Colorful Fun

This is that one week every quarter where my brain just goes to mush. We are taking care of the last details as we get ready to release the fall issue of The Polymer Arts (if you haven’t renewed or pre-ordered your print copy, you will need to do so before the end of today in order to get on the mailing list for the first shipment out. Go here to order), so I have been working non-stop for a couple weeks now and a lack of sleep is catching up with me! I also have a little traveling to do in a few days, so it’s going to be a wacky week. We’ll see how that translates here, but I thought, since “play” (our fall issue theme)  is on my mind, I would add some fun stuff to the queue. These things have not quite fit into our other themes, so we will use this week to just have fun. I will post some pretties that offer you new ideas for you to play with in your studios.

Perhaps, you’ve seen some of these great earrings and flowers Marie Segal has been posting the last week or so on Facebook.  There are just gorgeous colors in her combinations of opaque and translucent canes and, in this case, it looks like a bit of Sutton slice, too. The colors are so juicy, and the disparate visual and tactile textures come together due to how sparely they are all used.

Marie, of course, is one of our pioneers. We owe a lot to her early exploration of the medium and her books. Most recently, she put out a great compendium of techniques called The Polymer Clay Artist’s Guide: A Directory of Mixes, Colors, Textures, Faux Finishes, and Surface Effects.  This is a great “jumpstart” book; something you can flip through when looking for new ideas that will change up what you’re presently working on or to get you going on your own clay play day.

You can also add a bit more fun to your Monday with a trip through time and Marie’s work on her website here.

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