by polyarts | May 5, 2011 | art, ceramics, classes, faces, what's new
During the fall, winter and spring months, I get to stay warm and toasty at school–having the ceramics kilns running and getting up over 1800 degrees insures that the art room stays cozy many days! Now that the spring semester at school is over, I’ve...
by polyarts | Jan 13, 2011 | crafts, faces, glass
Actually, it was two play days! I had a lot of fun when my friend Mad Margie invited a few of us over to her Meltorium for a little fun with frit. We haven’t gotten to the hot fusing part yet; glass is not a fast medium and there are lots of steps, but we sure...
by polyarts | Jan 3, 2011 | faces
The winter is barely started, but Cabin Fever is coming right up! Cabin Fever Clay Fest, that is–February 18-23, Â 2011 in Laurel MD. This fourth annual celebration of polymer clay has a fantastic line up of instructors including: Christi Friesen Cindy Silas...
by polyarts | Aug 19, 2010 | faces, polymer clay
It’s still feeling very summery here at 95 degrees this August day…but at night there’s a hint in the air that Autumn is coming. And it’s here right now in this picture! Pictures, pictures, all day long…I edited them all morning, and...
by polyarts | Aug 9, 2010 | adobe, faces
School starts up again for me at Front Range Community College in just two weeks, so I am pushing hard to get photographs taken and edited for my upcoming book “A Collection Of Polymer Clay Masks”. I expect there will be somewhere between 400 and 500 mask...
by polyarts | Jul 11, 2010 | crafts, faces
I’ve been making babushka faces and lentil beads all week. Sounds like a horrid recipe, doesn’t it? but the “lentil” part refers to the shape, and even though I’ve been sticking my heads in the oven all week long, things are looking good...