Darling Darkling

October 29, 2014

CaptureWith the popularity of vampires still high these days, I would be remiss in letting a week of beautiful dark things go by without presenting at least one of the well-loved creatures. And this one is not hard to appreciate. She’s actually a “Darkling” as envisioned by sculptor Barbara Key.

Darkling is actually not a noun in any standard dictionary I could find, but the concept of a darkling is described broadly as just a creature of the night in listings and records of our pop culture nomenclature. So, an artist’s rendition is really wide open for interpretation. And Barbara does run with it–a vampiric fairy with a thing for leather and lingerie and what looks like a either a rough day on the job, or she just finished a good tear-jeaker of a movie. But truly, for a creature of the dark, she is rather darling.

Barbara is always good for a few unexpected details on her art dolls as well as an elegant beauty even in her darkest creations. To enjoy similar seasonally appropriate darlings, spend a little time visiting Barbara’s website.

 

 

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Scientifically Artistic Finds

Polymer borrows from every other art form and many other industries and the scientific industry is no exception. Our tissue blades for instance are for biological and physiological studies (yep, the tissue referred to is not Kleenex!)  I also know many polymer artists who use dental tools, pipettes and chemistry scales not to mention the multitudes of hardware and containers that a scientific supply source can offer. So here is one supply source for such things — American Science & Surplus — a very fun and inexpensive supply site with just a mind-boggling number of items that a polymer artist would want … or maybe, need!

Here’s just one example of what can be done with scientific hardware. Julia Sober is quite fond of incorporating microscope slides into her polymer and metal jewelry.  Here she uses cane worked polymer clay, glass microscope slides, gold-filled wire, aluminum tubing, and glass beads for this beautiful set.

 

Darling Darkling

October 29, 2014
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CaptureWith the popularity of vampires still high these days, I would be remiss in letting a week of beautiful dark things go by without presenting at least one of the well-loved creatures. And this one is not hard to appreciate. She’s actually a “Darkling” as envisioned by sculptor Barbara Key.

Darkling is actually not a noun in any standard dictionary I could find, but the concept of a darkling is described broadly as just a creature of the night in listings and records of our pop culture nomenclature. So, an artist’s rendition is really wide open for interpretation. And Barbara does run with it–a vampiric fairy with a thing for leather and lingerie and what looks like a either a rough day on the job, or she just finished a good tear-jeaker of a movie. But truly, for a creature of the dark, she is rather darling.

Barbara is always good for a few unexpected details on her art dolls as well as an elegant beauty even in her darkest creations. To enjoy similar seasonally appropriate darlings, spend a little time visiting Barbara’s website.

 

 

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.

14-P3 Fall-Play cover Full sm  Blog2 -2014-02Feb-3   polymer clay butterfly ornament sm   TPA Blog Newsletter Ad  ShadesofClay 1014 v2  tpabl-10-9072014

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Scientifically Artistic Finds

July 2, 2012
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Polymer borrows from every other art form and many other industries and the scientific industry is no exception. Our tissue blades for instance are for biological and physiological studies (yep, the tissue referred to is not Kleenex!)  I also know many polymer artists who use dental tools, pipettes and chemistry scales not to mention the multitudes of hardware and containers that a scientific supply source can offer. So here is one supply source for such things — American Science & Surplus — a very fun and inexpensive supply site with just a mind-boggling number of items that a polymer artist would want … or maybe, need!

Here’s just one example of what can be done with scientific hardware. Julia Sober is quite fond of incorporating microscope slides into her polymer and metal jewelry.  Here she uses cane worked polymer clay, glass microscope slides, gold-filled wire, aluminum tubing, and glass beads for this beautiful set.

 

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