From the monthly archives:
Sarajane Helm organizes monster swaps of miniature masks. The one she’s just sorting and mailing exchanged the works of 100 artists. Every participating artist makes ten masks which must each fit inside a three inch by three inch square. Other details are left up to the individual artist.
The designs of the masks are wild and [...]
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More Canadian teapots! These are from from Gera Scott Chandler’s updated site which sports lots of new work. I like the way that the glass base of these teapots is not completely covered with polymer clay.
Each of Gera’s creations are a celebration of the beauty, color and texture of the natural west coast environment. [...]
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Wanda Shum’s quirky polymer clay teapots are migrating across Canada in the country’s "By Hand" shows (and she’ll be moving from Winnipeg to Victoria this year). Wanda says of this teapot, "This piece also has a mixture of texture sheet mokume gane techniques, carved and inlaid work. It took around six bakings to complete it [...]
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It’s Friday and I’m frazzled. Reminds me of these "good hair/bad hair" earrings I made some years ago.
Just for fun, I’ll hit the bookstore this weekend. I understand that Pat Bolgar has an article in Belle Armoire Jewelry, Volume 2 and LuAnn Udel is quoted in More magazine’s March article, "The Mentor’s Manual." I know [...]
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Yesterday we happened upon an Australian artist. Today I discovered Jules Knowlton who lives a few blocks from me in Worthington, Ohio.
Knowlton’s polymer clay works have a very thick, painterly, appearance. In doing a little further research I found her referenced on a French blog which talked about the materials she uses – paints, polymer [...]
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Robyn Gordon’s vibrant polymer clay works depict forms in the Australian coastal and marine habitat. Her works are widely collected and shown. She says of her work:
My jewellery works often have elements of fantasy and the unexpected – bold additions to the body, an outward expression of the personality of the wearer. I like my [...]
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Imagine 250,000 polymer clay beads rolling down the streets of San Francisco. In this Sony video they’re actually colorful super bounce balls. The images are so fanciful and liberating that they had to be shared. You may have seen the ad during the Super Bowl but it’s worth a second look.
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Snooping around in Paula Pindroh’s portfolio and her home site is like returning to childhood. Her polymer clay illustrations are playful and open.
Paula’s blog shows her latest work, including a peek at her preliminary sketches. She also writes about her other pasttimes…one as a parttime cookie decorator for a Cleveland caterer.
Paula’s skill translates perfectly [...]
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