http://www.elisewinters.com/polymerartarchive This is a site where professional artists working in the medium of polymer will find inspiration. Museum and gallery curators will be able to access documentation about the evolution of this vibrant medium for artistic expression. And serious collectors will discover windows to new works and the medium's most collectable artists. Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:19:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Polymer Art Archive is officially "on vacation" until we have finished migrating the site to a new hosting service. Thanks for your patience. http://www.elisewinters.com/polymerartarchive/2008/06/27/gone-fishin/ 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 ... http://www.elisewinters.com/polymerartarchive/2008/06/20/all-about-the-first-npcg-conference-at-arrowmont/ In Jed Perl’s article, “The Artisanal Urge” American Craft (June/July 2008), he defends the “human desire to make something with one’s own hands” against the current stylistic trend of a more detached approach to creating art. Perl, an author of several books on art and the art ... http://www.elisewinters.com/polymerartarchive/2008/06/13/rachels-thoughts-inspired-by-jed-perl%e2%80%99s-essay-on-the-artisanal-urge/ Dear Readers: New and more serious gremlins have surfaced with PAA software. For the past week I have been blocked from uploading any image files either through Wordpress or through an FTP client. As a result, in the near furture, I will be migrating Polymer Art Archive to ... http://www.elisewinters.com/polymerartarchive/2008/06/11/gremlin-alert/ 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 ... http://www.elisewinters.com/polymerartarchive/2008/06/06/mipces-exhibition-margaret-regan/ 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 ... http://www.elisewinters.com/polymerartarchive/2008/05/30/mipces-exhibition-cynthia-toops/ 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 ... http://www.elisewinters.com/polymerartarchive/2008/05/23/mipces-exhibition-pier-voulkos/ 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 ... http://www.elisewinters.com/polymerartarchive/2008/05/16/mipces-exhibition-tory-hughes-ola-nyingma/ 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, ... http://www.elisewinters.com/polymerartarchive/2008/05/08/mipces-exhibition-ruth-anne-grove-michael-grove/ An upside to all this downtime has been making the acquaintance of Elaine Robitaille. Elaine does Wordpress development for her clients in Canada as part of her day job. She stepped me through some diagnostics, then taught me some coding to work around remaining problems. Best of all ... http://www.elisewinters.com/polymerartarchive/2008/05/05/silver-lining/