MIPCES Exhibiton: Kathleen Amt
If you are a new visitor to Polymer Art Archive, you can find background about this event in the 2 posts, Past, Present Future and All About MIPCES. HOUSES 7 1/4″ x 4 1/4″ x 1 1/4″ For the exhibition, …
All About: The First NPCG Conference at Arrowmont
Elise asked me to lead a small team of volunteers to research and write about gatherings that influenced the development of polymer as an art medium. This is the second of these posts and we hope to follow up with …
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Rachel’s Thoughts inspired by Jed Perl’s Essay on the Artisanal Urge
In Jed Perl’s article, “The Artisanal Urge” American Craft (June/July 2008), he defends the “human desire to make something with one’s own hands” against the current stylistic trend of a more detached approach to creating art. Perl, an author of …
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MIPCES Exhibition: Margaret Regan
INSOMNIA BOWL, Undreamt Dreams 12¾” x 11¾” x 3¼” For the MIPCES catalog, Margaret Regan wrote: “I like images that float, and my work is characterized by a high degree of drift and space. There’s a dream state where you …
MIPCES Exhibition: Cynthia Toops
ANEMONE HAT polymer clay, brass, velvet, aluminum screen 7” diameter, 3 1/2”h In the MIPCES catalog, Cynthia Toops wrote: “Dan and I create beads for elaborate jewelry pieces. For this project I wanted to make a full-size hat and imposed …