Supporting Sources of Inspiration
January 4, 2019
Inspirational Art
Another way to spark your creativity and motivation is to invest in quality paid content. It has been found that people will use paid content far more than the freebie stuff. This means you would be extra-motivated to read what you have because you put your hard-earned cash out to get it, which in turn means you are more likely to be productive and happy with your creative time because of all the great ideas and inspiration you are taking in.
Of course, an absolutely excellent way to do this would be to buy a book like the Polymer Art Projects—Organics or subscribe to The Polymer Studio to get quality content from all over the world including tons of polymer projects, reviews, interviews, studio tours, studio organizational ideas, and other fantastic polymer-centric fun. I know I am a bit partial to those!
There are also other people out there, great supporters of our community, who found ways to bring you more regular content but in small bites. Cynthia Tinapple sends out her “Studio Mojo” every weekend. It is a trimmed-down listing of all the exciting things that she has found during the week including inspirational thoughts, artwork, tools, sales, polymer-art-related announcements, and other interesting arts-related ideas. For instance, I would never have seen these beautiful dragonflies by Anna Nell on Instagram if Cynthia hadn’t mentioned her colorful creatures in an edition of her paid newsletter last month. Or I might have missed some tool ideas if it weren’t for this great tool list she put together. Studio Mojo is all of $6.99 a month or $76 a year if you subscribe annually. It’s a great shot in the arm each weekend and a super quick read for all the information that is packed in there.
Ginger Davis Allman also just started a three-times-a-week snippet of a newsletter she calls “The Muse” with tips, musings, and inspiration. It’s also a quick read and is just $5 a month or $55 annually. Although these are short, when they hit a note with you, the thoughts last all day, or longer.
So do consider investing a little in your creative future. Go to our Tenth Muse Arts site to subscribe to the new magazine or buy a book. Go to the Studio Mojo page to sign up for your weekend inspiration and go here to sign up for Ginger’s weekday musing. With all that, you will be well covered for inspiration in the coming year and you will be supporting us independent artists whose passion is supporting your creative endeavors!
New Clays and New Toys
May 1, 2014
Polymer community news
Down in the vendor’s hall here at EuroSynergy, there are artists selling their beautiful work so we are getting the rare chance to see the craftsmanship and beauty of dozens of very skilled artists up close and personal. That in itself is very exciting but there is also the huge variety of new clays and new tools coming out from big manufacturers and small. It’s like Christmas comes early for polymer people!
You may have heard that there are some new clays coming out but did you know that there are new varieties by three big manufacturers? I am lucky enough to have a sneak peek back at the TPA office but to see all of the new products in one room is kind of overwhelming.
Both Polyform and Staedtler have brand new lines of clay as well as tools. Premo Souffle and a batch of truly new products are just streaming out of the creative centers at Polyform. Iris Weiss and Syndee Holt were demonstrating the new tools and sampling the new soft colors of Souffle at their very busy little corner of the room.
Staedtler’s new professional color wheel based system with a thoroughly tested color mixing system along with some really high quality new tools and supplies were drawing people in just as much.
I was personally most thrilled to meet George Desmare and his lovely wife from The Clay and Paint Factory who brought the lines of Cernit to the show. I know they have been working on getting these new lines out to more retailers which I find thrilling. The colors and lines of clay are very obviously different when you just look at the color palettes.
I can’t tell you more now as we are in the process of gathering all the details about the new products for out “Clay Report” that you’ll find in the next issue. So you have your peek here and then be sure you have an up to date subscription so you’ll get the Summer issue of The Polymer Arts due out at the end of the month.
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.
Scientifically Artistic Finds
July 2, 2012
Inspirational Art, Supplies & other fun stuff
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.
Another way to spark your creativity and motivation is to invest in quality paid content. It has been found that people will use paid content far more than the freebie stuff. This means you would be extra-motivated to read what you have because you put your hard-earned cash out to get it, which in turn means you are more likely to be productive and happy with your creative time because of all the great ideas and inspiration you are taking in.
Of course, an absolutely excellent way to do this would be to buy a book like the Polymer Art Projects—Organics or subscribe to The Polymer Studio to get quality content from all over the world including tons of polymer projects, reviews, interviews, studio tours, studio organizational ideas, and other fantastic polymer-centric fun. I know I am a bit partial to those!
There are also other people out there, great supporters of our community, who found ways to bring you more regular content but in small bites. Cynthia Tinapple sends out her “Studio Mojo” every weekend. It is a trimmed-down listing of all the exciting things that she has found during the week including inspirational thoughts, artwork, tools, sales, polymer-art-related announcements, and other interesting arts-related ideas. For instance, I would never have seen these beautiful dragonflies by Anna Nell on Instagram if Cynthia hadn’t mentioned her colorful creatures in an edition of her paid newsletter last month. Or I might have missed some tool ideas if it weren’t for this great tool list she put together. Studio Mojo is all of $6.99 a month or $76 a year if you subscribe annually. It’s a great shot in the arm each weekend and a super quick read for all the information that is packed in there.
Ginger Davis Allman also just started a three-times-a-week snippet of a newsletter she calls “The Muse” with tips, musings, and inspiration. It’s also a quick read and is just $5 a month or $55 annually. Although these are short, when they hit a note with you, the thoughts last all day, or longer.
So do consider investing a little in your creative future. Go to our Tenth Muse Arts site to subscribe to the new magazine or buy a book. Go to the Studio Mojo page to sign up for your weekend inspiration and go here to sign up for Ginger’s weekday musing. With all that, you will be well covered for inspiration in the coming year and you will be supporting us independent artists whose passion is supporting your creative endeavors!
Read MoreDown in the vendor’s hall here at EuroSynergy, there are artists selling their beautiful work so we are getting the rare chance to see the craftsmanship and beauty of dozens of very skilled artists up close and personal. That in itself is very exciting but there is also the huge variety of new clays and new tools coming out from big manufacturers and small. It’s like Christmas comes early for polymer people!
You may have heard that there are some new clays coming out but did you know that there are new varieties by three big manufacturers? I am lucky enough to have a sneak peek back at the TPA office but to see all of the new products in one room is kind of overwhelming.
Both Polyform and Staedtler have brand new lines of clay as well as tools. Premo Souffle and a batch of truly new products are just streaming out of the creative centers at Polyform. Iris Weiss and Syndee Holt were demonstrating the new tools and sampling the new soft colors of Souffle at their very busy little corner of the room.
Staedtler’s new professional color wheel based system with a thoroughly tested color mixing system along with some really high quality new tools and supplies were drawing people in just as much.
I was personally most thrilled to meet George Desmare and his lovely wife from The Clay and Paint Factory who brought the lines of Cernit to the show. I know they have been working on getting these new lines out to more retailers which I find thrilling. The colors and lines of clay are very obviously different when you just look at the color palettes.
I can’t tell you more now as we are in the process of gathering all the details about the new products for out “Clay Report” that you’ll find in the next issue. So you have your peek here and then be sure you have an up to date subscription so you’ll get the Summer issue of The Polymer Arts due out at the end of the month.
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.
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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