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:
Elise Winters on May 29 2009 | Filed under: 1997, Blends, Caning, City Zen Cane, Ford, Forlano
City Zen Cane (aka Ford/Forlano), Earrings, circa 1996
Early in their collaborations, the team of Steven Ford and David Forlano worked under the name City Zen Cane. Here are a few early examples of their work which illustrate why this name was so apropos and which provide a window into the nature of their collaboration.
Elise Winters on Mar 14 2008 | Filed under: 1980's, 1990's, Allen, Breen, Caning, Grove, Millefiore
Are you hooked on Kathleen Dustin’s presentation about the work done by the early polymer bead makers? Then, you’ll want to see even more images by those pioneers. After each of Kathleen’s next few installments, I will provide you with an expanded view of those artists’ early work.
In the gallery that follows you can put [...]
Kathleen on Mar 04 2008 | Filed under: 1970's, Caning, Hughes, Imitative, Julie: Artisans Gallery, Millefiore, Synergy NPCG 2008 Conference, Voulkos
This is Part Two of the speech delivered at Synergy: the 2008 National Polymer Clay Guild Conference held in Baltimore, Maryland in February 2008. The entire speech will be publish in serial form in five parts on Polymer Art Archive .
The Earliest Polymer Bead-makers
Many of these American artists first became aware of the polymer brand Fimo in [...]
David on Jan 22 2008 | Filed under: 1994, 1995, Caning, Ford, Forlano, Ink Transfer, Translucent Layering
After returning from a trip to Japan in 1994, I felt inspired by much of the textile design I had seen there.
Steve (Ford) and I were looking for new cane ideas as well as new jewelry forms to work with. After looking closely at much of the ikat patterns we found in books and Japanese [...]
Elise Winters on Dec 10 2007 | Filed under: 1981, 1983, Caning, Millefiore, Olson, Publications, Shriver
In St. Louis in 1981, the National Association of Miniature Enthusiasts held a national convention. It was there that Esther Olson introduced her process for making miniature candies from FIMO®. Today we would recognize these techniques as millefiore caning. From that inconspicuous beginning, caning has evolved into extraordinary art, as seen in the work of [...]
Rachel Carren on Dec 09 2007 | Filed under: Caning, Design, Shriver
The appeal of a kaleidoscope is its capacity to offer a constantly changing view from the same set of components. For Sarah Shriver, the possibility of perpetual change from a single starting point suggests an inspiration for her intricate compositions. In her elasticized cuff bracelet, one’s initial sense is of an amalgamation of coordinated, but [...]