Fondness for a Place

September 16, 2014

Joan Israel cityscape israelGinger’s pick for today is a bit of lovely wall art by  New York’s Joan Israel.  Like yesterday’s post, this polymer clay landscape scene consists of individual elements that are arranged to tell a story although I think this one is more about the artist than the town.

Although scenes and stories in polymer are most often literal imagery, the dimensionality and playfulness of the material lends itself more readily to symbolism and metaphor rather than realistic illustration. In this piece, the size of the various components relay a hierarchical importance between the images. The river, the sun, and the bird are the largest, most active and contrasting of the elements here. Light, freedom and a gentle meandering from these along with the bright and rich colors gives the viewer a sense that this is a very happy place, one the artist must be very fond of. The position of the menorah top and center helps in identifying the place if you didn’t see the title of the piece to start with. The title is “Israel” by the way, one of Joan’s favorite places, she confesses in her Flicker comments. Her love of the place does shine right through.

Bright colors and stylized imagery is Joan’s trademark from her jewelry to her covered decor to wall pieces like this. For a bright and sunny break in your day, take a look at Joan’s work on her Flickr photostream.

Ginger Davis Allman lives in Springfield, Missouri with her husband Gary, her three kids and her many craft obsessions. Subscribe to her blog and look around her website for her well-researched and in-depth posts and articles on polymer related subjects. Support her great information and research as well as treating yourself by getting yourself a tutorial or two from this talented lady.

 

 

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Outside Inspiration: Alternatives to Wall Decals

June 7, 2013

This week’s outside inspiration is not really about the “art work,” as what I’m bringing up is mass produced, but it has so much potential for the polymer artist looking to stretch beyond their jewelry or standard decor.

The thing is, these wall decal decorations are kind of a neat idea. but are truly not all that exciting. Its not just the  two-dimensionality of them; the color choices and graphics are not at all what they could be, either. However, just think of how gorgeous a wall of polymer flowers would look?

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Between the three-dimensional interest it would add, better and bolder color combinations, and the potential surface effects you can add … wow … what a wall that would be! Granted, these won’t be removable/repositionable stickers, but Fun-Tak (mounting putty) or small tacks (or embedded tacks?) should be enough to hold polymer flowers up and allow for rearranging with little or not damage to the wall. Anyone else besides me having ideas running rampant in their head?

Fondness for a Place

September 16, 2014
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Joan Israel cityscape israelGinger’s pick for today is a bit of lovely wall art by  New York’s Joan Israel.  Like yesterday’s post, this polymer clay landscape scene consists of individual elements that are arranged to tell a story although I think this one is more about the artist than the town.

Although scenes and stories in polymer are most often literal imagery, the dimensionality and playfulness of the material lends itself more readily to symbolism and metaphor rather than realistic illustration. In this piece, the size of the various components relay a hierarchical importance between the images. The river, the sun, and the bird are the largest, most active and contrasting of the elements here. Light, freedom and a gentle meandering from these along with the bright and rich colors gives the viewer a sense that this is a very happy place, one the artist must be very fond of. The position of the menorah top and center helps in identifying the place if you didn’t see the title of the piece to start with. The title is “Israel” by the way, one of Joan’s favorite places, she confesses in her Flicker comments. Her love of the place does shine right through.

Bright colors and stylized imagery is Joan’s trademark from her jewelry to her covered decor to wall pieces like this. For a bright and sunny break in your day, take a look at Joan’s work on her Flickr photostream.

Ginger Davis Allman lives in Springfield, Missouri with her husband Gary, her three kids and her many craft obsessions. Subscribe to her blog and look around her website for her well-researched and in-depth posts and articles on polymer related subjects. Support her great information and research as well as treating yourself by getting yourself a tutorial or two from this talented lady.

 

 

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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Outside Inspiration: Alternatives to Wall Decals

June 7, 2013
Posted in

This week’s outside inspiration is not really about the “art work,” as what I’m bringing up is mass produced, but it has so much potential for the polymer artist looking to stretch beyond their jewelry or standard decor.

The thing is, these wall decal decorations are kind of a neat idea. but are truly not all that exciting. Its not just the  two-dimensionality of them; the color choices and graphics are not at all what they could be, either. However, just think of how gorgeous a wall of polymer flowers would look?

NOUVELLES_HOST_0551342121956

 

Between the three-dimensional interest it would add, better and bolder color combinations, and the potential surface effects you can add … wow … what a wall that would be! Granted, these won’t be removable/repositionable stickers, but Fun-Tak (mounting putty) or small tacks (or embedded tacks?) should be enough to hold polymer flowers up and allow for rearranging with little or not damage to the wall. Anyone else besides me having ideas running rampant in their head?

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