Archive for the 'Dever' Category
Elise Winters on Nov 13 2009 | Filed under: 2009, Dever, Ford, Forlano, SOFA, Winters
Elise Winters and Ruth Snyderman
Synderman-Works Gallery at SOFA:Chicago 2009
Visitors to SOFA:Chicago this year found polymer master works in the booths at both Snyderman-Works Gallery and Del Mano Gallery. Ruth Snyderman, owner of Snyderman-Works Gallery, was exhibiting 15 of my RUFFLE pieces along with a large group of work by Ford/Forlano. Bruce Hoffman, director of the [...]
Elise Winters on Nov 06 2009 | Filed under: 2009, Dever, SOFA, Winters
Jeffrey Lloyd Dever, Morning Refuge, 2009
Polymer clay, wire, thread, card stock
7.75”H x 12.5”W x 5.25” D
Both Jeff and I are exhibiting work at SOFA:Chicago this week. Pictured above is one of two teapots being shown by Del Mano Gallery. I asked Jeff to tell me a little about these pieces.
Elise Winters on Sep 18 2009 | Filed under: Dever, Sculpting Color
Jeffery Lloyd Dever, Edensong Reverie, 2009
Polymer clay, wire, card stock
Jeff writes about his piece:
“Nature informs my aesthetics and helps me to form my visual vocabulary. My quest is not to replicate God’s finest gifts of flora and fauna, but merely to enter into the dialogue.
Woody Rudin on Aug 21 2009 | Filed under: 2009, Bishoff, Dever, Diffendaffer, Dustin, Fuller Craft Museum, Sculpting Color, Winters
Cynthia Toops, Metamorphosis, 2009
1 3/4″ x 1/18″ x 92″
polymer, rubber cord
Cynthia Toops’ Metamorphosis, pictured above, could have been a good highbrow title for the standing-room-only panel discussion held last weekend in the Great Room at the Fuller Craft Museum, as part of its opening ceremonies for the Sculpting Color: Works in Polymer Clay exhibition.
Literary allusions [...]
Rachel Carren on Feb 13 2009 | Filed under: Critical Commentary, DeWolff, Dever, Haunani, Malinow, McCaw, Savarick, Shriver, Toops, Voulkos, West, Winters
Debra DeWolff, Bracelet, 2007
“How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.” *
Expressions of love are numerous and vary from culture to culture. In many cultures, not only is holding hands a tangible connection between two people, it generally is an outward sign of affection. Wearing a bracelet that encircles the wrist in [...]
Martha on Dec 12 2008 | Filed under: 2001, Adams, Balombini, Bernstein, Bishel, Cormier, Crossen, Dever, Dewey, Dustin, Fago, Ford, Forlano, Gibson, Haunani, Hughes, Hyde, Illuminating a Medium: Polymer Retrospective, Laurin, Maggio, McMillan, Mitchell, Muse NPCG 2001 Conference, NPCG, Regan, Roche, Scott, Shriver, Toops, Voulkos, Winters
Courting the Muse: Enhancing Creativity and Artistry in Polymer Clay
In 2001, the National Polymer Clay Guild sponsored it’s second conference in Bryn Mawr, PA. Courting The Muse was a week long conference filled with classes taught by polymer clay masters, thought-provoking and inspiring evening lectures, creativity seminars, and a retrospective exhibit entitled Illuminating a Medium, [...]
Elise Winters on Nov 07 2008 | Filed under: 2008, Dever, Function+Art, SOFA, del Mano
Jeffrrey Lloyd Dever, “Nestled Repose” teapot, 2008
11″h x 12.75″w x 11″d, polymer, wire
Function+Art is showing this fantastic teapot form at SOFA in Chicago this weekend. You can often find Jeff’s work in del Mano Gallery as well.
Here’s what Jeff told me about this piece:
Elise Winters on Oct 31 2008 | Filed under: 2008, Dever, Niche Award
Jeffrey Lloyd Dever, Summer’s Opulence, 2008
5.25″w x D 3.75″d x H 1.5″h, polymer, various wire
Jeff Dever’s lush bracelet, Summer’s Opulence, will also vie for a 2009 Niche award.
Here’s what Jeff recently wrote about this pieces:
Elise Winters on Oct 30 2008 | Filed under: 2008, Bishoff, Dever, Dustin, Ford, Forlano, Philadelphia Museum Craft Show, SOFA, West, Winters
Elise Winters, Ruffle Brooches, 2008, 3″ x 2.5″ x 1.5″
After the success of MIPCES almost twelve years ago, many of the artists understood the importance of becoming more recognizable to collectors, galleries and museums. Ever since, it has continued to be important for polymer artists to appear in [...]
Martha on Apr 11 2008 | Filed under: 1997, Allen, Amt, Breen, Dever, Dewey, Dustin, Feiss, Ford, Forlano, Gibson, Grove, Haunani, Hughes, Kato, Liska, MIPCES, MIPCES Exhibition, NPCG, Regan, Roche, Toops, Voulkos, Winters, Zinman
Elise asked me to lead a small team of volunteers to research and write about gatherings that influenced the development of polymer as an art medium. This is the first of these posts and we hope to follow up with more. Special thanks to Nancy Travers who organized all the materials about MIPCES.
Masters’ Invitational Polymer [...]