Wiwat Kamolpornwijit started his show season with a twist in Florida last weekend. Dots are a hot item and Wiwat gives his a twist that plays with geometry.
He backs dotted veneers with silver clay that he cuts into circles. Sliced across the middle, half the circle heads east and the other flips west as they are mounted on round silver links.
Sometimes we like the unexpected.
Jude Radwanski (fireflyartjewellery) reached out to fellow Canadian Helen Breil in an attempt to meet other polymer artists. Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, doesn’t have much of a clay community.
After a 30-year career in interior design, Jude transitioned to polymer. The Saskatchewan Craft Council came up with a new “wearable craft” category to be able to include her in their shows.
Her scribed and textured and wonky pieces exude a fearlessness that’s just great for a Monday. Welcome aboard, Jude!
The long thin shapes of these iridescent purple and blue feathers from Natalya Aleksandrova form a most graceful and stunning Midnight Crown bracelet.
The bracelet will be available as part of the “Night Time Magic” show of the Soul Sisters United group on Facebook on June 3-4.
Natalya’s textured feathers glow as their narrow shapes fit comfortably on the wrist. Look more closely on Facebook.
A cupcake, a garden spade, a piggy bank, an organizer, pizza, hand soap, a swiss army knife, “isolate”, micron pens, puzzle pieces, her husband’s sisters, beads, Campbell’s soup, distancing.
How cool are these charms on this Covid 19 bracelet from Seattle’s Cynthia Toops?
She’s summed up what she’s going through with just a smattering of black and white clay. Can you believe how powerfully she describes her experience with so little?
Join us over at StudioMojo where we’ll spell out the week in polymer art with a breezy but deep look at the most exciting finds that wouldn’t quite fit on PCD.
Virginia’s Wiwat Kamolpornwijit calms his jittery nerves with a new spring line. This bracelet with magnetic closure reads differently depending on your perspective.
Patterned circles bend to reveal black and white graphics. “I’m too tired of being worried,” says Wiwat. “I started getting my hands on polymer again, and it really helped getting my mind in the right place.”
Would your mind feel better if your hands started moving?
Check out these belted bracelets from Belgium’s Delphine Vignoble.
This one sports an imitation green python texture with mahogany buckle.
Delphine composes her bangle entirely in Cernit to make simple and stylish arm candy.
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.
France’s Valérie Bodino-Nazet hits the spot with this mix-and-match segmented bangle to wrap up the week.
Black and white stripes are a no-fail pattern to break up the tiny flowered pattern, the black and white leaf-like section, and the graphic black and white piece with just a splash of florals. Here on Instagram.
It’s hard to tell if this is one solid bangle or if the bracelet is in three sections of tubes that stretch apart at the stripes. No matter, it’s a playful and slightly wobbly Friday treat.
If you’re in the mood for more treats, join us over at StudioMojo where the value of a playful approach to polymer art is one of the big keys to success. Come join us.
Vermont’s Christine Damm worked and re-worked strips of bright summery veneer with layers of paint and crackle and whatever media suited her fancy.
She liked the resulting sheet of designs so much that before she adhered the polymer to this brass cuff, she scanned the image into her computer so that she could print the successful design onto scarves, pillows or any number of other items.
Go to ShopVida.com to see how one veneer translates into many items on demand.
Spain’s Cristina García Alvarez (espiralarte) gives us a window into her journey through a 100-day project on Instagram.
On day 20 she took a turn that you may like when she paired Skinner blends with Bettina Welker-like retro canes. She added quirky textures and sped along with variations on the days that followed. Cristina gives us a window into her world as she continues to explore these designs. Click through her days and watch her progress.
We’ll be looking at how artists grow and change in the StudioMojo weekend newsletter this Saturday. Instead of sulking about how I haven’t participated in 100-day efforts like Cristina’s, I’ve decided to celebrate that StudioMojo has been perking along for 408 weeks. Yikes! It’s my own kind of long-running project that you can join at any time!
