California’s Linda Brooks scooped up the brightest circles – the ones that didn’t have proper mates during her spinner earring production.
Look at how nicely they all play together as a necklace. Her textile-like sketchy patterns threaded on a red string turn any outfit into party attire.
Your artist’s eye is probably drawn to leaves at this time of year. If so, you’ll want to spend some time on our pick for FOLLOWFRIDAY: Byunamofficial
At the end of a wild google goose chase, it turns out that these sophisticated luminous earrings are created by Una. She’s a 15-year old who creates in Sweden. She started with origami in 2015 and gravitated to polymer. Una wants to be the next Chanel.
The juxtaposition of the irregular shapes cleverly mimics leaves falling. The striated patterns add to the leafy effect and she envisions them in a range of metallic sheens and colors. You’ll want to follow this young designer.
In this week’s StudioMojo, we’ll discuss an intriguing theft, a no-fail glue, a must-try class. I keep my ear to the ground and my nose to the grindstone for your Saturday morning enjoyment. Join the party.
Is this a crazy world or what?
You won’t have any trouble convincing Toronto’s Liat Weiss (Dewdrop.Inc) of that notion.
“Truly from the bottom of my heart thank you for allowing me to make froot loops out of clay as part of my living.” she marvels to her followers
Liat makes very realistic breakfast cereal earrings out of polymer and you can watch her here.
It’s the dots and the unbridled cheeriness of these vases from Michigan’s Holly and Jake Klaus (Sun_sprinkles) that got me going.
It’s also because I also finally found an adhesive that will secure polymer like this in place. I know this because I tried to remove a polymer piece I accidentally glued a tile and could not, no way, no how.
I don’t recommend products on PCD so I’ll direct you over to StudioMojo for that info. Drop me an email if you’d like a free sneak peek.
You probably wouldn’t have thought that Texas’ Sally Kirk (Blossomandclay) would build her intricate quilt this way. My head goes right to extrusion but no, I was wrong.
Sally is considering cutting this slab up into a collection that lots of people can share. Kind of a reverse quilting bee.
The quilt took 30 hours to assemble and she’ll be cutting it up for sale in October.
Sally calls it her Insanity quilt.
Jump on over to StudioMojo.org for a weekend dose of creativity. We’ll shop the big shows, introduce ourselves to the new sellers and take a look at their wares…all from the comfort of home.
This Mendocino bowl brings back memories. I made it while on vacation with friends in California some years back.
I loved that walnut bowl and its polymer inlaid pattern. The photo is being used to promote an upcoming exhibit of works by seven black and seven white artists.
I decided to revive these lively stripes on a new bowl. Finally, I’m tackling the stack of polymer-ready bowls turned by my husband. The bowls languished in my studio while life got strange and creativity waned.
I’m excited (and nervous). Can I do it again? Come back next week to see. Can you tell that I’m forcing myself to finish this project?
Hold me to it.
This tray of earrings from Utah’s Mary Anne Loveless keeps the colors under control in a most appealing way. The graduated backgrounds are tied together into neat dangles held together visually by contrasting stripes.
Is it the vertical blends that make these feel so right? The blends run in opposite directions on the left and right dangles. There’s a color lesson here.
North Carolina’s Krymsyn (Indigo.Sands) uses the hashtag “claytocope” because she picked up polymer to help her through the pandemic.
It’s worked! She has more followers than I thought possible and her business is thriving.
Yes, she’s trendy and savvy but better than that, she’s curious and has an itch for imitative techniques like her latest faux amber. Here her hoop’s rich color is revealed by her phone flashlight. Worth following along, right?
A discarded 11″ x 27″ cabinet door leaning against the garage wall called to Kathy Koontz (Flowertownoriginals). The door begged for a second chance and Kathy was in a mood to grant it.
She painted the door and scooped up all the scrappy polymer bits lying around.
Stems and leaves grew first. Then the scraps organized themselves into jolly layered blooms.
The playful process made Kathy remember how much fun wall art can be.
Here’s a color palette that will lift your spirits from Virginia’s Cinthya Cuba de Zabal (NinaZabal). The collage of eye-popping colors and patterns simply buzz against each other.
You’ll find these online next week at the American Craft Council’s Southeast Craft Week September 20-26.
