Polymer Clay Retro Hearts & Bugs

Polymer Clay Retro Hearts - Pins
Originally uploaded by Iris Mishly - איריס משלי.

I've collected about 2000 discs of my recycled items, i am constantly thinking about what to do and how to play with them, i made some retro heart pins and also used them for the bugs i made for the "mix media" PCAGOE august challenge, and of course some jewelry, it's fun!

Polymeri Online 23.7.09 - Carrie Tasman

For the next few days i would like to feature some ladies, each with her own amazing polymer clay work. i didn't want to put them all in a list in my polymerionline weekly post because each of them deserve her own "stage" :)

I came across Carrie Tasman when we discussed business, i didn't know how talented this lady was! she is a painter who stumbled onto polymer clay quite by accident ten or so years ago. she started stamping and painting sculpey to make small frames for tiny prints of her larger acrylic paintings. This year she experimented with colored clay and then after reading every book in the library (she is sending her thanks to all) she became obsessed with how to make millefiori canes. she is a painter, so she want to make beautiful, colorful pieces to hang on the wall. she started with small 5x7 still life collages with stamped clay and millefiori canes and have been making progressively larger pieces. those floral pieces (see photo attached) are 8x10 mounted on board, she used techniques from my tutorial and she wrote and told me that the tut stepped her canes up a notch : )
Carrie loves pattern, texture, and the piecing quality of working in clay, and the endless variations of millefiori canes. Please stop by her website to see more at http://www.tasmanstudio.com/Clay.html

How wonderful!!

Polymeri Online 11.7.09

Carrie Goller is using a variety of medias, this keeps her endlessly inspired — oil, watercolor, pastel, charcoal, mixed media and encaustic — the ancient process of melting, applying, then fusing beeswax. Goller is currently enjoying exploring a new media -- figurative sculpture with polymer clay too.
http://www.carriegoller.com/carrie_about.htm
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5706223

Polpette Clay - is creating Handcrafted polymer clay creations, she is currently enjoying her time chasing two little guys around the house. her older son loves working with polymer clay, as she does, so they have lots of fun cooking up new ideas together. Most of her creative energy is focused on chalkboards and polymer clay at the moment.
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5150803

Some cool tutorials from polymer clay italia blog, a cute figurine -http://polymerclayitalia.blogspot.com/2008/04/tutorial-signorinelle-di-diana-crialesi.html
and a wire frame for pendants!
http://polymerclayitalia.blogspot.com/2008/02/tutorial-cernit-in-cornice-di-marina.html

It's all about what you hold on your key chain! cute and funny holders, faces, skulls, makes me smile!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/keykritters/
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=7509761

My Elephant tile for the PCAGOE alphabet project

My Elephant tile for the PCAGOE alphabet project
Originally uploaded by Iris Mishly - איריס משלי.

isn't he a bit short for an elephant? but he is still cute :)

My tile will be a part of a charity alphabet project by the polymer clay artists guild of etsy, and after all letters will be collected it will be donated.

for more details on the charity projects of our guild you are welcome to visit - http://pcagoe.com

Polymeri Online 2.7.09 and some vacation adventures

Hello everyone, at the moment i am writting my post from the hotel lobby (i am in Eilat, which is the southest city in Israel, the perfect place for vacations and holidays), family is with me and we took a short vacation as a great summer start, school is over and we are enjoying the summer with pool, sun and... swimming with Dolphins! yesterday i had the most amazing adventure when both me and the kids took a short dive with dolphins, what an experience! recommended (if you have some dolphins around :)

i cannot forget you all, so i am here for some PC links...

Amazing polymer clay sculptures by Owen Klaas, As a child he was constantly drawing and practicing the art of caricature. About ten years ago he discovered polymer clay and his art would never be the same. he realized that he could turn his one dimensional drawings of weirdness into fully realized three dimensional objects of weirdness, and of course
(like all of us), he was hooked :) - see photo of beatles
http://www.fiendishthingies.com/

MandarinMoon / Chris Kapono Born and raised in Missouri, she has been painting and drawing for most of her life, loves animals and anything to do with nature and the outdoors. she is making oragnic, stamped creations, uses glass gems painted with acrylic and metallic paint. some of her glass vases has Holes cut in the clay to allow light to shine through.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mandarinmoon/
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5669610
http://www.mandarinmoonart.blogspot.com/

taiping wawa from China makes small cute & unique sculptrings, i wish i could see more of her photos :)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wawa1380/

My fellow friend and clayer Angela, opened (finally) her Hamsa store, take a look, it's beautiful.
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=7239618

Polymeri Online 25.6.09

Clay illustration - Tammy Durham sculptures wonderful trees and birds, to her they represent freedom and she tries to capture that moment.
http://www.tammydurham.com/

Susan Averello from Fantazy Clay is sharing her pixie tutorial with us, this cute figure is just asking me to try!
http://saverello.blogspot.com/2009/06/how-to-make-pixie.html

Claire Maunsell is a professional glass blower for almost 20 years, since the family move around a lot, she have been working with a medium that is much more portable for her -polymer clay has many of the characteristics of hot glass - malleable, brilliant colours, ability to build millifiori canes and more!
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=65426

Look at this cute Dog cane by Israeli artist Ben-David !
http://www.tapuz.co.il/blog/ViewEntry.asp?EntryId=1499471
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=26896606

Dumauvobleu from france, is a self taught polymer clay artist since 2007, jewelry designer
and painter. Her unique pendants are made from canes, blends, sheets, textures, stripes and interesting designs.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dumauvobleu/
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5518984

Dora Giveaway - Winners!

Thank you all for joining and sending some or your favorite color mixings!

This was my 1st giveaway and it was such fun!
Yesterday evening i asked my son to join me for the drawing, i asked him which way he prefered - the old fashion way with notes in a basket or the computer way, of course he chose the old fashion way! (it's the same way my 2 children are drawing who is going to get in the shower first! LOL)

Well, i had a real tough accountant on my side, he wanted everything to be perfect - "mommy, don't fold the notes this way, do it THAT way", then we decided we can't let so many people down - "mommy, i would be very disappointed if i didn't win", i told him - "i know sweety, but not everyone can win - what do you say, maybe we let 4 people win?" He smiled :)

after we put all the notes in a basket the game begun: He is closing his eyes (as if he knows someone written on those notes) and chose one at a time :)

1st was - Crazy Nancy

2nd was - Hope131

3rd was - Emma Phillips

4th was - Zabica67

all 4 winners, please send me your address to ship the Dora cane, my email for sending is imishly@gmail.com

thank you all for participating, my son send regards to all winners :) !