Daily tips about polymer clay art and artists from Cynthia Tinapple
Christelle van Lingen, born and raised in South Africa and now living in Ohio, has named her newly developed polymer clay technique "ruffle beads" and is working to refine this popular design.
She’s added a few new examples on her site and even combined it with PMC petals and findings. 
Christelle found her inspiration in Yuka Salto’s work featured on Polymer Clay Notes. What a lucky find and a terrific adaptation.
A bit of the green for St. Patrick’s Day. Have a lucky weekend.
I wrote to Ohio artist James Lehman whose work we looked at over a year ago to see if he had some new polymer clay work. He wrote back to say that he is currently focused on laser/computer work. His laser work looks very much like his polymer and I thought you might enjoy the comparison. 
Polymer clay art attracts a fair number of computer programmers, graphic artists, medical researchers, botanists, biologists, physicians and other scientists who love to touch the colors and translate the patterns they see in the lab into three dimensional art.
Thanks to Jo-Anne Bartley who prompted the follow-up.
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.
And on a more serious note, two reminders from the National Guild.
First, they’re rebuilding their web site and would appreciate having lots of pictures of members’ work. If you’re willing to share pictures from your web site, drop the webmaster an email giving her (Barbara Forbes-Lyons) your permission. Or if you have digital pictures that aren’t already online, send them along.
Second, the Progress and Possibilities 2007 entries deadline is creeping up on us. April 1 will be here before you know it. Diane Villano is waiting for your paperwork.
Ron Mueck uses fiberglass resin and silicone but polymer clay sculptors and doll enthusiasts will surely appreciate this link sent in by Lisa Clark.
Make sure you leaf through the slideshow at the Washington Post link…the controls are at the bottom of the page. Mueck is a London-based photo-realist artist born in Melbourne, Australia.
A solo exhibition of nine works will be presented at the Brooklyn Museum through February 7, 2007
Carol and Jean-Pierre Hsu of Berkeley Springs, Virginia (a couple of hours away from ShrineMont where the national guild holds its annual retreat) work in aluminum but as you can see their designs are particularly relevant right now.
I'm thinking of making myself a similar pair of earrings out of polymer clay. Their designs are instructional (yes, by all means, vote) and their colors inspirational. Must make these soon.
You'll want to lose yourself in the Scottish Gallery web site. Take a deep breath and go for a spin.
What drew Susan Rose to the site was the vibrant work (described as artificial resin, acrylic and PVC) of British designer Peter Chang. Chang comes from a background in sculpting and graphics. If his work doesn't include polymer clay, it's surely related.
His work is reminiscent of Ford/Forlano, Wendy Malinow and others. There's more of Chang's work to inspect here too.
I couldn't resist sharing this "Beauty" link with you. This short video clip says it all.
And in the spirit of the season, today we bring you the figures and automata of Chomick and Meder. These sculptures contain a great combination of alluring and repulsive. Most of the sculptures are produced in resin but they're obvious cousins of polymer clay. The series pictured at the left is called "Pin Heads."
Be sure to cruise through the gallery of Bawdy Women. Susan Rose sent the link (not that she's a bawdy woman).
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