Polymeri Online 15.2.14 | Elegant clay threads, Polymer Balloon bubble, When illustration meets clay, Polymer Iconic fun horror scenCes

Conte Magie's thin delicate beauties

Behance is a leading online platform to showcase and discover creative work.
Their goal is to empower the creative world and make ideas happen.
You can join, upload your portfolio and share it with other polymer clay (and non polymer) enthusiasts.
It is an incredible source of inspiration!

First Behance polymer clay artist is Russian ConteMagie (Lena CK) who is according to 2012 Behance records, a student (still?) and creates delicate thin (extruded?) clay stripes which are incorporated into a very impressive and elegant jewellery design.
Her designs features harmony of colour and shapes and sometimes she used beading techniques to finalise her beautiful delicate jewellery.
https://www.behance.net/ConteMagie

http://postcard-for-you.blogspot.ru

http://www.flickr.com/photos/box_of_magic_cards_for_you/

Larissa's clay work

Another Behance find is Larissa Honsek from Germany, which is a photographer most of her time but finds a little time to play with polymer clay.

There are very few photos of her polymer clay work in her profile, I hope she'll post more!

https://www.behance.net/collection/Clay-Polymer-Clay-(FIMO)/12445851

Raku Inoue wall pieces

Canadian (originally Japanese) Raku Inoue is another artist featuring his many talents in Behance: He is experimenting with multiple media but his work is based on polymer clay, digital photography and photoshop.
He has beautiful free wallpapers to download, was recently featured in "the Polymer Arts" magazine & his website is a fun tour into his multi graphic talents.
Don't miss his butterflies fast-farward tutorial on Vimeo -
https://vimeo.com/38010728

https://www.behance.net/rakuinoue
http://www.rakuinoue.com/splash

horror movie scenes
made of polymer clay

Lizzie Campbell is a UK polymer clay and mixed media illustrator.
She is using both FIMO and Sculpey brands of polymer clay depending on which works best for the design. Before working with polymer clay she used air dry clay but when she found polymer, it became her favourite. Don't miss her interview and article featuring iconic scenes from horror movies along with other articles she was mention on!
Her work is a treat of talent and you may find yourself wandering around for a while! Loved it!
https://www.behance.net/claydisarray
http://www.claydisarray.co.uk/

I'll be covering more Behance goodies in my next week post,
have a great weekend!

Polymeri Online 8.2.14 | Earthen polymer spirits, Humpty and Elise clay shoes, Maureen's molds tips and Polymer acrylic faces

This week it's all about faces! (and a winter flower)

Tina's goddess figurines

Tina Raewyn is creating ooak pieces inspired by nature and spirit. She loved all things earthy and her jewellery reflects the female spirit, passionate colourful side, mystery as well as strength and intuitive nature. Tina is using sculpey and sculpey ultra-light that are strong and light weight.
https://www.etsy.com/shop/TRaewyn
https://www.facebook.com/tinaraewyn

polymer clay shoes by Dan

Dan Crowley posted a new pair of shoes in his FB page, "Humpty and Elise". The shoes were made for a collector. He says it was fun trying to figure out how to fit Humpty into a shoe shape.
This Chicago based artist is creating his puppets for years and many of his sculptures are owned by collectors. Aluminium foil and felt are some of the materials he is using.
https://www.facebook.com/DanCrowleyStudio
https://www.etsy.com/shop/DanCrowleyStudio

Maureen's friends and molds

Maureen Carlson with her ever smiling face and pleasant voice, share with us her face mold tricks. She is taking her silicon molds and manipulating them into endless faces and expressions.
I had the pleasure of taking a class with Maureen a couple of years ago at Cabin Fever Clay Festival and it was such a wonderful class.
This 41 minutes video is full of character, don't miss her 2nd video on using her hand molds.
Face molds video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdB9TdwFm44
Hands molds video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQAde4n0kWI

Jordin's faces

Jordin Ispi from Queens, NY is a mix media artist working with polymer clay as well as painting and illustrating. His work appeared in many publications according to his resume and he is influenced by African art, Southeast asian art and Mexican masks. His polymer clay sculpturing were presented worldwide and made of polymer and acrylic paints.
http://jordinisip.com/painting/sculpture/sculp_h1026b_06

Today was such a sunny day that I wore my shorts and went for a walk.
Winter flowers are still around but I'm not sure we'll see much rain in the next months. Summer coming too soon?

Have a great warm weekend!

Polymeri Online 26.3.13 | Butterflies cluster, Polymer clay knitted masks, Beautiful scrap jewelry and Fusion design team

Gloria's Butterflies Cluster

While looking at the ACC 2013 show presenters list, which took place in Atlanta at the same time with Synergy conference, I stumbled upon a polymer clay artist name that was new to me (and I think I know most of them), Gloria Danvers. The piece shown as a thumbnail next to her name was a lovely butterflies canes necklace. According to her she is using link chains to form a bib, and then cover it with butterfly wings. It is her interpretation of the way butterflies clustering on trees during migration.

I have been in the ACC show several times before, when Synergy took place in Baltimore and it is a must show for every artist in any medium.

http://www.gloriadanvers.net/butterfly-designs/

Sari's polymer clay masks

Sari Lin from Israel is a long time friend and polymer clay colleague. I had the pleasure of being her teacher for several technique classes and we continued our polymer clay friendship through the internet and on Facebook. In her recent creations she is playing with faux knitting to create polymer clay masks. Here is another version of masks in a different color/technique.

Sari is mad about pens which are always on demand among her friends, family and customers and loves to play with different techniques. Even though she is dealing with multiple sclerosis for many years, she is choosing the more colorful side of life and found polymer clay to be her best chosen medium. One of her recent creations is a LaserCut bracelet after taking Jana Benzon's workshop recently given in Israel.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sarilin/

Tanya's Jewelry

Tanya Mayorova is from Russia is only 25 years old. Her flickr gallery is full of goodies, I had a difficult time choosing which picture to show next to her name. She is working with polymer clay and scrap booking, plan to start to learn to draw. Her techniques are mixed - millefiori, beautiful use of scrap and more.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tattta/

Fusion in Polymer

One of Tanya's favorites on Flickr is vix @fusion, mother (jean) and daughter (vix) fusion team playing with materials and techniques. In this photo they are presenting polymer clay rings on twisted copper wire bracelet. Fusion jewelry designs are handcrafted and created from various craft mediums such as polymer clay, semi precious gemstones, wire and kumihimo braiding techniques.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fusion_jewellery_designs/7365789438/in/photostream

https://www.facebook.com/fusionjewellery

It's passover holiday in Israel right until next week, family time and resting, always a pleasure.
Have a great week!