Polymeri Online 10.6.10

quaz'arte / Sofia Salvador Quaz'Arte from Portugal is an artist, soon be opening a new shop In Barreiro, Portugal, i loved her colorful designs especially the rooster! :)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/47060171@N04/

mystapring / Misty Oakley is a self taught sculptor and painter. She was a musician for many years and retired from music. That gave her time to pursue her true passion - art. She has a barber shop with one of her daughters and her studio is in the back of my shop - how cool is that? :)

http://www.etsy.com/shop/mistyscreations

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

Look at Silvia Karkut hearts! these teeth were used for dentitions!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/silvia_karkut/3343153711/

ladymaryann makes polymer clay work combined with laces, filigree and other mix media materials, pins, cabouchons, jewelry and more.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/25831106@N06/3234977620/

Polymeri Online 4.6.10

Polina & Sergey from Ukraine makes jewelry made of polymer clay, transfer and resin, how beautiful!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/beautyspot

Penni Jo found a cool way to make cabs with embeded flower and leaf canes, she is slicing canes and placing them on the bottom of her mold, then place clay on the slices and when everything is pressed well she demold it and the pattern is smooth and nice!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pennijo/4629132763/

Rev byrd is making clay painting over a marbeled "canvas", All paintings are made with polymer clay, no actual paint involved, they are fairly abstract, with a strong bias towards Zentangles and fairly small, they range from 4 in by 4 in.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/revbyrd/sets/72157623676691172/

Look at this cute face fish magnet by Liat Ripp from Israel, he really has a face expression!

http://www.etsy.com/listing/45580602/bluefish?ref=v1_other_1

Invited to a TV show and a little bit politics (not really)

A few weeks ago I got a call from the Israeli production of Channel 2 show - Timor Liat - "designers", I was asked if I wanted to show a DIY project in the show, immediately I said yes, still did not know who, what and why but I knew I'd have to plan the rest. The girls from production didn't even ask to see what I'm going to demo, after seeing my online portfolio they knew they can count on me :-)

The dilemma was whether to present something complex that can represent my experience or to charm the audience by a simple project that will make them want to run & buy polymer clay immediately. The decision fell on a simple project because .... i had only three minutes in the show.

So... Arrangements were made, all the steps were planned, the suitcase packed and ... I'm heading to Tel Aviv.

Tel Aviv like any big city everything is moving fast - make-up, microphone and .... going live! wow, wait a minute, i'm all excited here! Liat (the host of the show) was charming and gentle, gave me the most wonderful feeling there is nothing to get excited about and i should try to ignore the camera :-)

In short, My item will broadcast sometime in the summer, I promises to update, in the meantime here are some pictures - the rest in Facebook

and one more thing, you know i am not talking about politics in my blog, but when everything is like a turbulent here in Israel, and we are in the news, suddenly comes a purchase of a customer from ... Turkey. At first I thought someone trying to test me, but it turns out that even when things are as are, there is someone who feels comfortable enough to buy from an Israeli. I do not know about you but i am so glad that in our world, the world of art, creation, color and fun, some people do not mind politics.

Polymeri Online 26.5.10 - Miniature food # 2

linsminis is a Mad miniaturist who specialises in OOAK foods & lives with 3 dogs, hens, pheasants & her husband, in the cold North East of England. Just by looking at her beauties i gained 2 pounds!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/miniartform/4528518466/

you may want to visit her etsy site and site as well

http://www.etsy.com/shop/linsminis

http://www.linsminis.com/

Daoine / Noelia from Spain is a well known polymer clay artist (which i personally met when i was teaching in England), she specializes in so many techniques and her perfect finishes are wonderful.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/daoine/4482797464/

you can see more of her delights in this link -

http://www.artesanum.com/artesanias-noelia_contreras-4522-1-0.html

Creative Abubot / Jara S loves crafting, along with making miniature food she is also making real food that looks delicious!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/creativeabubot/4136243492/

Snowfern - Ciny Teh is a very organized lady, she document her process, technique and tools in her blog - http://snowfern-clover.blogspot.com/ and shares lot's of information. She uses air dry clay & paper to make some of her miniature food.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/snowfern/4395294482/

Not really food but related :) this spaghetti bangle is made by SandrART / Sandra, she is from Croatia.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sandrarts/4469694110/

Polymeri Online 19.5.10 - White

Today we are celebrating Shavuot in Israel, it's a happy holiday commemorates the anniversary of the day God gave the Torah to the entire Israelite nation assembled at Mount Sinai, Shavuot is also connected to the season of the grain harvest in Israel and to this occasion we all dress in white which is a festive dressing to all holidays & let's not forget the dairy food we eat, this milky color is so eledant.

Today's PolymeriOnline post is all in white :)

White Polymer Clay Heart by Andrea, Jewellery Designer from the North West of England specialising in polymer clay. When she is not making jewellery she is a juggler of life, children and work.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/new-creations/3397969891/

White and Black Polymer Clay Woodgrain Pin or Brooch by Sarah (loveclay4), she is also sharing her technique - It is created out of polymer clay, baked, stained with acrylic paint and glazed. A metal backing is adhered with clay, created from a hand carved block print pressed in clay an original design.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/loveclay/3990862081/in/photostream/

http://www.etsy.com/shop/loveclay

White Polymer Clay Necklace and Earring Set by Teri Calbert, includes a textured pendant, textured rectangle clay beads and faceted green acrylic beads with matching earrings, she loves creating, whatever the medium.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tcalbert1/3453002283/

Beautiful handmade grey and white polymer clay earrings by liwelula,

http://www.flickr.com/photos/liwelula-designs/4313937116/in/photostream/

Antique Gold Flower Polymer Clay Earrings by Sylvia Windhurst, she enjoys creating one of a kind jewelry, exploring a variety of techniques, works primarily in beadweaving, and do some fiber art as well. This piece is discs of white polymer clay stamped with cute flowers and painted with an antique gold metallic acrylic paint.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/36532320@N06/4505810324/

http://www.etsy.com/shop/windyriver

Last one is a cute Polymer Clay Earrings "West Highland White Terriers" by Amantecatl (photo), Moscow-based polymer clay artist. Apart from creating things, she also translates and works hard on her business.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/amantecatl/3130089939/

Polymeri Online 8.5.10 - Miniature Food #1

The next 2 posts on polymeri online will be about miniature food which becomes very popular, these miniatures from polymer clays or other air dry clays gathers a large group of fans & artists which uses them for decorations in doll houses, collections, jewelry and fun projects with kids.

I found some great artists making amazing miniature art on the web, look at this international collection of artists from all over the world!
I am sure that there are many more, this post is the 1st one and next week i will be posting more links showing these wonderful delights.

RiS_RiStudio / Ri S from Japan started to make miniature items & practicing writing english in her blog. she wishes to open her online shop some day and meanwhile you can enjoy her treats on flickr.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ris_ristudio/
http://ristoybox.blogspot.com/

Cookieland / Claudia Martelloni (photo on right) from Italy is also an expert with the little foods, her flickr gallery is not for the hungry ones!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cookieland/

Here is a sample of tiny delights made into rings! Tiny delights from Lisbon Portugal, according to her story she like miniatures because her husband one day decided to offer her a dollhouse. As she's always painted and enjoyed crafts, it was easy to get passionate about this hobby.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/watusirv/sets/72157623515611929/
http://tinydelights.blogspot.com/
http://www.etsy.com/shop/TinyDelights

PetitPlat by sk_ / Stéphanie Kilgast from France is a 24 years old food miniaturist.
She loves doing creative stuff, like miniatures, but also knitting, painting, drawing and well...
Miniatures are her actual passion.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/_sk/
http://www.petitplat.fr/
http://petitplatbysk.blogspot.com/

Miniature-Chef / Hanna Lindroth from Sweden, is a lifelong crafter who always have loved to create art. she loves creating miniature food and tries to give it a realistic look as possible, she makes them thorough research on each piece.
All her creations are handmade in polymer clay as well as artist materials to add extra detail.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/miniature-chef/
http://miniature-chef.blogspot.com/

http://www.miniature-chef.se/

Now you go and have your breakfast/lunch/dinner! :)

Winners...!

Once again the time has come to draw the names!

The first 20 buyers of my newest tutorials (polypediaonline vol 8, 9, 10) got in a raffle and 2 of them are about to win a prize -
one will get a free tutorial of their choice and the other one a set of 4 real canes sent to their home.

I was all smiling with happiness when i got these lovely feedbacks from my customers after they reviewed the new tutorials -

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Hello Iris! I just wanted to drop you a note to thank you for your latest tutorial. Butterflies are my favorite thing and I have been wanting to make some for a long time. Your instructions are so clear and so easy to understand. I just downloaded it today and I cannot wait to go home and give it a try. Thank you so much for all you do and for sharing your creativity.

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Hi Iris, Thank you for the link to the videos. They are wonderful as is everything you touch. They are very clear, direct and oh so helpful. The music is very pleasant and they are filmed very well.

I love the three new tutorials and with the videos I can't fail.

Please never stop doing what you do so beautifully!

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thank you every one!

This random name picker site was a great service last time, so instead of cutting all your names up and popping them in a basket i used it again.

http://classtools.net/main_area/template_loader.php/?fruit_machine

Winners are -

Josie - wins a free tutorial!

Jill - wins a set of 4 canes!

Emails will be sent to you!

Enjoy!