Archive for the 'MIPCES Exhibition' Category

The Collection

On the wish list of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Elise Winters, Citron Cascade RUFFLE, neckpiece, 2009
Over the past few months PAA readers may have noticed posts on different pieces that Elise Winters titled, “Selection from the Collection.”  Aside from being a catchy sounding phrase, what does this really mean?  The explanation entails a [...]

Gwen Gibson’s Wall Pieces

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.”

MIPCES Exhibition: It’s a Wrap

Six remaining artists participated in the 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.

Nan Roche, CUP, 2” x 3” x 2”

MIPCES Exhibition: Liz 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 [...]

MIPCES Exhibition: Katherine Dewey

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 [...]

MIPCES Exhibition: Elise 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 [...]

MIPCES Exhibition: Kathleen Dustin

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 [...]

MIPCES Exhibition: Steven Ford

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 [...]

MIPCES Exhibition: Tory Hughes

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.

SOUVENIR #1, YOU MUST BE PRESENT TO WIN
10.5″ x 5.5″ x 3.5″
For the MIPCES catalog, Victoria Hughes wrote:
“The ‘Souvenirs’ series is composed of structures to evoke memories; of [...]

MIPCES Exhibition: Amy Zinman

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.

LIZARDO DIABLO 11”L x 7½”W x 7”H
For the MIPCES catalog, Amy Zinman wrote:
“Just as the chameleon can change its appearance to blend into the environment, polymer clay can [...]