The Fall 2014 cover of The Polymer Arts & 2015 Themes!
August 9, 2014
Inspirational Art
A lot of great news over here this week. First …
The cover for Fall 2014 is ready for viewing! Yay! Here you see the newest cover for the Fall 2014 issue themed “Time to Play” with a beautiful wall piece by the talented Tammy Durham. Subscribe, Renew, or Pre-order single issues today to be sure you are in the first mailing that goes out. The files and mailing list go to the printer on the 19th, so purchase before then!
The second set of very exciting news is … The Polymer Arts 2015 Themes have been decided!
–Spring 2015: Diversity – We chose this word to encompass all the many mixed media and contrast suggestions. Certificate Winner: Danette Kazala
–Summer 2015: Connecting – Connecting, connected and connections were all direct suggestions from readers and can encompass so much; from visually cohesive design to adhesives, to cold connections to networking and community, etc. Certificate Winner: Beth Petricoin
–Fall 2015: Elements – This was not a suggested theme, but one we devised to include the many suggestions for mosaics (as in the many pieces/elements in one), organic/natural elements as well as ancient and found inspiration (elemental and/or worn by the elements). Certificate Winner: Claire Fairweather
–Winter 2015: Hidden – This was also a way to includes great suggestions like boxes, etching/carving into clay techniques, translucents and business secrets (as in hidden opportunities). Certificate Winner: Sue Hammer
Thank you to everyone who sent in suggestions. Nearly every suggestion brought up some good idea that fed into the creation of these themes or article ideas we have set aside for further exploration.
If you like this blog, support The Polymer Arts projects with a subscription or issue of The Polymer Arts magazine as well as supporting our advertising partners.
Contest: 2015 Theme for The Polymer Arts
July 19, 2014
The Polymer Arts magazine news
It’s time for us to start planning our issues for 2015!
This year we thought we’d get YOUR input on what type of articles you’d like us to research and write for you. 
You can contribute by giving us a theme word or phrase, describe a concept, or just tell us what kind of subjects you’d like us to cover. Any ideas that describe or even just lead us to a theme idea will be eligible to win a little something to show our gratitude. We’ve set aside (4) $20 Gift Certificates to The Polymer Arts to award to the readers with the winning themes/concepts, or in the case of multiple similar suggestions, to award to four people based on a random drawing. All you need to do is contact us at connect@thepolymerarts.com with your ideas. Here’s how we usually determine a good possible theme:
- Themes should address design concepts, issues, and/or trends in the polymer community.
- The single word or phrases we use for themes enable us to encompass any number of broad possible ideas that we can base articles around. For instance, the present issue’s theme “Light” encompasses such topics as illuminating light, light weight or visual light effects like shiny or reflective.
- Suggestions can even be previous themes, but with suggestions on how we could look at the theme differently or add other types of articles to it.
If you can, please explain a little about the theme or concepts that you are suggesting and why you think they would be a good idea. Any article suggestions are welcome! So, get any and all your ideas in by the end of the day on July 27th for a chance to shape the subjects you’ll get to read about in 2015, as well as having a chance to win a $20 Gift Certificate! Want to see all the themes we’ve done in the past? You can see them and all our articles listed on this page: http://www.thepolymerarts.com/TPA_TOCs.html
A lot of great news over here this week. First …
The cover for Fall 2014 is ready for viewing! Yay! Here you see the newest cover for the Fall 2014 issue themed “Time to Play” with a beautiful wall piece by the talented Tammy Durham. Subscribe, Renew, or Pre-order single issues today to be sure you are in the first mailing that goes out. The files and mailing list go to the printer on the 19th, so purchase before then!
The second set of very exciting news is … The Polymer Arts 2015 Themes have been decided!
–Spring 2015: Diversity – We chose this word to encompass all the many mixed media and contrast suggestions. Certificate Winner: Danette Kazala
–Summer 2015: Connecting – Connecting, connected and connections were all direct suggestions from readers and can encompass so much; from visually cohesive design to adhesives, to cold connections to networking and community, etc. Certificate Winner: Beth Petricoin
–Fall 2015: Elements – This was not a suggested theme, but one we devised to include the many suggestions for mosaics (as in the many pieces/elements in one), organic/natural elements as well as ancient and found inspiration (elemental and/or worn by the elements). Certificate Winner: Claire Fairweather
–Winter 2015: Hidden – This was also a way to includes great suggestions like boxes, etching/carving into clay techniques, translucents and business secrets (as in hidden opportunities). Certificate Winner: Sue Hammer
Thank you to everyone who sent in suggestions. Nearly every suggestion brought up some good idea that fed into the creation of these themes or article ideas we have set aside for further exploration.
If you like this blog, support The Polymer Arts projects with a subscription or issue of The Polymer Arts magazine as well as supporting our advertising partners.
It’s time for us to start planning our issues for 2015!
This year we thought we’d get YOUR input on what type of articles you’d like us to research and write for you. You can contribute by giving us a theme word or phrase, describe a concept, or just tell us what kind of subjects you’d like us to cover. Any ideas that describe or even just lead us to a theme idea will be eligible to win a little something to show our gratitude. We’ve set aside (4) $20 Gift Certificates to The Polymer Arts to award to the readers with the winning themes/concepts, or in the case of multiple similar suggestions, to award to four people based on a random drawing. All you need to do is contact us at connect@thepolymerarts.com with your ideas. Here’s how we usually determine a good possible theme:
- Themes should address design concepts, issues, and/or trends in the polymer community.
- The single word or phrases we use for themes enable us to encompass any number of broad possible ideas that we can base articles around. For instance, the present issue’s theme “Light” encompasses such topics as illuminating light, light weight or visual light effects like shiny or reflective.
- Suggestions can even be previous themes, but with suggestions on how we could look at the theme differently or add other types of articles to it.
If you can, please explain a little about the theme or concepts that you are suggesting and why you think they would be a good idea. Any article suggestions are welcome! So, get any and all your ideas in by the end of the day on July 27th for a chance to shape the subjects you’ll get to read about in 2015, as well as having a chance to win a $20 Gift Certificate! Want to see all the themes we’ve done in the past? You can see them and all our articles listed on this page: http://www.thepolymerarts.com/TPA_TOCs.html
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