Out of the Box Quilt-ish Clay

This last week’s conversations with various polymer friends, both old and new, seemed consistently to circle around new challenges and pushing our personal creative envelopes. If you saw Friday’s post, you got a peek at one artist seriously pushing herself with the result being the creation of a great new tool for polymer artists.

Then of course, we have the artists who want to push themselves in terms of what they are creating. Trying something new, leaving your comfort zone, and creating a challenge for yourself that makes you both nervous and terribly excited can be so invigorating for both your creativity and for your soul.

So, when I ran across this amazing and unusual quilt-ish piece by Heather Campbell, I just had to share it. Here Heather is working, as she puts it, “so out of the box for me … crazy fun!” It does look like fun but also a lot of work! Wonderful work, though.

It appears to be fabric-covered boards with polymer embellishments, mostly in heavily repeated elements. The large top image you see here is a detail, but you can get a better idea of the size and see the whole piece as it was when Heather took her progress images for her blog post. There, you can see her steps from the start to what you see here. It’s a feast for the eyes and a nice shot in the arm of color and creativity for a Monday.

We had the honor of getting a wonderful interview article on Heather for our Spring issue of The Polymer Arts, so do check that out if you can. Also, visit her site if you never have or haven’t recently and just wander through her galleries and blogs. Beautiful wall pieces and touching stories await you.

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