They look like polymer clay rosebuds but on closer examination you’ll see that this is a tin covered with babies, a wish box, wanna-be-grandma’s hope chest that I created at Shrine Mont.
What it seems to be filled with these days is my babyish whining about where the time goes. I’m off schedule today. Enjoy this little treat (here’s where I bought the baby face/fairy molds) while I burp and soothe myself into a better humor.
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It’s late and I’m in a mad dash to bring you some mid-week polymer clay inspiration. Who can I count on? Indiana’s Ponsawan Sila!
If you want a bit of Thai culture and family history served with great quick photo tutorials, her site won’t disappoint. I’m loving the ice cream salt beads on this page. She does lovely, unusual things with texture plates and rubber stamps.
Ponsawan saves the day. Read her text and you’ll see the delightful personality that comes through in her art and her web site.
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Here’s a bit of Shrine Mont eye candy. This bracelet was a joint project by Judy Belcher and Leslie Blackford who got distracted in a class and spent their time playing in the back of the room. It’s fascinating what a couple of bored and clever girls can do with some simple canes.
I’ve been looking forward to Wednesday night’s Craft in America, a PBS series. Wednesday’s first program, memory, is about how craft artists both carry on historical traditions and create new, uniquely personal work that reflects where we are today as people.
The second hour of the series looks at community and how craft connects us to one another across social and geographical divides.
The final hour looks at landscape and how artisans use their work to express how they see and relate to the world around them.
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Tejae Floyde is a Colorado multi-media artist who hangs with the altered art crowd. She uses polymer clay to unite a variety of media and convey small secret messages.
Her heart-within-heart series is particularly inspired. It was fun to watch her polymer and copper series for a 3-tier charm pendant swap evolve.
It’s Memorial Day Monday, a good day for hearts and messages of peace.
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