Martha on Jun 20 2008 | Filed under: 1997, Arrowmont NPCG 1997 Conference, Ford, NPCG, Recent History, 1997 NPCG
Elise asked me to lead a small team of volunteers to research and write about gatherings that influenced the development of polymer as an art medium. This is the second of these posts and we hope to follow up with more. Special thanks to Steven Ford who provided this information about the Arrowmont Conference.
Name […]
Elise on Jun 06 2008 | Filed under: 1997, MIPCES Exhibition, Regan
INSOMNIA BOWL, Undreamt Dreams
12¾” x 11¾” x 3¼”
For the MIPCES catalog, Margaret Regan wrote:
“I like images that float, and my work is characterized by a high degree of drift and space. There’s a dream state where you recognize an object, but not it’s surroundings. I love the interaction of control with happenstance, and the blend […]
Elise on May 30 2008 | Filed under: 1997, MIPCES Exhibition, Toops
ANEMONE HAT
polymer clay, brass, velvet, aluminum screen
7” diameter, 3 1/2”h
In the MIPCES catalog, Cynthia Toops wrote: “Dan and I create beads for elaborate jewelry pieces. For this project I wanted to make a full-size hat and imposed one restriction- no beads. We partially encased wire elements in polymer clay in a different way […]
Elise on May 23 2008 | Filed under: 1997, MIPCES Exhibition, Voulkos
POCKETS AND PILLOWS OF AIR
2 ½’ x 3’ x 3″
For the MIPCES catalog, Pier wrote: “This unique clay softens before it hardens in the baking. So most often a large form needs some kind of internal or external armature to keep it from distorting or collapsing while it bakes. I tried air […]
Elise on May 16 2008 | Filed under: 1997, Hughes, MIPCES Exhibition
OLA NYINGMA
peace-pole, prayer-wheel
Approx. 14′ h
In 1996, when Tory Hughes first heard rumors about Michael Grove’s Wall of Polymer, she immediately sensed a creative challenge. I remember the sly smile on her lips, the emphatic quality of her voice when she swore not to be outdone by “the men.” If anybody was going to construct […]
Elise on May 08 2008 | Filed under: 1997, Grove, MIPCES Exhibition
Ruth Anne Grove, WAITING TO DISAPPEAR
wall mural, approx 15 feet wide
We all know and can appreciate the rallying cry of the 1970’s environmental movement, “Small is Beautiful.” Many polymer artists have put that aphorism into practice. Cynthia Toops made “small is beautiful” into what you might call a devotional practice, a religious worship.
So when the […]
Martha on Apr 11 2008 | Filed under: 1997, Allen, Amt, Breen, Dever, Dewey, Dustin, Feiss, Ford, Forlano, Gibson, Grove, Haunani, Hughes, Kato, Liska, MIPCES Exhibition, NPCG, Regan, Roche, Toops, Voulkos, Winters, Zinman
Elise asked me to lead a small team of volunteers to research and write about gatherings that influenced the development of polymer as an art medium. This is the first of these posts and we hope to follow up with more. Special thanks to Nancy Travers who organized all the materials about MIPCES.
Masters’ Invitational Polymer […]
Elise on Feb 12 2008 | Filed under: 1997, 2003, City Zen Cane, Ford, Forlano, MIPCES Exhibition
While I’m in the studio filling orders today, here’s something to feast your eyes upon.
I purchased this necklace in 1997 at MIPCES from Steven Ford and David Forlano when they still worked under the name City Zen Cane. Steven describes this piece as “transitional,” perhaps because it represents a period when they began to experiment with […]
Elise on Jan 29 2008 | Filed under: 1997, MIPCES Exhibition, Nonpareils, Zinman
It’s not everybody who gets fascinated by lizards. What’s to account for such tastes?
Amy Zinman was always a pushover for rescue animals, but most of those have been the predictable dogs and cats. So what was her entry into the world of the little horned creatures? Amy says, ”I was living near a reptile store in Hoboken, New […]
Elise on Jan 25 2008 | Filed under: 1995, 1998, Feiss, Illuminating a Medium: Polymer Retrospective, Muse NPCG 2001 Conference, Nonpareils, Toops, Zinman
Having given birth to this website exactly a month ago, and having nursed it through its formative days, I’ve gained some unexpected rewards.
To get the site up and running, I’ve had to review thousands of slides that had been sitting in boxes as well as taking new photos of my own polymer art collection and […]