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| 26 July, 2010 | |
| Tonja Lenderman (Tonja's Treasures) works in silver metal clay, dichroic glass and polymer clay. She lives in Washington, USA |
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| 23 July 2010 | |
| Sabine Spiesser (papagodesign) acknowledges the influence of Tory Hughes and Julie Picarello, especially in her Abstract Compositions pieces. Sabine lives in Melbourne, Australia. | |
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| Red Shield | Abstract Composition |
| Desert Diamond | Abstract Composition |
| 21 July 2010 |
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| Julie Picarello is a circuit designer by training and runs her professional and artistic careers in parallel. She teaches her exquisite polymer clay techniques internationally. |
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| Inked Metallics | Ponsawan and Ada |
| Wash of Gold | City Scape |
| 17 July, 2010 | |
| Christine Damm (Stories They Tell) is a professional artist working mainly in polymer clay and found objects. She lives in Braintree, USA | |
| Tomb Relic | |
| 15 July, 2010 | |
| Barbara McGuire works in a number of mediums including painting, polymer and metal clays. A teacher and an author, she lives in Georgia, USA |
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| Bright Highlight Pendant | Untitled |
| Fire | Angel |
| July 13, 2010 | |
| Janice Abarbanel combines mokume gane with other techniques such as extrusions and crackled effects. She lives in Massachusetts, USA |
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| July 10, 2010 | |
| Melanie Muir is inspired by the colours and patterns that surround her in the Highland landscape and by the patterns in semi precious stones such as agate and jasper. She earned a Silver Award in the UK Craft and Design Select Awards 2010. She lives in Scotland, UK | |
| July 9, 2010 | |
| Tory Hughes is an artist, teacher, author and creativity coach. She lives in the USA |
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| Reef Brooch 14 | Reef Brooch 28 |
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| Dory* |
Earth and Sky* |
| * Images from polymerartarchives | |
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To look at pieces featured in previous weeks, click here.
Upload your images by Saturday 31 to participate in the Polymeristas of the Month for August.
Loretta Lam was my guest judge for the month of July. I am most grateful to her for her involvement. We've received 196 images from 44 artists and are pleased to announce this month's results. Thank you all for your generous participation and congratulations to the winners.
To see the entries selected for the shortlist, click here
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To participate, upload pictures in the Photo Gallery. (Go to "My E-Studio" and click on "Upload Photos". Note: The selection is done on a monthly basis. Deadline is the last day of the month (June 30).
| Voila! gratefully thanks Cernit for sponsoring POM this month |
Cernit are kindly offering a gift of clay to the winners |
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| Dedicated to an on-going strategy for product improvement, Cernit is pleased to announce the forthcoming availability of their new Artists' Polymer Clay Lines. Building on the strength of their existing products, the new clays address the exacting standards demanded by jewellery makers - more. |
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| Three artists share their experience with the current Cernit clay | ||
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Selena Wells sculptor |
Isabelle Ferre production jeweller |
Marie Segal teacher |
| "Cernit looks and feels more organic and less plastic than any other clay I've used..." more |
"There is no room for error in my business..." more
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"The detail is phenomenal..." more
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I am thrilled to announce that Bettina Welker will be co-judging your entries for the month of August.
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Bettina is a polymer artist, praised international teacher and author of "Jewellery and Accessories in Polymer Clay"
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Last week, as the Dutch Forum convened for a workshop in Culemborg, Marjon Donker (M-Art) and Saskia Veltenaar (SaSSy), the organisers of the Forum, announced the forthcoming launch of the Dutch Polymer Art Guild for early November, 2010. Els van Haasen (Beadelz), Karin Breukelman (KarinB) and Pauli van Veen(Pauli) will join Marjon and Saskia as board members. "We've got a huge pile of legal stuff to do...," said Saskia, "but I'll be back with more info later on..."
This exciting piece of news is more evidence of the developing voice of polymer clay in Europe.

Tapuz' second retreat, hosted at Kibbutz "Sdote Yam" was a beautiful success.
Iris Mishli, one of the tutors, taught Maggie Maggio's "Poem" Bracelets technique. The bangle on the left was executed by Hoch.
Mira Krispil, manager of the Israeli Guild, invites you all to join them at their next retreat in 2011!
For more details and pictures of the event, click here.
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Pods and Cocoons at Cockpit Arts, London - a nature-inspired workshop by Christine Dumont Friday, 17 September, 2010 This workshop introduces participants to an innovative technique for making hollow beads which can be adapted to other styles and looks. For more information, click here |

For dreamers over the rainbow...
Do you feel you're chasing your muse all by your lonesome? Do you want more than classroom techniques? Are you looking for help to embrace art as an outlet for self-expression?
Voila! is a Europe-based community website for the world's polymeristas. And, with inspiration from Europe's cultural heritage, Voila! will help members take their work to new artistic heights. Tutorials, packed with fantastic photos, explain clearly how things like lines, forms and colours affect us emotionally so that you can express your artistic vision and appreciate the work of others. This is definitely not just another internet forum.
Healthy competition will help you explore your creativity with skillful and beneficial judging by guest artists as well as members of Voila!

For more than a decade, Elise Winters has been on a personal quest to elevate discussion about and enhance the image of polymer clay in the art and fine-craft community.
As of last week, the Board of Trustees at the Racine Art Museum in Racine, Wisconsin confirmed the museum’s commitment to establish a permanent collection of polymer jewelry, beads and sculptural objects. As part of this commitment, RAM will not only focus on assembling a world-class collection of exhibition quality works, but they will also preserve study pieces for future research. A small library will also be established to protect slide, print and catalogs for academic research.
What an achievement, Elise!

















































