Woody Rudin on Nov 20 2009 | Filed under: Newark Museum, Voulkos, Winters
This Pier Voulkos Neckpiece and 40 other polymer works were
recently acquired into the Newark Museum’s jewelry collection.
When you’re born with the name Ulysses Grant Dietz, you just might have come into this world with a penchant for leadership. Luckily for the polymer jewelry community, Ulysses turned his attention not to military or political affairs, but [...]
Elise Winters on Oct 30 2009 | Filed under: RAM Polymer Collection, Racine Art Museum, Voulkos
Pier Voulkos, Neckpiece (detail), c. 1995 (see credits below)
As a reader of this website, you’re familiar with the “Collection Project,” our effort to put polymer art on the map and into the permanent collections of major museums throughout the nation.
In order to ensure publication of the first hardcover museum catalog on the medium, and to [...]
Rachel Carren on Sep 11 2009 | Filed under: City Zen Cane, Cormier, Gibson, Haunani, Hughes, MFA Boston, Mingei Museum, Museum of Arts and Design, Newark Museum, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Racine Art Museum, Roche, Voulkos, Winters
On the wish list of the Racine Art Museum, WI
Dan Cormier, Fiji Mermaid, 2000
Using a photo portfolio that featured outstanding examples of available polymer art, Elise began to contact some of the nation’s most noted museum curators. She did hours of investigative research on specific museums, and issues relevant to the concept. She made [...]
Elise Winters on Jun 19 2009 | Filed under: 1989, 1990's, City Zen Cane, Ford, Forlano, Hughes, Museum of Arts and Design, Toops, Voulkos, Winters
City Zen Cane (aka Ford/Forlano), Flat Necklace, detail, 1991
Ursula Newman, jewelry curator at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York, selected five pieces of jewelry from The Collection for the museum’s permanent collection. Two steps were necessary to formalize her decision, and the first occurred yesterday when the curatorial staff put their stamp [...]
Elise Winters on Apr 17 2009 | Filed under: 1996, Voulkos
Pier Voulkos, Star Fruit Bead Necklace, 1996
One more from my collection to enjoy while I’m away.
Elise Winters on Mar 27 2009 | Filed under: 1992, Voulkos
Pier Voulkos, Swirl Beads, 1992 detail
While I’m on the road, here’s a beautiful piece from the collection for you to enjoy.
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 May 23 2008 | Filed under: 1997, MIPCES Exhibition, Voulkos
POCKETS AND PILLOWS OF AIR
2 ½’ x 3’ x 3″
For the MIPCES catalog, Pier wrote: “This unique clay softens before it hardens in the baking. So most often a large form needs some kind of internal or external armature to keep it from distorting or collapsing while it bakes. I tried air [...]
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 [...]