Martha on Nov 27 2009 | Filed under: 1998, NWPCG, Ravensdale 1998, The Rave
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 third of these posts and we hope to follow up with more. Special thanks to Meredith Arnold who organized all these materials about Ravensdale 98.
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 Aug 28 2009 | Filed under: 2009, Balombini, Fuller Craft Museum, Sculpting Color
Laura Balombini, Maybe Tomorrow: Pages from my Dreambook, 2009, detail
clay board with polymer relief, encaustics, oils, collage
This is one of nine pages from Laura’s imaginary sketchbook installation in the Sculpting Color exhibition, currently on view at the Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton MA.
Laura writes:
“I found my way into the world of polymer having started as [...]
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 [...]
Lindly on Aug 07 2009 | Filed under: 1990's, Bead Roller, Extruder, Hornberger, Shrinemont
There is the saying that “Necessity is the mother of invention”. While making precise uniformly-shaped beads from polymer clay isn’t exactly a necessity, it can be challenging to do so. This is particularly the case when you want to make uniform elongated oval baeds with two pinted ends.
I first met Carl and Jean Hornberger at [...]
Elise Winters on Jul 24 2009 | Filed under: 2007, Caning, Color Theory, McCaw
Sandra McCaw, Persian Cuff, 2007
polymer, 23K gold leaf
3″ x 2.25″ x 1.25″
Last week you read about color theory. Here’s a follow-up in which you can see how one master artist puts theory into practice.
Sandra McCaw explains:
Woody Rudin on Jul 17 2009 | Filed under: 2009, Color Inspirations, Color Theory, Haunani, Maggio
Make room in your bookcase for a new essential text. Nan Roche’s historic work, The New Clay, which we’ve long referred to as The Bible of polymer may have to be renamed now as The Old Testament and moved one slot to the left. There’s a New Testament coming to town and it’s titled Polymer [...]
Elise Winters on Jul 03 2009 | Filed under: 1998, Haunani, Recent History, 1997 NPCG
Lindly Haunani, Crayon Lei in Oranges and Greens, 1998
Translucent polymer, Super Flex polymer, chopped crayons, nylon thread
2″h x 2″w x 23″long
This necklace was made for the faculty exhibit at the First National Polymer Clay Guild Conference at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. It was the second piece in a series of [...]
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 [...]