“One small change for man, one giant leap for an entire creative community.” Admittedly, it doesn’t have quite the ring of Neil Armstrong’s moon-landing quote, but it does mark a historic step in the development of polymer clay art. Of …
The elements of design are present in all fabricated objects, although we rarely stop to consider them. A stylistic analysis of a hand crafted piece of jewelry, a manufactured chair or product packaging may seem strange, but one can evaluate …
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I was certainly bedazzled to see the this show at Beadazzled in Washington, DC in 1990. It was the first time I had ever seen the work of Pier Voulkos, Sarah Shriver, Grove & Grove and City Zen Cane in …
I became interested in polymer clay in 1988, when a number of things serendipitously led me to take a workshop from Kathleen Dustin. At the time I had a large vegetable/herb garden and was experimenting with different colored inlays of …
In 1994, Julie: Artisans’ Gallery was just about the only places you could see work by accomplished polymer jewelry artists. When Julie Shafler Dale opened her gallery in 1973, it was the very first boutique dedicated to wearable art in …