June 2007

Another example of a simple polymer clay technique done right comes from California’s Maureen Thomas. The bicone swirl/lentil bead is so much fun to master that it’s often overdone.

Maureen’s beads remind me that when the colors are right, as in these "summer sherbet" colors, the technique is enlivened. They tickled my fancy on this first day of summer.

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One of the people to emerge from yesterday’s lovely flurry of activity was Israeli polymer clay artist Lesya Binkin. She’s turned her graphic arts and fashion experience into fashionable, graphic jewelry which you can see on her Etsy site and study more closely on her Flickr page.

The tip came from Christie Wright whose Dragonfly Lane sites (Etsy and personal) are also a treat.

Thanks so much for your great response to yesterday’s guestbook. I got many great links and heard from people I’d completely lost track of. And the worldwide connections are stunning, aren’t they?

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Mandy Rentmeester van Goeije from the Netherlands has been working quietly in polymer clay for 10 years. The bonanza of supplies and guilds and classes that we in the US enjoy aren’t available in her country.

Mandy did what enterprising artists around the world are doing. She created a web presence, joined an online guild (etsy), set up shop, uploaded some pictures to a photo site and began making connections. Read her story and see what she’s accomplished.

It’s so gratifying to see those worldwide connections grow that I decided to experiment with a little piece of new software today. Share a picture of your work let’s see what happens.

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