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November 2010
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The finished porch
Only a new sidewalk and step and some landscaping left!
July 2010
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June 2010
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““Will the people in the cheaper seats clap their hands? And the rest of...”
Fideka partners metal clay and polymer →
Anna Fideka of Warsaw, Poland turned up as I was rooting around in the metal clay artists’ sites (check out metalclaymagic and this Flickr pool).
She studied Polish…
Communicating with clay →
Polymer illustrators like Sylvie Perrin communicate cleverly with their clay art. These distressed fish looked particularly topical even though she made the illustration for a…
Polymer bugs →
Wisconsin’s Joyce Fritz has been making her “Yipes” polymer clay bugs since 1993 and she has pieces in hundred of galleries and shops. “Bugs are a great vehicle for colors and…
Moeller-Smith sail with polymer →
Robbin Smith and Warren Moeller are artists, travelers, and sailors. They live with a parrot on a 43 foot sailboat, on which they have logged thousands of sea miles.
Robbin and…
May 2010
6 posts
Flowers for Mother’s Day →
Laure Bonnet’s polymer flowers scream spring with their intense colors, wavy petals and playful accents.
Her wire-wrapped necklaces are perfect for a sunny Mother’s Day…
Easy extrusions →
Look to the right. In preparation for next week’s conference, I dusted off my video camera and shot a bit of footage just to get in practice. Pardon my deer-in-headlights look and messy…
Chandler’s polymer experiments →
Gera Scott Chandler fearlessly fuses polymer clay with digital photography, canvas, silk, inks, acrylics and found objects to create textured three dimensional interpretations of the…
Dutch polymer designs →
New earring designs are rare in our world. Holland’s Els Van Haasen stacks polymer clay beads on a wire for a new and intriguing look. Does the end wire fit snuggly into the tube bead?…
Wrapped and ready →
The weekend was filled with mixing colors and building canes. Instead of sitting stunned and overwhelmed on the first day of my next conference, I thought I’d prepare new canes so…
Wrapped and ready →
The weekend was filled with mixing colors and building canes. Instead of sitting stunned and overwhelmed on the first day of my next conference, I thought I’d prepare new canes so…
April 2010
21 posts
Polymer and laughter →
Who better than mixed media comedian/artist Meredith Arnold to round out our week? Meredith will play with just about any materials and she usually manages to sneak a bit of polymer…
Polymer and laughter →
Who better than mixed media comedian/artist Meredith Arnold to round out our week? Meredith will play with just about any materials and she usually manages to sneak a bit of polymer…
Carren’s new site →
Art historian Rachel Carren is most comfortable as an art writer and contributor of critical commentary. She’s also been quietly working in her polymer studio since 1999. Rachel spent…
Carren’s new site →
Art historian Rachel Carren is most comfortable as an art writer and contributor of critical commentary. She’s also been quietly working in her polymer studio since 1999. Rachel spent…
Slutsky’s circles stack up →
Simple designs like these polymer disks from Israel’s Victoria Slutsky (visart-dali) stack up to sweet simple pendants.
Graduated circles of textured clay in muted shades…
Slutsky’s circles stack up →
Simple designs like these polymer disks from Israel’s Victoria Slutsky (visart-dali) stack up to sweet simple pendants.
Graduated circles of textured clay in muted shades…