Karen Mitchell

Location

Monrovia, California
United States

About the Artist: Karen Mitchell

Award winning jewelry designer, author, and teacher, Karen Mitchell and her sister, Ann Mitchell, established their mixed-media jewelry company, AnKara Designs, in 1991, Their work has appeared at numerous juried arts and crafts shows, as well as in film, television, books, magazines, museum collections, and theatrical productions. Artist's statement: Life is a collage. Exploration, experimentation, evolution- those are elements of creativity that move me forward. The immediate world: events, architecture, antiques, botanical gardens, and the urban landscape present local inspiration. I love color, pattern, and texture, and constantly look for ways to accentuate my work with these elements. Moved by what is happening now, I am seeking to express that through my designs.

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Remnants, Remembrance, Rebirth

Remnants, Remembrance, Rebirth

Dimensions: 12" L x 12 5/8" W, Liquid polymer clay, fabric, wire, thread.

Created from the remnants and scraps of over 500 handmade and donated face coverings, this neckpiece is an homage to the lost year. Dissent and strength (RBG), community and caring, sadness and hope, and new avenues for creativity are the intertwined messages woven into the fabric of the design, reflecting the ragged beauty of a globally shared experience.

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Kim Cook

Location

Olive Branch, Mississippi
United States

About the Artist: Kim Cook

Kim Cook is an award-winning jewelry designer and fine artist who expresses her love of color through her work. She has worked in a range of media from acrylic and watercolor, mixed media, illustration, metal, leather, and now polymer clay. Kim attended the University of Georgia and Kennesaw State University with a major in art education with an emphasis in sculpture. At the end of 1998, she moved to Cedar Rapids, Iowa to start her family. Kim's love of creativity and the arts came back in her life in 2010 when she created her first jewelry line called Modern Naturals. In 2013, Kim took second place in the Fire Mountain Gems and Beads Contest in the Metal Jewelry category. Her work was published later that year in the catalog and the website. From 2014 to 2016 she explored mixed media art by creating wood panels and incorporating metal, paper, and fabric with acrylic paint. Kim reunited with her high school sweetheart in 2019, who inspired her, and she moved to Olive Branch, Mississippi. Now, under the business name Soulmates Art, she focuses mainly on one-of-a-kind polymer clay jewelry. Her current work is inspired by Gustav Klimt's and contemporary polymer artists.

Websites

Https://www.soulmatesart.com

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Payne's Grey Fantasy Necklace

Payne's Grey Fantasy Necklace

Polymer clay, alcohol ink, leather cord. Dimensions: 6X4X1 inches. Alcohol inks applied to clay then texture applied. Each slab shaped into flower petals and added additional flowers and floral detail with hand sculpted clay.

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Teal Pod Necklace

Teal Pod Necklace

Polymer clay, gold leaf. Porcelain polymer clay with gold leaf forms the base of this pod. White polymer with holes overlays the base and teal petals surround and intersect the pod. Red tendrills add a pop of color and texture to the piece.

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Red Floral Fantasy Wall Art

Red Floral Fantasy Wall Art

Polymer clay, alcohol ink, leather cord. Dimensions: 7X8X1 inches. Alcohol inks applied to clay then texture applied. Each slab shaped into flower petals and added additional flowers and floral detail with hand sculpted clay.

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Kelly Hoffman

Location

Santa Ana, California
United States

About the Artist: Kelly Hoffman

Kelly Hoffman lives in Orange County, California. She has a passion for learning and spending time in her studio creating. She's currently exploring materials to build and connect three dimensional forms that can be covered with polymer clay. Kelly exhibits locally and has won numerous awards for her work.

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People Change When They're Ready

People Change When They're Ready

25" x 18" x 5"

Polymer clay veneer and surface design, wire

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Renewal

Renewal

24" x 11" x 11"

Polymer clay veneer and surface design, mixed media vessel

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You Are My Sunshine

You Are My Sunshine

14" x 5" x 2 1/2" Polymer Clay Veneer, mixed media

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Kathryn Corbin

Location

Lincoln, Massachusetts
United States

About the Artist

Raised in NYC by artist/designer parents, a professional life as a paintings expert at several auction houses, an interior designer (who along the way married a former museum curator, director, and private art dealer), its no surprise I stayed immersed in what I studied and practiced until I discovered polymer clay and found the medium that let me sculpt with color, paint with texture, add and subtract at will, and explore widely, if not wildly! I've often said that these characteristics are what sets polymer clay apart from all other media, and the pieces I've submitted here are my most recent experiments with the concept of modular, sculptural bracelet components. I admit that I like to surprise, am bored by the expected, and success, for me, is always going to be when I can say, "yes, that works". I'm also rather adamant that despite pursuing the unexpected, nothing ever really works unless it follows fundamental design principles because, as I have observed all my life, technique is just technical without them. I think this is where "voice" is found, as it has been throughout the history of art and design. 

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2021 Exhibition Images

Something from Nothing (Recto)

Something from Nothing (Recto)

Polymer clay, liquid polymer clay, leather, brass wire, pastels in emulsion and dry, acrylic and alcohol-based markers

This past year was one fraught with enormous private challenges, making time in the studio occasional, brief, unfocused, and a therapeutic escape at best. Indeed, I had nothing to show for my time save for some random veneers made with a kind of graphic, "drawn" mokume gane I experimented with, unused veneers from a class with Christine Dumont, and other odd bits and pieces. Yet, I asked myself if somehow, since I made them all, might I find some cadence among them, something to call them together into something. Something to show for the "annus horribilis". I cut shapes, added backs so it could be reversible, and came away with something......from nothing.

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Necklace of numerous roughly rectangular shapes with geometric designs in muted shades of green, red, orange, purple and neutral tones with gold highlights

Something from Nothing (Verso)

Something from Nothing (Verso)

Polymer clay, liquid polymer clay, leather, brass wire, pastels in emulsion and dry, acrylic and alcohol-based markers

This past year was one fraught with enormous private challenges, making time in the studio occasional, brief, unfocused, and a therapeutic escape at best. Indeed, I had nothing to show for my time save for some random veneers made with a kind of graphic, "drawn" mokume gane I experimented with, unused veneers from a class with Christine Dumont, and other odd bits and pieces. Yet, I asked myself if somehow, since I made them all, might I find some cadence among them, something to call them together into something. Something to show for the "annus horribilis". I cut shapes, added backs so it could be reversible, and came away with something......from nothing.

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Necklace of numerous roughly rectangular shapes with geometric designs in muted shades of green and red with gold highlights

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6:15

6:15

No it’s not about time. It’s a puzzle, as are the parts! Six parts which can be combined into fifteen different bracelets. A silver puzzle bracelet (two identical parts) I saw online caught my attention, not for its design, but for the possibilities if it could be made from polymer clay. I wanted to pursue the idea that a jewelry form could also be a brain twister, offered the wearer the fun of arranging and choosing the parts, and when not in use, be enjoyed as mini sculptures on their own, to be turned, posed and arranged for visual pleasure. Materials: Cosclay®, a hybrid plastic/rubber polymer clay, polymer clay, pastels, and acrylic markers. The sizes vary, designed to slip over the hand when joined, but adjustable by repositioning them relative to each other.
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Judith Ligon

Location

Harrisonburg, Virginia
United States

About the Artist: Judith Ligon

I have always been inspired by nature with it's colors, textures and patterns. I am a professional artisan member of the Artisans Center of Virginia. After creating with enamels and mixed metals for over thirty years I switched to polymer clay cane making after a friend introduced me to the magic of cane making in 2003. I have a Facebook Ligon Art page and an Instagram ligonart page. My work is currently available in some Virginia galleries.

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CHECKERED PETALS FLORA,BERRIES AND VINE

CHECKERED PETALS FLORA,BERRIES AND VINE

Polymer clay (Premo) cane work veneer on wood base, 6' x 6" wall art - Polymer clay (Premo) petal cane, leaf cane, compound bulls-eye cane, manipulated/ tooled and sculpted. Checkered petal flower and buds with pods and berries and vine. Circle and swirls the never ending energy of life. Mica Powders

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HALO, VINE AND BLOSSOM

HALO, VINE AND BLOSSOM

Polymer clay (Premo) cane work with stamping and mica powders . Petal cane, leaf cane, bull's eye cane, stacked cane or stripes, torn and manipulated clay, sculpted wall art 6" x 6" polymer clay veneer on wood.

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Joseph Barbaccia

Location

Delaware
United States

About the Artist

Joseph Barbaccia is a Delaware, USA based artist. He studied fine art, design and illustration at Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia before beginning his professional career. Joseph's illustrations have been presented as covers and interior pieces for magazines, books, and more. "My years in the design industry helped me understand that successful illustration is one half inspiration and one half collaboration. And that working with other professional creatives can make assignments even that much more rewarding. I'm confident that my ability to meet deadlines and my exceptional illustration style have the potential to produce award winning works. Contact me if you're looking for someone who can get the work to you on time, in budget and in the style you expect." His illustration work is created with polymer clay and is three dimensional in form; similar to a bas relief. Joseph has written articles about his unique style for Polymer Arts magazine. His work has been featured in Luzer's Archive 200 BEST Illustrators Worldwide, Illustration Annual 57, 3 X 3 Illustration Directory, Polymer Journeys (The Art and Craft of Polymer), Creative Quarterly, Illustration West 54, and the AOI World Illustration Awards. Joseph is a member of The Society of Illustrators, The Illustrators Club of Washington DC, Association of Illustrators, Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators and The International Polymer Clay Association. Contact artist for prices, commissions or any questions: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

I am excited to announce that I received an Individual Artist Fellowship from the Delaware Division of the Arts in the Established Professional: Visual Arts: This year, I am one of 25 artists selected for this honor from a pool of 132 applicants. Individual Artist Fellowships recognize artists for their outstanding quality of work and provide monetary awards to allow for the pursuit of advanced training, the purchase of equipment and materials, or to fulfill other needs that will help advance the artists’ careers. As part of the fellowship, I will be holding a future public exhibit to showcase my work, so be on the lookout for that announcement!.

Website

http://www.paradisestudio.com

2021 Exhibition Images

From the Ferry

From the Ferry

11 x 15" (28 x 38cm)

Polymer clay

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 Polymer clay illustration of water

Fungibles

Fungibles

5 x 5 x 3" (13 x 12 x 7.5 cm)

Polymer clay, acrylic paint, gold leaf

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A pile of multi-colored and patterned balls

Meek, Might, and Main

Meek, Might, and Main

11 x 11" (28 x 28 cm)

Polymer clay

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Elvis

Elvis

6" x 12", Polymer Clay

2021 JBarbaccia 2

 

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Jayne Dwyer

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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Pemaquid Lighthouse Teapot

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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Partridge in a Pear Tree

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.

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Partridge in a Pear Tree

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.

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