Vacation mate Jan Frame strung and restrung the polymer clay disks she had created in a range of colors. She was dissatisfied with the weight of the finished necklaces and dismayed by her stash of beads that simply wouldn’t do what she wanted. She restrung them again. This time they were in an 8′ strand […] Read more
Colorado’s Jan Frame used to have a day job as a researcher and organizer so she makes the perfect tablemate at polymer clay workshops. This was her recent project as she ventured into organic, flowing shapes. She’s methodical in her process and unafraid of questions along the way. Together we wandered into our unknown artistic […] Read more
Here’s another one you’ll have a hard time locating on the web. My table mate here at Shrinemont is Jan Frame from Denver and she produces her polymer clay works for herself and her friends. No web site, no big business…just wonderful work that gives her pleasure. These three-inch hollow beads are light as a […] Read more
Polymer clay artist Kathleen Dustin has just been awarded the Smithsonian Craft Show‘s New Direction – Excellence in Design Of the Future Award. The annual Smithsonian show is one of the most discriminating and prestigious shows in the world for contemporary fine craft. This year, the show will feature the works of 120 exhibitors selected […] Read more
Deborah Brams from Massachusetts creates lovely, delicate designs and she’s got a new site up! The miniscule gold balls she embeds in her pieces add an elegant touch. (She created these earrings today for the Shrine Mont silent auction.) In a couple of years Debby will be retiring from teaching visually impaired students and will […] Read more
Something cheery has moved Germany’s Jana Lehmann in a new meandering direction. Jana extrudes strands of marvelous color and builds modern designs by carefully laying them next to each other. She adds extremely small dots of color as accents and surrounds the piece with a black and white frame. The heart is made similarly with […] Read more
Let’s start the week with some polymer glamor from Russia’s Olga Permyakova Friday’s PCDaily looked at how Jan Geisen makes shapes work together. Olga hooks her shapes together tightly with rings and wires, sometimes linking an entire framed construction of polymer pieces. See Olga’s Fall/Winter 2013-14 collection in this Facebook album and find it for […] Read more
The mashups that occur when artists meet are fascinating. Can you guess who came up with this collaborative polymer piece? A sinuous, sexy frame surrounds a bumpy colorful geometric center that invites inspection. The result is a very natural, organic and flower-like pendant. In this case, Jana Roberts Benzon flipped one of Helen Breil’s Big […] Read more
Have you gotten wind of the electroforming on polymer craze? A glance at the kit available from Sherri Haab and a look at the recent experiments of these artists may start your wheels spinning: Janice Abarbanel Cynthia Blanton Cassy Muronaka (earlier experiments here) Vickie Hallmark That led me to some of the glass folks like Kate Fowle […] Read more
