by Cynthia Tinapple on October 8, 2010 · 6 comments
Toronto’s Tanya Besedina speaks of vivid dreams of her loved ones, the magic of color and the spirit of joy. She pours these feelings into polymer goddess sculptures and fanciful fairy jars.
“Only with love it is possible to see the mystical light and find a key to its door. Our imagination can come to life only if we are born with soul,” she says. The earnest expressions on her faces and the quaintness of her houses tell me that she has soul and make me want to believe.
Have a blissful weekend.
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by Cynthia Tinapple on November 25, 2009 · 6 comments
More wings! This time they’re on “Angel”ina, the polymer clay fantasy sculpture of Nevada artist Nicole West (wingdthing).
Nicole has an uncanny ability to imbue her creations, from pin ups to pixies, with hyper real features and emotions. It’s easy to see why she was selected this year’s Most Promising Sculptor by her peers on the Deviant Art site.
I’m in the Hollywood vicinity and couldn’t resist the pull of Nicole West’s sexy creatures. Thanks to Andrea Polite for the link.
Ellen June prefers her polymer clay critters in the shapes of griffins, serpents, dragons and such. From Hamilton, Ontario, Ellen (or Creaturesfromel) shapes ferocious things in elaborate detail and with regal finishes.
The pictures on her sites are small and it’s only when you see her work close up that you can appreciate its complexity and detail. Look here and here. She incorporates "…an understanding of animal physiology with a love of the fantastic, grotesque and absurd."
I admire artists who can conjure up the wild creatures within them, transform them into clay and share them with us.
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