The glee that California’s Diane Greenseid takes in her small sculptures comes through loud and clear. I know nothing about what her small characters (the kids, she says) mean or how she constructs them.
It really doesn’t matter, does it? She’s obviously having a good time and really, isn’t that the point? You can sense some good stories here.
A shell from North Carolina’s Ginnie Randolph Parrish (BlueFrogClay) looks graceful and smooth – like it could have been sanded by waves and washed up onto the beach.
Ginnie’s a caner and makes the ugliest whelk on the beach into something spectacular by dressing it up with cane slices.
What a perfect bit of the beach to take home from a hot July weekend.
Austin’s Caro (Waraoclay) brightens up the beach with bright molded sand dollars in Pantone colors.
She includes lots of the usual shapes in her collections of earrings and jewelry. But she regularly veers away from ho-hum into uncharted water.
Caro has over 50,000 followers (how does that happen) so she’s not exactly desperate for our clicks but it may be interesting to watch where she goes next.
What comes next? What tools are worth it?
Over at StudioMojo we jam tidbits, tool talk, and treats into one luscious list that’s short on words and long on inspiration.
The Zen of these earrings from Florida’s Lorraine Vogel (wiredorchid) offers us a smooth transition to Monday.
She embeds rings into the tops of satisfying painted shapes. They feel balanced and swingy. A vacation vibe on your ears.
The painted surfaces are some combination of her batik and pretty grunge techniques. (Correction: Lorraine says: I created this surface with stencils and acrylic paint, not by using my batik technique.) Lorraine offers tutorials on her boho beachy styles. She’s here on Instagram.
London’s Rebecca Thickbroom created this “Spikey Isle” bracelet for weaver Camilla Thomas.
Rebecca picks up the subtle colors, designs, and shapes of this fiber artist for Camilla’s commission. Even the findings could have been washed up onshore. It’s a combination of ancient coasts, quiet colors and modern patterns.
Explore the two artists’ sites to see how their aesthetics mesh.
Florida’s Lorraine Vogel (wiredorchid) makes your heart flutter with her newest series of hearts on Flickr. They’re stamped and painted and have the look of enamels.
She captures flowers and butterflies and other designs within the heart shapes and with a beach-meets-boho style. Here she is on Instagram.
This Saturday’s StudioMojo suggests that you let your weird light shine brighter. We take a look at how polymer art has gotten edgier. Join us at StudioMojo.org
Asian shapes meet polymer stones and colors of Vancouver’s beaches in Janet Bouey’s newest pendant.
Janet took some of the surface treatments she learned in a Claire Maunsell class and made the veneers integral to this new design that picks up the colors of the shore.
She doesn’t say much about herself but you’ll want to keep track of Janet on Instagram and Flickr.
Ontario’s Lyn Tremblay completed these small tiles at the recent Morrisburg Polymer Clay Retreat. The colors on the wonderfully textured beach-like triptych are enhanced with pan pastels. See more on Facebook.
Deep conversation with house guests (and maybe that glass of wine) made me forget all about writing a post for Friday! PCD is a wee bit slow today.
Luckily my meandering assortment of discoveries, links, and ideas for Saturday’s StudioMojo is already composed. Join us for some lovely weekend morsels to savor and explore.
This lovely arrangement of polymer clay urchin beads by Vancouver’s Tina Holden gives us a last look at the beach this summer.
Tina’s not the only one to borrow from Mother Nature, of course, but her imitations are particularly inviting and soothing – like a cool dip underwater.
I’m baffled by how Tina creates her hollow forms and glad to hear that Canada has made collecting these real creatures from their waters illegal.
