Halloween hearts

Bones on Ron Lehocky's hearts? Sure! on PolymerClayDaily.com

What? We haven’t crowed about Kentucky’s Ron Lehocky for ages! This Halloween Heart feature will fix that!

Here are some of Ron’s latest with two of my favorite ingredients…dots (of course) and canes from Nebraska’s Ivy Niles (ikandyclay).

Every bone is incredibly detailed. To achieve such precision Ivy probably reduced the parts in sections. Can’t you imagine her humming,”…the hip bone’s connected to the thigh bone.. ” as she reduced and assembled these tiny, tiny guys? (She still has a few on her Etsy site!)

Ron has recently collaborated with super-caners Jon Anderson and Jayne Dwyer for some other knock-your-socks-off hearts too. And they’re all for the Kids.

We’ll start the party this Saturday with more goblins and ghoulies and candy in Saturday’s StudioMojo. No costumes required. Sign up here.

October scream

Domenico Scalisi's not too scary little monsters on PolymerClayDaily.com

In the mood for a scream? Italy’s Domenico Scalisi (nobuhappyspooky) is right with you.

How is it that Domenico’s monsters don’t send shivers up my spine? His bats and worms and skeletons are charming.

Don’t miss his asparagus.

Killer candy corn

Even without their final coats of paint, these monster candy corns from Florida’s Casey Omar Cross (Darkheart Kreations) will freak you out.

Casey’s background is in body piercing and tattoos. Now his heart is in sculpting in CosClay.

Ghost cactus

Chelsea (Altarware) couldn't get this cactus out of her head on PolymerClayDaily.com

California’s Chelsea (Altarware) says, “You are a living altar. Adorn accordingly.” I can go with that tagline.

This ghost cactus (glow-in-the-dark, I assume) was an idea stuck in her head and now it’s stuck in mine…and yours.

Halloween scream and pats on the back

Karen Walker lets out a scream for Halloween on PolymerClayDaily.com

UK’s Karen Walker (Clayground) perfectly captures Halloween 2020 with her rendition of Edvard Munch’s Scream in Cernit. No gore necessary! We get the picture from this sleek, simple, wide-eyed character. Here on Facebook.

If you’re feeling ready for a cheery diversion, stop by tomorrow’s StudioMojo where we’ll be encouraging you to pat yourselves on the back for accomplishments great and small during these scream-worthy times. BYO Halloween candy.

Stinky polymer cheese monsters

You may be pretty used to monsters during October, but I’m betting that cheese monsters like these from Spain’s Carlos Medinilla Castro (carcreatures) didn’t just pop into your head.

His polymer creations are part of the toy and art doll exhibition in Barcelona. Carlos’ art pays homage to the gastronomic and stinky universe of cheese with a zombie touch. You can sniff him out on Etsy too. Deliciously creepy.

And check out the hamburger workshop here.

I forgot how I get lost online. Whew, I gotta pace myself.

If you’re looking for the offbeat, cheese cutting edge of polymer news, come hang with us over at StudioMojo this Saturday.

Polymer pumpkins

Kobotamatsukuri celebrates the pumpkin shape on PolymerClayDaily.com

PCD is back just in time for pumpkin season. It will take some time for me to get my grab-and-go skills back. I’m rusty.

This polymer pumpkin is from Kobotamatsukuri who is a research scientist in Japan. Pumpkins are sprinkled throughout her Instagram so obviously, they’re important and intriguing. But how and why? She doesn’t explain.

We’re all missing being able to travel so I brought you something exotic and mysterious. You’ll have to search for clues about this artist. Let me know what you find. It’s good to be back.

Kindly monsters celebrate the season

Leah Lester's dragons celebrate Halloween on PolymerClayDaily

Apparently, dragons enjoy celebrating Halloween as you can see in this edition of Little Lazies from Seattle’s Leah Lester.

Very benign and cute creatures are what we need this year and Leah’s is a happy story. She started out as a cake decorator but really wanted to create monsters and so she did.

Legions of polymer lazies appear on Instagram and fly off her Etsy shelves. Sometimes that happens when you follow your heart.

Here’s wishing you a Happy Halloween. I’ll be taking time off to write and play for the entire month of November. PCD will be on hiatus but StudioMojo will come out every Saturday. So if you’re needing to check in with your buddies in polymer, come on over for our Saturday confab. See you back here in December!

Halloween 2.0

Sculptor Marina Sabio (tinysparksstudio) is a Spanish polymer artist working in France.

Her small witch has thrown away the broom and upgraded to a vacuum cleaner for transportation. Here she takes it out for a spin.

You’ll have to visit Marina on Instagram to get the full effect of her very distinct and quirky characters.

Studio monsters

Nichole Johnson loves monster season on PolymerClayDaily.com

New York’s Nicole Johnson (MealyMonsters) is coming up on her favorite time of year. Her witches have taken up residence in their teacups. The pumpkin heads are everywhere on her Instagram

Note new details like dripping noses on her popular witches. Where will the monsters show up in your studio? In the spoons perhaps?

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