Elise on Oct 23 2008 | Filed under: Haunani, Niche Award
Lindly Haunani, Rainbow Lei, 2008, 22″ long
Lindly Haunani’s Rainbow Lei Necklace has been selected as a finalist for the 2009 Niche Awards. Lindly writes about her new work:
Elise on Oct 10 2008 | Filed under: 1990's, Micromosaic, Mitchell, Sheets
Leaf Book, Liz Mitchell, 3.25″ x 1.75″
polymer, polymer mosaic, leaf, paper, plastic, screen, metal
After MIPCES, Liz Mitchell continued to experiment with a variety of book forms. Leaf Book is a transitional piece in her evolution as an artist. In the making of this book she incorporated three different polymer clay techniques; photo transfer, [...]
Elise on Oct 03 2008 | Filed under: 1997, MIPCES Exhibition, Mitchell
If you are a new visitor to Polymer Art Archive, you can find background about this event in the 2 posts, Past, Present Future and All About MIPCES.
Vue de Moos
For the MIPCES catalog, Liz Mitchell wrote:
“In creating my work I use techniques and images that combine, dissect, and rearrange objects from everyday life. Through this [...]
Elise on Sep 19 2008 | Filed under: 1997, Dewey, MIPCES Exhibition
If you are a new visitor to Polymer Art Archive, you can find background about this event in the 2 posts, Past, Present Future and All About MIPCES.
GARGOYLES
14”H x 6”W x 4½”D each
For the MIPCES catalog, Katherine Dewey wrote:
“My work is best seen out of the corner of the eye, the quick glance that [...]
Elise on Sep 12 2008 | Filed under: 1997, MIPCES Exhibition, Sheets, Winters
If you are a new visitor to Polymer Art Archive, you can find background about this event in the 2 posts, Past, Present Future and All About MIPCES.
This fan brooch was one of a series I made for the exhibition. Each was inspired by or made as a tribute to one of my colleagues [...]
Elise on Sep 05 2008 | Filed under: 1995, 1997, 1998, Amt, Ford, NPCG Strategic Planning Meeting, Sheets, Toops, Winters
An important focus of this archive has been to make connections, to illuminate significant threads of development in polymer art. We’ve heard first-hand on this subject from many authoritative voices in the medium’s history – Victoria Hughes, Stephen Ford, Kathleen Dustin and the rest of our “founders.” In archiving these artistic lines, I’ve attempted [...]
Elise on Sep 03 2008 | Filed under: Ford, Forlano
2008 marks the 20th year of collaboration between Steven Ford and David Forlano creating extraordinary polymer art jewelry. In celebration of this anniversary, they produced a beautiful 4-color timeline which they share when they show their work. They also redesigned their website to include “vintage work.” And in an email today, David [...]
Elise on Aug 29 2008 | Filed under: 1997, Dustin, MIPCES Exhibition
If you are a new visitor to Polymer Art Archive, you can find background about this event in the 2 posts, Past, Present Future and All About MIPCES.
VILLAGE WOMAN
small purse, one of a group, 6”x 5½” x 3¼”
For the MIPCES catalog, Kathleen Dustin wrote:
“Art is my response to the common everyday lives of women in [...]
Elise on Aug 24 2008 | Filed under: 2008, Art Jewelry Today 2, Winters
We interrupt our regular programming for this commercial announcement…
I just received news that my polymer work is featured top and center on the cover of a new book about contemporary art jewelry. Of course I’m pleased for personal reasons, but more importantly, polymer garners added status within the field of contemporary art jewelry. [...]
Elise on Aug 22 2008 | Filed under: 1997, Ford, MIPCES Exhibition
If you are a new visitor to Polymer Art Archive, you can find background about this event in the 2 posts, Past, Present Future and All About MIPCES.
THREE OBJECTS from a group
14”, 9”, 6” in diameter
For the MIPCES catalog, Steven Ford wrote:
“With this group of sewn forms, I was trying to think of the clay [...]