Location
Newcastle, Maine
United States
About the Artist: Jayne Dwyer
Jayne Dwyer is a polymer clay artist based in Newcastle, ME who has been working in the medium for over 25 years. Her one-woman-show company, Paper Moon Jewelry, is the medium for over 25 years. Her one-woman-show company, Paper Moon Jewelry, is dedicated to building painterly images through canework. Dwyer pulls much of her inspiration from nature; in particular the wildflowers, birds, and scenery found around her home in Midcoast Maine. While much of her work is wearable, she also experiments sculpturally by upcycling second hand vessels into art objects covered with recyled clay and canework.
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Exhibition Images
Pemaquid Lighthouse Teapot
7x5x3.5'', Premo Clay hand sculped and applied, with the sky patterned carved and backfilled. the lighthose windows are made from a tiny piece of clear acrylic.
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Containers
Partridge in a Pear Tree
Thrifted silver Teapot, Premo clay, Ultralight clay dimensions are: 10x8x6'', This vessel was made using complex partridge canework, as well as simple pear and leaf canes which were incorporated as 3D objects to reference sculptural majolica aesthetics. After applying the partridge cane slices to the teapot, the background was filled with shades of recycled blue and black clay and thoroughly textured with a needle tool. The vines were then hand sculpted and applied, and the pear and leaf canes were added as sculptural embellishments. Lastly, a large, hand sculpted pear was fixed to the top of the teapot lid. In a conversation between two clays, the pears and leaves were finished with alcohol ink to transform the polymer and emulate the look of a traditional ceramic glaze, while the rest of the piece was left matte to showcase the properties of Premo clay, the material actually used.
Related Gallery
Containers
Partridge in a Pear Tree
Thrifted silver Teapot, Premo clay, Ultralight clay dimensions are: 10x8x6'', This vessel was made using complex partridge canework, as well as simple pear and leaf canes which were incorporated as 3D objects to reference sculptural majolica aesthetics. After applying the partridge cane slices to the teapot, the background was filled with shades of recycled blue and black clay and thoroughly textured with a needle tool. The vines were then hand sculpted and applied, and the pear and leaf canes were added as sculptural embellishments. Lastly, a large, hand sculpted pear was fixed to the top of the teapot lid. In a conversation between two clays, the pears and leaves were finished with alcohol ink to transform the polymer and emulate the look of a traditional ceramic glaze, while the rest of the piece was left matte to showcase the properties of Premo clay, the material actually used.
