Kansas’ Carol Beal (beadunsupervised) was an illustrator and greeting card designer for Hallmark for many years.
If I’m reading right, Carol painted acrylic on polymer for these beauties. They’re loose and fluid. I can’t quite picture how she combined her illustrating skills with polymer to achieve this effect but I love it.
Carol’s hearts are a refreshing and romantic departure from canes, blends, and kaleidoscopes. There are many ways to speak of love.
Lindly’s fundraising campaign has put me back in touch with artists who usually lurk quietly in the background.
What a treat to get reacquainted with Maryland’s Margaret Polcawich. Her vessels and wall art have a delicate sensibility….reeds blowing in the wind, small tiles thick with color, vessels with spindly legs.
They trigger some part of my brain that says, “Yes…let’s try that!” Visit her site if you need to walk on the wild side.
Slovenia’s Marijana Grubic heads us back to Valentine’s Day with these shapes silkscreened with love and topped with teensy hearts. Here she is on Facebook.
By combining two veneers bisected by a band of silver on domed shapes, Marijana makes an unusual pendant and earrings beyond the usual hearts and flowers.
It was all about love and caring as we began our fundraiser for Lindly yesterday. Didn’t you feel proud of your art community as they turned out to help Lindly without hesitation?
Keep spreading the love. Thank you for your generosity!
Lindly Haunani has been gravely injured in an accident and we’re raising money for her care. The other driver was jailed and it looks like a very long and complicated road ahead for her.
She has upcoming classes at Clayathon which Maggie Maggio is covering. Lindly also organizes the Shrine Mont retreat in May. She’s a vital part of many events and the community is rallying to fill her very big shoes.
Please trust that any class reservations and finances will be sorted out. Lindly has to put all her energy into getting well. Contact Arlene Groch about Clayathon and Hollie Mion (via Messenger) who will have some Shrine Mont information. Lindly cannot be contacted for these matters right now.
We have set up a GoFundMe for Lindly. You can read details of the accident and more about her circumstances there. We have a generous global community and we are aiming high. Please share the link and donate now.
Send cards and letters (no calls) to:
Lindly Haunani
C/O Beverly Grover
8201 Hamilton Springs Court
Bethesda, Maryland 20817
A splash of red from Ohio’s Pat Bolgar (AccessoryArt) rounds out the week.
Pat perches a tight bunch of delicate pods on silver circles. Their balance and fine details make them a perfect lead in to Valentine’s Day.
Let the reds and the hearts begin! Here’s Pat’s work on Instagram.
How did we get to Friday already? We’ll parse the developments that rocked the polymer world over at StudioMojo tomorrow morning. Join us!
Savor the soft pastel shades in this pile of parts and pieces from UK’s Laura Wathen (ClaytimeDesigns).
The advantage of making a big batch of polymer shapes from a set palette is that the possibilities for building jewelry pieces are gloriously endless.
Laura coats each piece with resin before she starts her assemblage.
Don’t you want to scoop some up in your hands and let them rain down?
You’ll have to fill me in on the name behind Spain’s Bisuteria Creativa (fi-mons). All I know is that Valentine’s Day is approaching and her slightly wonky hearts speak love to me. You too?
Her simple circles are delightful. Everything is stripped down to its essentials. Pure, simple and totally trendy.
Track her around on Facebook, Instagram, and Flickr. Can you find her name?
Class samples are the best! Teachers take good photos and have great ideas.
These are Spain’s Fabiola Ajates’ prototypes for the October 6-10 Atlantic City Escape (ACE).
Look at how the underneath patterns peek through the cutout of the top layers. The thrill of peekaboo hangs on through adulthood.
Fabi has mixed an all-new retro 60’s palette for her class with 33 colors and patterns that make me giddy.
You don’t need to speak a word of Russian to understand Juliya Laukhina’s pod tutorials that she offers free on her Instagram. Just watch closely.
She makes creating this black and white one look oh so seductively easy and fast.
Juliya has covered wonderfully colored bead bases with cane slices for years. Now she’s moved to larger pod shapes.
It’s generous of her to share their construction with us to start the week right.
