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Vacation polymer

by Cynthia Tinapple on March 5, 2010 · 8 comments

Dawn Schiller’s “candlewyck” has me spooked as I lock up the house and leave for vacation. Will these odd little creatures sense my departure and start popping up from the candlesticks when I pull out of the driveway? Her polymer oddfae suddenly make me a believer. What an imagination she has.

Thanks to Paula Pindroh for [...]

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Apostolescu’s freestyle toys

by Cynthia Tinapple on December 23, 2009 · 0 comments

Matei Apostolescu’s profusion of polymer toys and models make him look like Romania’s modern day Santa Claus. His fleet of race cars, jets, submarines and weapons delight the kid in all of us.
He uses simple clay shapes to build complex machines which he textures and paints. Keep clicking on his 152 toys to see the [...]

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Easing into Monday

by Cynthia Tinapple on October 12, 2009 · 6 comments

Start your Monday with a big dose of cute from illustrator Inhae Renee Lee, a former California game industry pixel animator and artist. Her blog, My Milk Toof, follows the adventures of two polymer clay baby teeth named ickle and Lardee as they frolick around her home. If you think you’re immune to cute, you [...]

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Friday shout outs

by Cynthia Tinapple on September 18, 2009 · 1 comment

It’s Friday so I’ll give a shout out to several artists on my desk and let you decide which path you’d like to follow today:
First there’s Sylvie Perrin, France’s QueenOfClay, who’s created a polymer clay illustration about our health care situation. If you haven’t looked at her site for a while, scroll through her blog [...]

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Daniels’ canes sculpt time

by Cynthia Tinapple on August 5, 2009 · 12 comments

At five years of age, David Daniels had a coffee can full of clay that he and his siblings started playing with on the kitchen table. They never put it away and he’s never stopped playing with clay. At thirteen he won his first contest. MTV, Sesame Street, movies and more came later.
Clay sculpting and [...]

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Polymer playing, risking

by Cynthia Tinapple on July 20, 2009 · 5 comments

Atlanta artist/illustrator Tammy Durham has begun a blog devoted to her polymer clay illustrations. Her newest 18″x24″ piece, Cardinals and Girl with Red Hair, gives us a colorful and exhuberant start for a creative summer week.
Tammy is developing art for physicians and childrens hospitals. She shares her ambitious plans and goals on her website and [...]

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Arscott’s polymer clay riddle

by Cynthia Tinapple on May 8, 2009 · 3 comments

This polymer clay sculpture from Dean Arscott’s Ringling College senior illustration show is good for a Friday chuckle. It’s a twist on the old “Why did the chicken cross the road?” riddle.
Arscott says of his sculptures, “This pervasive silliness was and is a great escape for me in this sometimes up-tight world.” You can see [...]

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Dittmar’s polymer Earth Day

by Cynthia Tinapple on April 22, 2009 · 1 comment

The polymer clay artist whose art most resonates with today’s Earth Day is Portland’s Meredith Dittmar. Many of her pieces express deep levels of union across biology, technology and consciousness.
It’s what Meredith has called “psychepolymereganics” where the interconnectedness of all things is revealed. She sees the act of spontaneous artistic creation as part of a [...]

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