Seeking Sharon

These beautiful, timeless, cab earrings were created by Sharon Solly back around 2008. That was the year she published a tutorial in Polymer Café about her technique using fantasy fiber and liquid polymer clay to create these fabulous-looking cabochons. My background in fiber arts probably has something to do with why I was so enamored of them back then and still am today.

This also speaks to Sharon’s adaptability to various materials. She worked in everything from polymer to glass to metal and would use whatever suited what she was creating. I think this is one of those cases where the material probably inspired the work, which is a valid artistic type of inspiration. I think the materials were the source of her inspiration much of the time, however, she seemed to choose the best material for what she was doing regardless. And I think that’s really the point of why some artists move from polymer to another material or from another material to polymer. There’s something they want to express and certain materials do it better than others.

I don’t know what Sharon is up to now. Her most recent work was primarily in glass, it looks like, but there is nothing I could readily find online since about 2013. Nonetheless, you can see her progress and exploration through her Flickr photostream.