It’s fun to look at the works of Danqing Coldwell. Apparently there was an article about her in the February 2000 Jewelry Crafts magazine but I missed it.
The artist moved from Beijing to Tokyo to Oklahoma…an interesting story which plays itself out in her found objects, [...]
by Cynthia Tinapple on March 27, 2006 · 2 comments
Joyce Fritz is one of those polymer artists without a site (sigh). Luckily Susan Rose found Joyce’s work in the Niche Magazine catalog and brought it to my attention. Joyce is famous for her exquisite bugs…take a look.
Friday’s post and video clip generated a lot of interest. As SL Savarick points out, the video is [...]
by Cynthia Tinapple on March 24, 2006 · 6 comments
It’s a weird Friday so I’m going with this theme…weird. Organic meets polymer clay. The effects are computer-generated but it looks very much like polymer.
Doesn’t this short video (click here and then press the arrow to start it) just remind you of FordForlano pieces? Lindly’s pods and tendrils? Jeffrey Dever?
The new Google video stuff [...]
by Cynthia Tinapple on March 23, 2006 · 3 comments
Jon Anderson’s "FimoCreations" is an Arizona family business that’s been around for over ten years. A prolific artist, Jon’s animal sculptures appear in galleries all around the country. His animals are densely covered with exceptionally intricate cane work in muted colors.
His work is nicely photographed on his web site and it’s a pleasure to [...]
by Cynthia Tinapple on March 22, 2006 · 0 comments
Just for grins….Dan Cormier’s self-portrait "Astronaut Inro" was made for the "Moves in Polymer Clay" invitational at The Brookfield Craft Center in Connecticut in 2003. The space boy is Dan at age 6.
This is the most complex and ambitious inro project Dan says he’s ever tackled. It even has its own ‘flying saucer’ display [...]