Archive for the 'Translucent Layering' Category

Gwen Gibson’s Wall Pieces

Elise Winters on May 15 2009 | Filed under: 1996, 1997, Gibson, Image Transfer, Imitative, MIPCES Exhibition, Screen Printing, Sheets, Translucent Layering

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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A Riff on Beads

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 [...]

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Trojan Horse

Elise Winters on Jan 18 2008 | Filed under: 1997, Kato, MIPCES Exhibition, Translucent Layering

“Seeing the horse again makes me want to make another one.”
That was Donna Kato’s reaction when I asked for her thoughts about what may be the most beloved piece exhibited at the 1997 Masters Invitational Polymer Clay Exhibition and Sale (MIPCES). The New Jersey event, which I conceived and coordinated, brought together 28 artists from [...]

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A Look into Translucent Layering

Kathleen on Jan 01 2008 | Filed under: 1989, 1995, Color transfer, Dustin, Feiss, Forlano, International Bead Conference, Translucent Layering, Voulkos

I first became intrigued by the particular characteristics of translucent polymer in 1989 when I made two goblet forms entitled “Angel’s Goblets.” I layered it very thinly with some opaque millefiore intending to let light pass through it in order to see patterns layered over other patterns. I did not continue exploring this whole idea, [...]

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