Carving Hollow Polymer

I thought you all would really like the gourd art I posted on Friday’s but wow … I’ve never received so many emails about how blown away you were by any single thing we’ve posted. (By the way, if you really like a post and you get this by email, instead of replying to the email, click the title link to leave a message on the blog post so you can share your thoughts with everyone, not just me. Much more fun that way!)  The idea of carving polymer in such a fashion has grabbed more than a few people’s imagination.

I don’t want you all to let the idea drop by the wayside either. It can and has been done in intricate detail. Perhaps you saw some of Daniel Torres’ hollow bracelets year before last as images made the rounds due to his appearance at the 2011 Clay Carnival. If you missed them, here is one of his more ‘hole’y pieces.

Now, Daniel uses a very cool but specific technique to make these. You would really need to take a class with him to do this kind of hollow form work (He is a fountain of information and a really intelligent and funny guy to boot so if you have the chance to take a class with him, don’t hesitate!) But similar work could be done by using half round forms or something else dimensional but not requiring tricky hollow form processes.

My mind is still spinning with ideas although I’m so occupied with getting ready for Synergy 3 and all the usual magazine business that I won’t be able to try anything out until later this month. I hope those of you who have expressed trying a bit of carving won’t have to wait. Go to it and please do share with me what you do.

Speaking of sharing, there are just two more days to get in work to be considered for the polymer clay show at the Flow Arts Gallery this Spring. The Polymer Clay Guild of Minnesota has organized the national show for polymer clay artists. It’s a juried exhibition with over $500 in awards. Here is the link to submit: http://www.flowartspace.com/submit-work.html Go forth and share! (And win some bucks if you can!)