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Polymer at SOFA:Chicago 2009

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 [...]

SOFA:Chicago 2009

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.

Balombini: a Closer Look at Sculpting Color

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 [...]

SRO at the Fuller

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 [...]

Book Review: Color Inspirations

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 [...]

Selections from the Collection: Sebo Brooch

Elise Winters on Jun 12 2009 | Filed under: 2009, Carren, Screen Printing

Rachel Carren, William Morris Sebo Brooch, 2009
This is one from a series of screen printed segmented brooches. Working with stamped and printed images, Rachel has taken surface ornamentation on polymer to new heights. Writing about this piece, Rachel says,