Location
Illinois
United States
About the Artist
Ann Duncan Hlavach specializes in polymer clay flowers with gemstone centers. Some of her flowers resemble the real thing, others have a Lewis Carroll twist. Ann loves to create a wide variety of blooms each to connect to a wide variety of people. She mystified by the magic of polymer and shares her own tricks promoting the art form of polymer clay publicly demonstrating during the Bristol Renaissance Faire at her booth, Ann Duncan Designs, making bespoke wedding pieces and through her work with the IPCA over the last several years.
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2021 Exhibition Images
Before We Tie Our Hair Up For Art
9 x 6 x 15"
Polymer, wire, snowflake obsidian, reclaimed crystal beads, ribbon
These represent the flowers and ribbon Frida Kahlo used in her hair for her Vogue cover photo. The roots grow out into fresh leaves as a nod to a recurring Frida image
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Dahling
2.5" wide
Polymer, wire, pearls
Every year I am inspired by my neighbor's dahlias and I have to make them friends. This green premo and pearl dahlia felt right at home
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Black, Not Black
5" wide
Premo, wire, pearls
A stargazer lilly inspired by the night sky.
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2020 Exhibition Images
Cindy's Bouquet
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Three Dimensional Work
Hannah's Bouquet
10" diameter, Reclaimed brooches pearls and beads, Premo and wire.
She originally wanted a brooch bouquet, but then she saw my flowers. So we adapted the idea and put reclaimed brooches, pearls and various bling as flower centers and bouquet filler.
Then she told me she was wearing a third-generation wedding dress. So I made some roses win a translucent and white lace pattern to honor the lace in the dress. Grandma passed before the wedding, but her butterfly pin was put in the bouquet.
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David's Boutonniere
2.5" x 5", Premo, gold leaf, reclaimed crystals and wire.
Most of the groomsmen had wine colored calla lily boutonnieres with white edges. However for the groom, I made a wine calla lily boutonniere with gold leaf edges holding a translucent and white polymer veneer created to honor the lace of the bride"s third generation wedding gown.
