This New Year Go Big

Happy New Year everyone! The Polymer Arts crowd wishes you all a joyful, healthy and creative year in 2014!

Now … how about trying something big this year?

Marie Davis from Vermont is inspired by the wonders of Mother Nature. She creates finely detailed designs by layering multi-colored polymer clays in a  millefiori caning process. Her large pieces look to be mosaics of cane slices created as elements she pulls from her observation of nature. Here is a shot of a large wall piece called “The Forest”.  Marie says “This piece is a response to a call to artists by Frog Hollow to choose a Grimm’s Fairy Tale and create a piece. The story I chose was Hansel and Gretel. This piece is behind glass and the trails end is lit from behind.”

Here is a detail shot of the beautifully meshed canes as well.

Maria says of her work, “I love the challenge of creating a piece that, like nature, captivates from a distance as well as rewarding the viewer who takes a closer look.”  Take a closer look and be inspired by her micro world of canes as they morph into large fields of discovery by perusing more of her work on her website.

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