Cynthia Toops, Helmet, 2009, detail During the panel discussion at the opening of the Sculpting Color Exhibition, Kathleen Dustin raised the question of polymer as a “green” material. Cynthia Toops was not present that day, but her Helmet was, in …
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 …
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 …
Ronnie Kirsch, Details 2, 2000 5 1/4″ x 3 1/8″ x 3 1/8″ Give Ronnie Kirsch three stones……and she’ll turn them into a meal. That’s the artistry she exhibits in her kitchen. Give her three blocks of polymer clay…..and she’ll …
There is the saying that “Necessity is the mother of invention”. While making precise uniformly-shaped beads from polymer clay isn’t exactly a necessity, it can be challenging to do so. This is particularly the case when you want to make …