What Color Lies Beneath
February 11, 2014
Inspirational Art
With the 22nd Winter Olympic Games being held in Sochi, Russia right now, it seems like a perfect time turn our focus to art work from the area. Oxana Volkova, a mixed medium artist with a serious love of color living in Moscow. She calls these bracelets Color Splash 2 for what is probably an obvious reason.
The kaleidoscope of colors here works well due to the relative simplicity of the design. I know, it doesn’t appear simple but there are only the elements of texture and color being used and in a limited way. The colors and lines of texture both run across the width of the bracelet but the variation in color and the unevenness of the texture give the surface a bit of tension and energy.
Oxana loves bold, brilliant colors and likes to mix media. She mixes her mediums so expertly, it is sometimes hard to tell where one stops and the other begins. For more color and texture ideas in a variety of mediums, take a look at her Flickr photostream when you have a break today.
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Falling Spring
January 15, 2014
Inspirational Art
Jennifer Morris has a mixed media approach to her polymer clay work. She has a signature embroidery style that uses an ever-changing mixed-media combination of polymer clay infused with gold and silver leaf, and she often incorporates recycled papers and fabric pulp into her designs. These fringed earrings look like heavy stones, but are actually light and airy when worn.
Let Jennifer’s work inspire you to push your materials into unexpected places, using them in fresh new ways. Try a little mixed media by adding different materials to your work or by embellishing your work with embroidery or crochet stitches. Check out this interview with Jennifer on Etsy.
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.
With the 22nd Winter Olympic Games being held in Sochi, Russia right now, it seems like a perfect time turn our focus to art work from the area. Oxana Volkova, a mixed medium artist with a serious love of color living in Moscow. She calls these bracelets Color Splash 2 for what is probably an obvious reason.
The kaleidoscope of colors here works well due to the relative simplicity of the design. I know, it doesn’t appear simple but there are only the elements of texture and color being used and in a limited way. The colors and lines of texture both run across the width of the bracelet but the variation in color and the unevenness of the texture give the surface a bit of tension and energy.
Oxana loves bold, brilliant colors and likes to mix media. She mixes her mediums so expertly, it is sometimes hard to tell where one stops and the other begins. For more color and texture ideas in a variety of mediums, take a look at her Flickr photostream when you have a break today.
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.
Jennifer Morris has a mixed media approach to her polymer clay work. She has a signature embroidery style that uses an ever-changing mixed-media combination of polymer clay infused with gold and silver leaf, and she often incorporates recycled papers and fabric pulp into her designs. These fringed earrings look like heavy stones, but are actually light and airy when worn.
Let Jennifer’s work inspire you to push your materials into unexpected places, using them in fresh new ways. Try a little mixed media by adding different materials to your work or by embellishing your work with embroidery or crochet stitches. Check out this interview with Jennifer on Etsy.
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.
