Wafer thin slices of cane float toward you from this latest wall piece by Alev Gozonar made during her art residency in Ayvalik, Turkey. The combination of translucence and dimension keeps your eyes diving down to see what more there is to discover. If you’re a cane fan, Alev’s selection of canes both colored and […] Read more
Mari O’Dell has been dreaming up Japanese-inspired pendants in her Annapolis, Maryland studio/treehouse. She begins with castings made from segments of antique Japanese kashigata molds. Translucent polymer tinted to look like jadeite is pressed into the molds and cured. The elements are set aside to be assembled into finished pendants. Mari uses a distinctive way layering […] Read more
Czech Republic’s Jana Hannarova can’t stay away from complex, layered, lustrous patterns. When she’s really excited she challenges herself with hollow forms and translucent clays that reveal even more complexity. The reticulated necklace here can be worn three different ways. It’s a good thing it’s Friday because you may need some time to examine Jana’s Flickr, […] Read more
Meisha Barbee takes her bright colors down a notch for this recent series. She admits that she’s found a new love in Premo Gray Granite with its speckles buried in a rich translucent polymer. She’s fond of thinning sheets of granite and overlaying them on other colors for depth. You’ll note resonances of Jana Roberts […] Read more
Seattle’s Sarah Wilbanks distresses her translucent slices and turns thin concave polymer ovals into fashionable urban grunge earrings. They’re sold at the Seattle Art Museum in combination with the Yaoki Kusama exhibit which is full of color and repeated patterns. Sarah’s workspace is surprisingly compact as she explains, “I create my polymer clay and silver jewelry in […] Read more
Italy’s Serena Ghidoni (Mondoinundito) admits that she loves swimming, photography, and Disney. You can sense the heart she puts into her small, flowing, translucent mermaid charms. Her style combines Art Nouveau and fantasy with sparkle. Today’s artists who gravitate to polymer whimsy mind their social media. Serena has nearly 44K followers on Instagram alone and she’s […] Read more
Can there be anemones and tide pools near Dana Phamova’s (fruitensse) in Czech Republic? Must be! How else could she reproduce them in glowing translucent polymer colors so well? Her photo of a pile of these beads on Instagram will make you want to dive in. Dana will teach these twisty beads during Lucy Clay Academy Polymer […] Read more
These fabric-like earrings were assembled by France’s Maryvonne Kottelat. The patterns were leftovers from a class taught by Hélène Jeanclaude and sponsored by Cernit. Here are Maryvonne’s blog, and Facebook, Be warned that following the links will send you down a rabbit hole into a world of glowing translucent patterns (Cernit’s specialty) tucked among surfaces screened, painted and punched with French flair.
I don’t know about you, but I could use a break from the snow and the red and green holiday frenzy. It’s warmer more laid back in Melbourne, AU, where Peaches and Keen make their graphic, translucent, gold-leafed earrings. I’m not even sure that their thin “plastic” earrings are made from polymer. But they could/should/might be and […] Read more
Moscow’s Natalia Leitman (madlen) gathers three translucent polymer leaves into a fall brooch. The gently curved thin variegated pinks, reds, and oranges glow and show off the vein markings. See more of Natalia on Instagram and Flickr Watch what you love If you love tools and would like to forget about politics, join Craftcast’s Alison Lee and her […] Read more
