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Author: Victoria Hughes

Victoria has been making and selling artowrk for more than 30 years. Her development and use of innovative techniques has influenced a generation of polymer clay artists both through her work, seen in numerous galleries and publication, and through her teaching career which has spanned the US and Canada. Victoria’s book, Polymer: The Chameleon Clay, was published by Krause in 2002.

Selection from the Collection: Orrery Neckpiece

By Victoria Hughes Posted on April 24, 2009 Posted in Artist's Commentary, Narrative Works

Tory Hughes, Orrery Neckpiece, 1992 Polymer and mixed media Why are we artists, anyway? For me, this career is the most flexible and marvelous -as in ‘full of marvels’- I could imagine. What other way of life encourages me to …

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Selections from the Collection: Armillary Neckpiece

By Victoria Hughes Posted on April 3, 2009 Posted in Artist's Commentary, Narrative Works

Tory Hughes, Armillary Neckpiece, 1992 Polymer and mixed media I believe most art is a snapshot of answers we’ve found in that moment. My more meaningful pieces are all illustrations of my current set of solutions, like anatomical drawings from …

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On The Road

By Victoria Hughes Posted on January 15, 2008 Posted in Artist Spotlight, Critical Commentary

One afternoon several years ago, Pier and I were driving slowly around Oakland and Alameda, looping along Interstate-980 in the ubiquitous dense traffic that proves you are in The Bay Area. She had picked me up at Jeremy Gordon’s house …

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