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Nearing Polymer So much imagination - so little time.... Polymer clay somehow gives voice to thoughts I can’t put into words. I daydreamed. I majored in costume and set design.
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I love fanciful children’s books - both well known (the Narnia series, A Secret Garden, A Little Princess), and obscure (Tal and His Marvelous Adventures with Noom Zor Noom, The Cuckoo Clock, Greta’s Garret). I took refuge for years in drawing or building models of elaborate houses with secret passages and magical stairways. I dressed in magnificent ball gowns fashioned out of my bedsheets. When

I discovered polymer clay, I discovered a world as magical and whimsical as any that I’d known as a child. I can blend colors as if I were using paint. I can use caning techniques to create a whole garden of flowers, a city full of faces, or a forest full of leaves. I can imitate Japanese mokume gane metalwork or make elaborate chains. I can silkscreen and embed crystals. I can sculpt. I can even make patterns that go together as if they were sewn.

Experiments!
19/08/2024

Experiments!

05/05/2024
I had such a good time at Bonnie Bishoff’s class yesterday - it doesn’t matter if I’ve known how to do something for 30 ...
18/03/2024

I had such a good time at Bonnie Bishoff’s class yesterday - it doesn’t matter if I’ve known how to do something for 30 years; she always has a brilliant new spin on it.

Fully half the students in this class did not think they could make a critter with personality. I think they were all wr...
28/01/2024

Fully half the students in this class did not think they could make a critter with personality. I think they were all wrong, do you?

Who wants to make critters???
11/01/2024

Who wants to make critters???

This is where I will be tomorrow and Sunday - come visit!
15/12/2023

This is where I will be tomorrow and Sunday - come visit!

That is just part of the scene at MakeHaven’s new holiday maker market, running Fridays through Sundays through December 23 at 770 Chapel St.

On Sunday, I will be demonstrating some simple sculpting at the MakeHaven pop-up market from 2:30 to 4:30. Come see!
15/12/2023

On Sunday, I will be demonstrating some simple sculpting at the MakeHaven pop-up market from 2:30 to 4:30. Come see!

https://www.makehaven.org/makehaven-marketLooking forward to MakeHaven's market on Friday!
02/12/2023

https://www.makehaven.org/makehaven-market

Looking forward to MakeHaven's market on Friday!

Welcome to the MakeHaven Maker Market! Join us this December for a holiday shopping experience like no other at 770 Chapel Street, right next to MakeHaven. Our doors are open on select dates for you to explore a world of handcrafted wonders and local artistry. We are Tranforming An Empty Storefront....

Kicking off the holiday gift show at Flora at Bloom. With Foxspark Design.
25/11/2023

Kicking off the holiday gift show at Flora at Bloom. With Foxspark Design.

23/11/2023

Happy Thanksgiving! I'm looking ahead to Small Business Saturday, and wanted to let you know that there is a December pop-up market at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100094635924547 Foxspark Design, Bright Raven Studio, Chris Bresky and I will have work there, and there is a reception with refreshments from 4-6 on Saturday afternoon.

We are Café Flora at BLOOM.
We offer coffee, tea, baked goods, dessert and more.

So … I wanted to make a fish ornament. Lots of tweaks to make, but the prototype has promise!
18/11/2023

So … I wanted to make a fish ornament. Lots of tweaks to make, but the prototype has promise!

The Spring Glen Art Walk is alive and well and happening on Sunday (tomorrow from 11-3) Come see what your neighbors are...
21/10/2023

The Spring Glen Art Walk is alive and well and happening on Sunday (tomorrow from 11-3) Come see what your neighbors are doing!

Here is our revised list of artists for tomorrow! Come out and see what your neighbors can do.

19/10/2023

Here we go again. Too much rain!

In addition to more serious pieces, I will have little glowing pumpkins, witches and ghosts for Halloween. Come see them...
12/10/2023

In addition to more serious pieces, I will have little glowing pumpkins, witches and ghosts for Halloween. Come see them during the Art Walk on October 21!

12/10/2023
Ten days!
11/10/2023

Ten days!

Here is our initial roster of artists and locations - it's always likely that we'll get a change at the last minute, but this should be very close!!

Location Artist Address
1 Jeannette Compton 53 Norris
drawing
1 Nina Bender 53 Norris
silver jewelry
2 Karen McHugh Best Video
handbags
2 Megan Maxwell Best Video
silver jewelry
2 Patricia Vener Best Video
beaded jewelry, paintings
2 Wendy Kohli Best Video
paintings
2 Graham Honaker Best Video
collage
2 A Loe Best Video
painting
3 Elaine Benevides 54 Ardmore
soft pastel
4 Mary Glickman 33 Hawthorne
small decorative bottles, home grown seed packets
4 Evelyn Serafillipi 41 Hawthorne
beaded and 3D printed jewelry
5 Nancy Nearing 44 Hawthorne
polymer clay
5 Bright Raven 44 Hawthorne
ceramics
6 Brent Moore Cantean
paintings
6 Chris and Moira Bresky Cantean
drawings, books, some jewelry
6 Anna Loe Cantean
painting
6 Joe DeRisi/Laura Mickens Cantean
reclaimed and embellished wood

11/10/2023

Elaine Benevides' soft pastels are just mouthwatering. See them at 54 Ardmore in TEN DAYS!

09/10/2023

12 Days! Silversmith Nina Bender will be showing her gorgeous rings at 53 Norris.

08/10/2023

Jeanette Compton has done her research! She will have some lovely pictures of historic Spring Glen at 53 Norris St. 13 DAYS, FOLKS!!

Happy Chaos! Getting ready for New Haven Night Market and Spring Glen Art Walk.
24/09/2023

Happy Chaos! Getting ready for New Haven Night Market and Spring Glen Art Walk.

Fun with Paula Cepelikova’s YouTube tutorial on tattooed leaves.
16/09/2023

Fun with Paula Cepelikova’s YouTube tutorial on tattooed leaves.

Finished up some little boxes yesterday.
14/09/2023

Finished up some little boxes yesterday.

Pumpkin time - and a little corn just for fun.
14/09/2023

Pumpkin time - and a little corn just for fun.

16/12/2019

Wear a little holiday cheer! Ornament pins are now available at Studios on High Gallery, in the Short North.

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