What will 2020 look like?

Nadia Elkina points us toward the future of polymer on PolymerClayDaily.com

Will 2020 polymer look more like Poland’s Nadia Elkina’s mosaic brooch? Dimensional, mixed, polychromatic?

It’s hard to tell which elements are which medium. And who really cares? It’s the overall snap, crackle, and pop that makes this piece compelling. Look even further ahead on IG here.

Join us this weekend over at StudioMojo where we’ll have our eye on new and interesting directions we can expect in polymer 2020. Who can predict? We’re gonna try. Come on over and add your two cents.

2020 moves forward

Kristi Thorndike-Kent and Jen Young make joyful 2020 hearts on PolymerClayDaily.com

There’s plenty of party left in Washington’s Kristi Thorndike-Kent and Jen Young (Go Inside and Clay).

These joyful hearts are made from bits of color, slab work, and wire. Look at their Instagram to see how they’ve skipped right ahead to Valentine’s Day. Lookout 2020!

A video snack for New Year’s Eve

More fun and surprises in this mini-tutorial from Carol Blackburn on PolymerClayDaily.com

In this video, UK’s Carol Blackburn cuts up small graduated canes and overlaps the pieces to form her kaleidoscope veneers.

Forgive the background chatter and listen closely to learn about some of her homegrown tools and tips. Carol has developed loads of these small geometric sleights of hand that she teaches in workshops.

This video from StudioMojo is an easy one to try when you’re done with the holidays.

A scrap treat from the StudioMojo archives

Carissa Nichols' tiny tutorial on spiral scrap beads on PolymerClayDaily.com

Today’s end-of-the-year video treat comes from Ohio’s Carissa Nichols.

There’s nothing quite so soothing as her way of taking bits of scrap and creating a swirled lentil or bicone bead.

In this tiny tutorial from StudioMojo, Carissa helps you get the hang of the body movements required for a creative and meditative trick.

The year in polymer quick tutes

Lynn Yuhr flies through a bunch of uses of liquid polymer on PolymerClayDaily.com

For the last few days of the year, PCD will feature some favorite interviews and tutorials from 2019 editions of StudioMojo, the weekly insiders wrap up.

When I spot an interesting work in progress I often ask, “What are you doing?” If the artist agrees, I take out my phone and lean over for a short and sweet look as in this demo from Florida’s Lynn Yuhr.

Lynn sparks all kinds of ideas for using liquid clay in this 2019 quickie.

Polymer madonnas

Susan Hyde's Madonnas make a lovely Christmas decoration on PolymerClayDaily.com

Luminous, bright, moving Madonna and Child from Washington’s Susan Hyde.

I’d almost forgotten how much I loved my collection of Susan’s works until I saw that Debbie Jackson had featured Susan’s angels on her Facebook post.

This 7″ Madonna hangs on the wall behind my computer desk and is a perfect polymer touch for a merry PCD Christmas. Here are pendants from Susan’s 2019 collection.

Hippie hollow pods

Hippie hollow pod class samples from Donna Kato on PolymerClayDaily.com

Janis, Jimi, Jim, Prince, the Hotel California, the Grateful Dead on hollow pods!

Perhaps Donna Kato’s beads are a strange choice for Christmas Eve but a it’s a tip of the hat and a nudge for my hippie husband.

These are compelling class samples from Donna’s half-day class at the Atlantic Clay Escape next October 6-10. Plan ahead! Put this class under your tree!

Silent night

France’s Sonya Girodon calls her spare, minimalist, mixed-media brooch Silent Night.

It’s made of wood, paper, polymer, acrylic paint and stainless steel. Sonya is addressing issues with its waterproof qualities and new brooch mechanisms.

As the season ratchets up to a frenzy, it’s a relief to consider Sonya’s calmer view.

Festive bohemian wraps

Christine Picaut wraps wrists with intensely colored focals and spacers on PolymerClayDaily.com

France’s Christine Pecaut (chifonie) stacks a collection of intense red focal pieces and companion beads onto spirals of tube-covered memory wire for a festive bohemian look.

Here’s a closer view of how her bracelets wrap arms with color and patterns. What a great way to use a favorite focal and surround it with pops of colors.

This Saturday’s StudioMojo newsletter will ease us into the holiday week with a celebration of what we’ve done this year. Pats on the back all around and a look at where polymer will take us in 2020. Come join us.

Twisted ribbons of polymer

Wiwat Kamolpornwijit interlocks twisted ribbons of clay on PolymerClayDaily.com

Virginia’s Wiwat Kamolpornwiji t gives us some new twisted garlands for the holidays.

He was an environmental researcher in his former career. Repeating shapes with interlocking connections still dominate Wiwat’s work.

These new links are based on two-sided flat ribbons of polymer that twist themselves in opposite directions. His interconnected and wired designs are pleasant puzzles for the viewer’s eye.

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