Polymer Art Archive

Gwen Gibson, Polymer Wall Piece, 1997
Between 1996 and 1997 Gwen created about 20 wall pieces before returning to jewelry.  Gwen writes,” Having abandoned much of what defined my work as jewelry, I felt free to experiment with scale and function.  This wall piece combines several techniques as well as two and three-dimensional treatments.”

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Pier Voulkos, Star Fruit Bead Necklace, 1996
One more from my collection to enjoy while I’m away.

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By the mid 1990’s Michael and Ruth Anne Grove had become masters of what was then called the “step blend”.  They used the technique not just to add shading within their cane but to create intricate texture and pattern as seen in this brooch. 

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When I started to plan the sequence of innovation-based articles for this site, the task seemed daunting since there were so many events to choose from.
That led me to reread Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s book, “Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention”, which provided helpful guidelines for making those choices. Mihaly distinguishes in his book [...]

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Many acknowledge Nan Roche and her book, The New Clay, as the source and the early inspiration for the explosion of information about polymer and its growth as a medium for artistry. 
 
But how many realize that this could never have happened without the support and vision of Seymour Bress, founder of Flower Valley Press.  In [...]

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