2024 March 30 – #653 Pops of Color March 16 – #651 Bloomin’ Crazy March 9 – #650 Spring Party March 2 – #649 Love/Hate February 24 – #648 Here’s to your health February 17 – #647 Being Wrong February 10 – #646 Heart Start February 3 – #645 Shake it off January 27 – […] Read more
This polymer creche from Nepal’s Sammunat project shows us how connected we are. The characters are charmingly styled. Note that this Joseph carries a traditional khukuri knife and Mary wears a sari, bindi and beads. (This post on their blog tells another “small world” story.) The power of the internet still astonishes me. Through it […] Read more
Colorist Lindly Haunani has refreshed her site and refined her class offerings. (I’ll happily add the disclaimer that I assembled the site.) After writing a bestseller and overcoming other challenges, Lindly’s back up to speed. She’s the queen of pinched beads. Her subtly blended polymer squares pinched together at two corners instantly become convincing flower petals. […] Read more
Julie Eakes offers a nifty poinsettia tutorial on her blog. She collages slices from four or five basic canes onto a graduated background for one variation. Then she shows how the same canes can be used for sculptural or dimensional pieces. What a nice gift to readers. If you’ve caught the generous spirit of the […] Read more
Raven Lunatic Studios! Don’t you love the name of Kamilla White’s polymer clay obsession? The Seattle-based artist is intrigued by crows’ keen intelligence and their intricate co-evolutionary relationships with human beings. You’ll find her sculptures for sale on the Artful Home site. A further search for polymer clay on Artful Home will return a growing […] Read more
An email from the other side of the world changed my fretting, procrastinating week. Wendy Moore, who describes herself as an Australian polymer clay junkie living in eastern Nepal wrote: These photos are of amazing ladies who I think are the first polymer clayers in Nepal. They are survivors of violence (usually domestic but some […] Read more
