Today’s front page of ArtDaily.org features an announcement about the Racine Art Museum’s collection and its upcoming exhibition, Terra Nova: Polymer Art at the Crossroads and the companion book. This prominent placement, along with photos, represents an unprecedented level of …
This press release just in from the Racine Art Museum: 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 part …
While researching her essay for the upcoming RAM exhibition catalog, Rachel Carren has encountered lots of interesting historical material too detailed for that volume. One example is this story of Marie Segal’s first encounter with polymer and the business which …
Just as Tory and Lindly built upon Nan’s original concept of polymer mokume gane, others followed and added their own variations to the process. The approach to “stack and distort” kept evolving. Celie Fago combined Tory’s and Lindly’s techniques. Celie …
For a time in the early 1990’s Nan Roche, Tory Hughes and Lindly Haunani were all living in the Washington, DC area. Shortly after the publication of Roche’s The New Clay, Tory Hughes and Lindly Haunani each developed their own …