More Fun and Flair in the Netherlands
April 22, 2014 Inspirational Art
Since I featured Marjon yesterday, I certainly couldn’t leave her periodicals partner in crime, Saskia Veltenaar, out of this look at the art of our polymer publication people. I suspect that part of the reason they are such close friends is that they are both so much about fun and flair, both in their personalities and their creative endeavors. Last year, Saskia went quite floral with a series of colorful pieces with botanicals emerging from textured black backgrounds. Bright colors against black really make the colors stand out and Saskia and her bubbly personality never seems to be afraid to stand out!
Saskia shows off her many talents including beading, fiber and metal work on her beautifully composed website and on her Flickr pages.
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.
The Faces of Polymer in Print
April 21, 2014 Inspirational Art
As I prepare for EuroSynergy, my mind is especially keyed in on our Polymer in Print presentation. Obviously, I have quite the interest in this area and the outcome of the survey we did a few weeks ago was extremely enlightening. I am very excited to get to see many of the people who are key to what is available in print for polymer, both in the past and present, while in Malta. It made me realize how busy most of us are, that even though we are artists, our work doesn’t get seen much (or we don’t get into the studio much to start with being so busy with publications) so this week, let’s highlight some of our publishing mavens and their artistic talent.
My counterparts over at “From Polymer to Art” have been a bit more active in creating their own work than I probably have been the last couple years. I think of Marjon Donke, co-founder and co-editor of FPTA, as the queen of dots. I think she wore something with dots at least every other day at last year’s Synergy. This pendant of hers with a sampling of dots as surface design is rather typical of her fun work and her fun personality!
Marjon’s work can be found at a number of places on the Internet as well as in their magazine which she regularly contributes to. Primarily you can find her work on Flickr and her own website and the fun and entertaining From Polymer to Art magazine.
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.
Aging Like Porcelain
August 15, 2012 Polymer community news, Technique tutorials
I restrained myself from presenting any crackling techniques lately (cracked textures being a weakness of mine!) but I figure enough time has passed to share this beauty and mention a couple of polymer friends along with it.
This if the work of Tonja Lenderman. She developed this technique which is posted on Polka Dot Creation’s page for free viewing. It looks like the full-detail tutorial is being published in the upcoming issue (Pink) of From Polymer to Art, due out in less than a month. Although Polka Dot Creations is phasing out their retail shop, Lisa will still continue to distribute the next couple print issues of From Polymer to Art in the US. So do get your copy reserved through them here.
In the meantime, if you are in a crackling mood, take a crack at this technique (I had to say it!) then you can review the full tutorial to improve upon what you’ve learned.
Since I featured Marjon yesterday, I certainly couldn’t leave her periodicals partner in crime, Saskia Veltenaar, out of this look at the art of our polymer publication people. I suspect that part of the reason they are such close friends is that they are both so much about fun and flair, both in their personalities and their creative endeavors. Last year, Saskia went quite floral with a series of colorful pieces with botanicals emerging from textured black backgrounds. Bright colors against black really make the colors stand out and Saskia and her bubbly personality never seems to be afraid to stand out!
Saskia shows off her many talents including beading, fiber and metal work on her beautifully composed website and on her Flickr pages.
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.
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As I prepare for EuroSynergy, my mind is especially keyed in on our Polymer in Print presentation. Obviously, I have quite the interest in this area and the outcome of the survey we did a few weeks ago was extremely enlightening. I am very excited to get to see many of the people who are key to what is available in print for polymer, both in the past and present, while in Malta. It made me realize how busy most of us are, that even though we are artists, our work doesn’t get seen much (or we don’t get into the studio much to start with being so busy with publications) so this week, let’s highlight some of our publishing mavens and their artistic talent.
My counterparts over at “From Polymer to Art” have been a bit more active in creating their own work than I probably have been the last couple years. I think of Marjon Donke, co-founder and co-editor of FPTA, as the queen of dots. I think she wore something with dots at least every other day at last year’s Synergy. This pendant of hers with a sampling of dots as surface design is rather typical of her fun work and her fun personality!
Marjon’s work can be found at a number of places on the Internet as well as in their magazine which she regularly contributes to. Primarily you can find her work on Flickr and her own website and the fun and entertaining From Polymer to Art magazine.
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.
Read MoreI restrained myself from presenting any crackling techniques lately (cracked textures being a weakness of mine!) but I figure enough time has passed to share this beauty and mention a couple of polymer friends along with it.
This if the work of Tonja Lenderman. She developed this technique which is posted on Polka Dot Creation’s page for free viewing. It looks like the full-detail tutorial is being published in the upcoming issue (Pink) of From Polymer to Art, due out in less than a month. Although Polka Dot Creations is phasing out their retail shop, Lisa will still continue to distribute the next couple print issues of From Polymer to Art in the US. So do get your copy reserved through them here.
In the meantime, if you are in a crackling mood, take a crack at this technique (I had to say it!) then you can review the full tutorial to improve upon what you’ve learned.
Read More