Spring is Almost Here …
February 1, 2016
Inspirational Art
… not that you can tell by the weather! But we are doing our best to get you a bit of Spring by the end of February. Here is your first peek at the next issue of The Polymer Arts, Spring 2016 – Convergence. The issue is set to come out around March 1st.
Gracing our cover is the fabulous Fabiola Periz Ajates, otherwise known as Fabi. And what a fitting name. These brooches give you an idea of some of the articles and eye candy you’ll see in this mixed media, yet polymer-centric, issue. We’ve been trying for a while to do mixed media again, but we had to wait until we had the best ideas and great artists to share them and we really think we do.
Articles you can look forward to include:
- Focal Convergence: Composing with Focal Points
- Converging Clays: Create Metal Clay & Polymer
- Found Fusion: Working with Found Objects
- Fold, Cut, Shred, and Clay: Exploring Paper & Polymer
- All Knotted Up: Polymer & Micro Macrame Designs
- When is a Technique Ready to Share?
- The Best Camera for You and Your Art
- The Perfect Cure: The Final Word on Time & Temperature
- Training Your Artistic Eye
- Convergence at Ravensdale, 20 Years Later
- … and so much more!
I am off today for a family gathering so we are going to get a breather from the challenges today, but I will be back with one on Wed!
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Out of the Box Quilt-ish Clay
October 12, 2015
Inspirational Art
This last week’s conversations with various polymer friends, both old and new, seemed consistently to circle around new challenges and pushing our personal creative envelopes. If you saw Friday’s post, you got a peek at one artist seriously pushing herself with the result being the creation of a great new tool for polymer artists.
Then of course, we have the artists who want to push themselves in terms of what they are creating. Trying something new, leaving your comfort zone, and creating a challenge for yourself that makes you both nervous and terribly excited can be so invigorating for both your creativity and for your soul.
So, when I ran across this amazing and unusual quilt-ish piece by Heather Campbell, I just had to share it. Here Heather is working, as she puts it, “so out of the box for me … crazy fun!” It does look like fun but also a lot of work! Wonderful work, though.
It appears to be fabric-covered boards with polymer embellishments, mostly in heavily repeated elements. The large top image you see here is a detail, but you can get a better idea of the size and see the whole piece as it was when Heather took her progress images for her blog post. There, you can see her steps from the start to what you see here. It’s a feast for the eyes and a nice shot in the arm of color and creativity for a Monday.
We had the honor of getting a wonderful interview article on Heather for our Spring issue of The Polymer Arts, so do check that out if you can. Also, visit her site if you never have or haven’t recently and just wander through her galleries and blogs. Beautiful wall pieces and touching stories await you.
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Like this blog? Lend your support with a purchase of The Polymer Arts magazine and visit our partners:
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A Wine Break … to go with your new Spring Issue
February 28, 2015
Inspirational Art
Okay … I’m not really drinking here (but you go ahead!), but I did want to change gears from repetition to just show you these versions of wine colors that Syndee Holt put together for Polyform. They are just so juicy. Pantone declared the color of 2015 would be ‘Marsala’, so last month, Syndee whipped up some color recipe options to match the Pantone swatch. This is just one of them.
I guess I had my head down getting the spring issue out and missed them. They’re just gorgeous though, so I thought I’d halt with the repetition theme to bring you the recipes to try out this weekend if you haven’t already. That’s if you don’t have your head buried in the spring issue. Because it came out today!
If you have a digital subscription, you should find the access email in your inbox. If you don’t see it, check your junk mail folder or other email accounts that might have been given to us during the purchase process (if you paid by Paypal, the email Paypal has is the one that is given to us).
If you are waiting on your print issue, they started on their journey yesterday and should be with you shortly. If you haven’t ordered or subscribed yet, well you can do just that on The Polymer Arts website.
If you like this blog, support The Polymer Arts projects with a subscription or an issue of The Polymer Arts magazine as well as supporting our advertising partners.
… not that you can tell by the weather! But we are doing our best to get you a bit of Spring by the end of February. Here is your first peek at the next issue of The Polymer Arts, Spring 2016 – Convergence. The issue is set to come out around March 1st.
Gracing our cover is the fabulous Fabiola Periz Ajates, otherwise known as Fabi. And what a fitting name. These brooches give you an idea of some of the articles and eye candy you’ll see in this mixed media, yet polymer-centric, issue. We’ve been trying for a while to do mixed media again, but we had to wait until we had the best ideas and great artists to share them and we really think we do.
Articles you can look forward to include:
- Focal Convergence: Composing with Focal Points
- Converging Clays: Create Metal Clay & Polymer
- Found Fusion: Working with Found Objects
- Fold, Cut, Shred, and Clay: Exploring Paper & Polymer
- All Knotted Up: Polymer & Micro Macrame Designs
- When is a Technique Ready to Share?
- The Best Camera for You and Your Art
- The Perfect Cure: The Final Word on Time & Temperature
- Training Your Artistic Eye
- Convergence at Ravensdale, 20 Years Later
- … and so much more!
I am off today for a family gathering so we are going to get a breather from the challenges today, but I will be back with one on Wed!
___________________________________________
Like this blog? Lend your support with a purchase of The Polymer Arts magazine and visit our partners:
___________________________________________
Read More
This last week’s conversations with various polymer friends, both old and new, seemed consistently to circle around new challenges and pushing our personal creative envelopes. If you saw Friday’s post, you got a peek at one artist seriously pushing herself with the result being the creation of a great new tool for polymer artists.
Then of course, we have the artists who want to push themselves in terms of what they are creating. Trying something new, leaving your comfort zone, and creating a challenge for yourself that makes you both nervous and terribly excited can be so invigorating for both your creativity and for your soul.
So, when I ran across this amazing and unusual quilt-ish piece by Heather Campbell, I just had to share it. Here Heather is working, as she puts it, “so out of the box for me … crazy fun!” It does look like fun but also a lot of work! Wonderful work, though.
It appears to be fabric-covered boards with polymer embellishments, mostly in heavily repeated elements. The large top image you see here is a detail, but you can get a better idea of the size and see the whole piece as it was when Heather took her progress images for her blog post. There, you can see her steps from the start to what you see here. It’s a feast for the eyes and a nice shot in the arm of color and creativity for a Monday.
We had the honor of getting a wonderful interview article on Heather for our Spring issue of The Polymer Arts, so do check that out if you can. Also, visit her site if you never have or haven’t recently and just wander through her galleries and blogs. Beautiful wall pieces and touching stories await you.
___________________________________________
Like this blog? Lend your support with a purchase of The Polymer Arts magazine and visit our partners:
___________________________________________
Read MoreOkay … I’m not really drinking here (but you go ahead!), but I did want to change gears from repetition to just show you these versions of wine colors that Syndee Holt put together for Polyform. They are just so juicy. Pantone declared the color of 2015 would be ‘Marsala’, so last month, Syndee whipped up some color recipe options to match the Pantone swatch. This is just one of them.
I guess I had my head down getting the spring issue out and missed them. They’re just gorgeous though, so I thought I’d halt with the repetition theme to bring you the recipes to try out this weekend if you haven’t already. That’s if you don’t have your head buried in the spring issue. Because it came out today!
If you have a digital subscription, you should find the access email in your inbox. If you don’t see it, check your junk mail folder or other email accounts that might have been given to us during the purchase process (if you paid by Paypal, the email Paypal has is the one that is given to us).
If you are waiting on your print issue, they started on their journey yesterday and should be with you shortly. If you haven’t ordered or subscribed yet, well you can do just that on The Polymer Arts website.
If you like this blog, support The Polymer Arts projects with a subscription or an issue of The Polymer Arts magazine as well as supporting our advertising partners.
