by Cynthia Tinapple on November 12, 2009 · 4 comments
Celie Fago adds carved and textured metal rings, bands, and beads to her mokume gane polymer clay bangles. Can’t you just hear them jangling? Aren’t they exotic and just a little gypsy?
My 103-year-old aunt died recently and left me a beautiful bracelet whose links and charms tinkle and clink. I swear I can smell Aunt [...]
by Cynthia Tinapple on November 11, 2009 · 3 comments
Ohio’s Grace Stokes‘ polymer clay work is featured on the promotions for our big Winterfair show in December. You’ll find her newest works, elegant combinations of metal clay and polymer, on her Crafthaus page.
Because group sites have made it so easy to upload photos, many artists are updating their profiles and adding new work [...]
Maryland’s Kelly Russell has resurfaced on the web with a new blog, Beadfuddled. If you’ve ever been skeptical about combining polymer clay and precious metal clay, Kelly will remove all doubts.
On her blog she prepares for workshops and works through problems and house renovations. She’s a fine craftsman and a fearless experimenter.
Kelly’s new at blogging [...]
Virginia’s Liz Hall combines whatever media catches her eye into contemporary designs which contain both organic and geometric forms.
Luckily polymer clay recently caught her eye and she shows several metal, PMC and polymer pieces on her site and in her Etsy gallery. This pendant is entitled Here We Go. Liz was a 2008 Saul Bell [...]
I stumbled on Lisa Pavelka’s spiffy new site as I was looking for the lowdown on the second Cabin Fever Fest (looks like it was a smash). Lisa’s site showcases her growing line of polymer clay tools and products.
I also rediscovered Kelly Russell (beadfuddled.com). Kelly’s first love is precious metal clay and I’d overlooked her [...]
by Cynthia Tinapple on November 19, 2008 · 2 comments
I snapped this picture of Hollie Mion’s PMC pendants as she revealed polymer clay through holes in the designs and added additional seed beads. The effect was colorful and festive.
When I sneaked online (my vacation mates frown when I spend too long at the computer), I found that Cindy Silas has a new site up [...]
by Cynthia Tinapple on August 29, 2008 · 4 comments
Libby Mills has redecorated her site and freshened her pictures with some great new work, including more silver and polymer combinations. The graphic feel of her polymer designs is mirrored in her treatment of the silver.
Each time you refresh her home page, you’ll be rewarded with a different photo. Like Pavlov’s dogs, I sit and [...]
No better way to start the week than with snappy, crisp, snazzy polymer clay designs from Angie Wiggins. Angie ventures into metal, fiber, glass and found objects but she can’t resist the lure of polymer. Polymer clay "solves my intense color needs," she admits.
"I was taught to embroider at the age of five. I [...]