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The Flowery Depths
Zuda Gay Pease is a grandmother who lives in Illinois and creates these incredible flowers that seem to have so much depth and complexity to them. But if you look closely, they aren’t so much complex...
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When Criticism is Not Constructive
I am a big proponent of constructive criticism. Unfortunately, there are many people in this world who don’t understand what that means. There are also many people who, unhappy with their own...
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Progress & Possibilities 2012
We interrupt this week’s Outside Influence installment with an important announcement … If you have not already seen the announcement, the IPCA opened registration for entry into the Progress and...
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Appreciating Accomplished Art
I’m going to put this out there so no one has to feel like they are the odd one out. The art piece I am posting today by German artist Angelika Arendt is not something I find particularly beautiful....
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The Criticism We Need
A large part of the conversation this week at Synergy had to do with our avoidance of constructive criticism. The consensus was unanimous – criticism is necessary to our growth and improvement as...
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Awesomely Simple Creativity
The quote below came to mind when I got, for the third time in as many weeks, a kind note from a reader telling me how much they enjoy the blog even though they don’t always agree with what I say. I so...
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Clearly Accidental Composition
Translucent layering is a wonderful way to add depth to a bead or, in the case of this piece below, a little polymer painting. Roberta Warshaw isn’t too happy with this polymer painting but I think...
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Outside Inspiration: Tile Elements
I just love what Ginger found for us today as an outside inspiration. A scene created with tiles, a kind of bas relief where the elements create the imagery and depth from how they are layered and...
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Do it Again
The one article in the Winter 2014 issue of The Polymer Arts that seemed to greatly affect both the readers and the participants in the creation of its writing was the piece by Anke Humpert, “1,700...
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Soul Searching Leaps
First, thank you to every one who wrote me offline, in the comments or on Facebook about the last post. I have to say, this is one brave community! It was lovely to hear affirmation that constructive...
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An Art Crush and Some Monday Color
Some time back, I saw these little bowls by the wonderful Emily Squires Levine, but suddenly they were the one thing that really stood out to me in my collection of images I want to share soon. The...
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Awesomely Simple Creativity
The quote below came to mind when I got, for the third time in as many weeks, a kind note from a reader telling me how much they enjoy the blog even though they don’t always agree with what I say. I so...
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Clearly Accidental Composition
Translucent layering is a wonderful way to add depth to a bead or, in the case of this piece below, a little polymer painting. Roberta Warshaw isn’t too happy with this polymer painting but I think...
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Outside Inspiration: Tile Elements
I just love what Ginger found for us today as an outside inspiration. A scene created with tiles, a kind of bas relief where the elements create the imagery and depth from how they are layered and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Do it Again
The one article in the Winter 2014 issue of The Polymer Arts that seemed to greatly affect both the readers and the participants in the creation of its writing was the piece by Anke Humpert, “1,700...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Soul Searching Leaps
First, thank you to every one who wrote me offline, in the comments or on Facebook about the last post. I have to say, this is one brave community! It was lovely to hear affirmation that constructive...
View ArticleClik here to view.
An Art Crush and Some Monday Color
Some time back, I saw these little bowls by the wonderful Emily Squires Levine, but suddenly they were the one thing that really stood out to me in my collection of images I want to share soon. The...
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