Studios

Portland’s Meredith Dittmar reveals some of her process through her Flickr site photos. This fascinating insider’s view shows the scale and complexity of her vision and lets us glimpse her methods of working in 3D in polymer clay.
The piece pictured here is entitled Inter-thinking. It’s a 14″x12″ polymer clay sculpture now at Jonathan Levine, a [...]

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I’m pleased to see that many of you are as curious about studios as I am. (Thanks to yesterday’s Betsy Baker for sharing hers.) To continue the theme, here are a few pictures of Sandra McCaw’s small workspace. Sandra’s muse likes a comfy chair too. I like her combination of sage and turqouise wall colors.
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Boston’s Betsy Baker takes simple polymer clay shapes and gives them an interesting twist as in this necklace with alternating long bi-conal and rounded square beads. Take a look at her offerings on Etsy and her web site.
The neatness extends to Betsy’s studio space where she says she must have a comfortable chair or [...]

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Connecticut’s Libby Mills feels caught in a creative undertow (what a great image) brought on by summer events, a class with Robert Dancik and preparations for her guild’s Klay Karma retreat.
See what Libby’s frenzy has produced by reading her blog and looking at her new metal and polymer clay work. As a bonus, you’ll get [...]

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It’s June and I went in search of summer colors and sea creatures like this polymer clay anemone. A visit to Libby Mills sites gave me the jolt of color and design that I needed.
Her blog site is coming along nicely and she has some terrific insights on the artistic life. Be prepared to [...]

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