Rachel Carren on Jan 20 2012 | Filed under: Exhibitons and Shows
Nancy Banks, Necklace, 2006, polymer, wire
The Mingei International Museum of Art show, “New Jewelry in a New Medium”, includes the work of 64 artists. This exhibition evolved out of work acquired by the Mingei from Elise Winters’s Polymer Collection Project and the absorption of the Bead Museum formerly of Glendale, Arizona. Many of the less [...]
Rachel Carren on Dec 17 2011 | Filed under: Exhibitons and Shows
Pier Voulkos, Bracelet, 1995, polymer
1 3/4″ x 3″, Gift of the Bead Museum, Glendale, Arizona
Photo by Tim Siegert
“New Jewelry in a New Medium”, an exhibition of polymer art opens today on the Balboa Campus of the Mingei International Museum in San Diego, California. The show focuses on individual beads and beaded adornments such as necklaces [...]
Rachel Carren on Nov 28 2011 | Filed under: Exhibitons and Shows
Jeffrey Lloyd Dever, Serendipity, 2011
19”w x 13”h x 11”d
polymer, steel wire (reclaimed coat hangers)
plastic coated copper wire
Once again the Wayne Art Center’s annual Craft Forms exhibition will include a stunning work of polymer art. Jeffrey Lloyd Dever’s Serendipity is not only included in the show but featured on the cover of the invitation to the [...]
Elise Winters on Oct 28 2011 | Filed under: Conferences, Exhibitons and Shows
The polymer art internet world has been abuzz since last weekend’s events at Racine Art Museum. The blogs are filled with fabulous “eye-candy” from the Terra Nova exhibition, of the attendees and the gorgeous setting. For me, one of the truly historic aspects of the weekend was the breadth and depth of discussions at the [...]
Rachel Carren on Sep 29 2011 | Filed under: Aesthetic Comments, Exhibitons and Shows
Dan Cormier, Looking Back To A Less Complicated Tomorrow, 2002, Astronaut 4.5″ x 1.5″ x 1.5″, Flying Saucer overall 18″H x 15″W
What moves you? For the Brookfield Craft Center show in 2002, “Moves in Polymer Clay,” (Brookfield, Connecticut) curator Elise Winters invited artists to create something in response to the word, “move.” Dan Cormier’s translation [...]
Rachel Carren on Sep 17 2011 | Filed under: Aesthetic Comments, Exhibitons and Shows
photo: Maxwell Malinow
The range of Wendy Malinow’s imagination careens between the macabre and the fanciful. In her “Woodland Crown”, now on exhibit in the Mobilia show, “Objects of Status, Power and Adornment”, she has created a piece that explores all three of these concepts as well as suggesting other historic traditions.
Elise Winters on Aug 20 2011 | Filed under: Exhibitons and Shows
Featuring over 200 objects made of polymer, including adornment, vessels, and furniture, Terra Nova: Polymer Art at the Crossroads reflects a short but sweet period in the history of creative endeavors.
Elise Winters on Aug 18 2011 | Filed under: Conferences, Exhibitons and Shows
The Wingspread campus provides a beautiful setting that is conducive to stimulating discussion and reflection.
The Racine Art Museum has just opened registration for Polymer: The Journey to New Terrain, a symposium to be held Friday, October 21 - Sunday, October 23 at The Johnson Foundation at Wingspread, a 14,000 square-foot home designed [...]
Elise Winters on Jan 14 2011 | Filed under: Exhibitons and Shows
Jeffrey Lloyd Dever, Serendipity, 2011
19”w x 13”h x 11”d
polymer clay, steel wire (reclaimed coat hangers)
plastic coated copper wire
Jeff’s work is currently on view as one of 3 artists in “New X 3″, an exhibit running from Jan 6 - Mar 26, 2011 at Blue Spiral 1 Gallery in Asheville, North Carolina. The show features works [...]
Elise Winters on Dec 22 2010 | Filed under: Exhibitons and Shows, Polymer Collection Project
This press release just in from the Racine Art Museum:
Lindly Haunani, Sushi Platter, 1992
Polymer, powders and composite metallic leaf
Racine Art Museum, Gift of the Artist
Photography: Penina Meisels
The Racine Art Museum (RAM) in Racine, Wisconsin, is pleased to announce the museum’s recent commitment to establishing a permanent collection of polymer jewelry, beads and sculptural objects. As [...]