Snail shapes are in the air! Yesterday Fabi’s vessels from Madrid and today it’s Germany’s Margit Boehmer’s polymer sea snail earrings. Margit is all about bright rainbow colors and her Flickr pages are packed with them. Is it the spring rains that have brought out the snails? The link to Margit came from Randee Ketzel. […] Read more
Portland’s Gesine Kratzner been sculpting squiggly polymer creatures for as long as she can remember. If you’re feeling scared and tentative about your own work, take a look at the bio of this talented illustrator and see how she’s turned silly squiggles into an impressive career. Gesine’s been an an animation professional for 18 years, […] Read more
Kerstin Rupprecht has perfected these extruded spirals. The edges of her clay cracks to reveal stunning contrasts. Blends flow from light to dark. What looks like a happy accident is no accident at all. Kerstin calls polymer her therapy and you can sense the meditative quality of her spirals. Though she has a website, she […] Read more
Bangles and brooches plus sewing, tatting and knitting! Petra Tornack-Zimmerman’s Flickr page reveals a multi-talented, energetic German artist. If you click around a bit you’ll find that she’s part of a fast-track German polymer clay bunch. Randee Ketzel brought us this new link. She created a clever rose/rattle bead that you’ll like if you have […] Read more
Jana Roberts Benzon says that the stunning new works on her site, “…are the fruits of those priceless de-stressing days.” “The first three show the fun I’ve had playing with form; this type of work is zen-like and apropos to my state of mind. The last three images show my woven style of work, this […] Read more
These polymer flowers with antique button centers were made by California’s Maureen Thomas for an “Outside the Box” show at PlacerArts center. She chronicles the progress of her project on her blog. The flowers look so much like metal that I could hardly believe my eyes. Maureen gives a big hint about the technique she […] Read more
Several of us examined the photos of Sylvie Peraud’s new denim line, skeptical that the fabric could be made from polymer clay. We were forced to run the text through the translation from French which says, “Contrary to what your eyes tell you, there is no fabric here.” Sylvie promises that she will reveal all […] Read more
We haven’t done any polymer hearts this week and there are plenty to share. The bracelet is copper and clay cold-connected by Sharon Solly. The flower-embellished versions are from Randee Ketzel. Angeli Sobrepena‘s have wings. And one of Meredith Dittmar’s newest My Guys looks poised for romance and mischief. A Friday love letter comes from Irene […] Read more
“I’ve never made a ring, but have been wanting to give it a try so I joined a Ring-A-Day group,” says Dee Wilder (Malodora). For several days she indulged her fascination with Koosh ball threads. Thursday she returned to a micromosaic theme. Imagine making a ring a day! After one month there are already over […] Read more
Elena Samsonova introduces us to polymer clay canes in hot colors on a day when I’m surrounded by cold white snow. I warmed up with her Flickr photos and was thrilled to find her website which is bursting with more bright treats, tutorials and videos. You’ll see how she transforms this big fish cane into […] Read more
