So
first up is Jana Roberts Benzon, the first piece I saw of Jana's was
this necklace, it sent me off to Jana's website to coo over some
incredibly beautiful intricate creativeness.
Can
you just imagine wearing that? And that's clay! The colours are my
kind of colours, I love teal and turquoise. This was created with
Millefiori canes that Jana makes herself.
Using
Millefiori canes allows artists to create tiles/slices that are the
same. Jana also has a range of organic pieces on her website, these
are beautiful pieces that just have such a perfect flow about them.
You
have to remind yourself that these pieces are not created and
then painted, they are formed from blending different colour clays
which Jana occasionally enhances with alcohol ink.
So
Millefiori canes are made by grouping together different colour clays
into a design a little like how a stick of rock that you get at the
seaside is made with the writing running through the middle when you
cut it, (that simiuli probably only works if you have ever seen a
stick of rock being made!)
It's
a fascinating process where bits of clay in this case are moulded
together and then stretched out so that when slices are cut you get
the same pattern running through every little tile. I'm going to
share a couple of You Tube videos of talented people creating some
Millefiori (pronounced Mil-a-fi-or-e and comes from the Italian word
Mille Fiori - A Thousand Flowers) The process is often used in
glasswork.
t
is a process I find so interesting, little pieces of clay that when
they go through the process become a whole piece of art.
Here
is YouTuber 'Mo Clay' producing a beautiful beach scene Millefiori...
Another
video by Teresa Pandora Salgado which is an advanced class in
Millefiori
Finally
a beautiful Butterfly Wing Cane by Polymer Clay Artist – Tom
All
three have numerous Polymer Clay/Millefiori videos so if it's
something that you are interested in or something you'd like to try
their videos would be perfect.
Next
up is Kelly Arce Designs, you can find her Facebook page HERE. Kelly
designs Disney and fantasy art inspired pieces with polymer clay. I
love her Disney wine glasses, such incredible detail.
Here
are two of her glasses currently available in here Etsy store HERE.
The
first is Snow White's house and the second is from Nightmare Before
Christmas
They
look beautiful with a tea-light inside as you can see. Perfect to
sculpt around wine glasses the shape lends itself so well to the
houses but also the princess and villain's dresses like this Ursula
from The Little Mermaid.
I
love all these Artist's work. I will feature more polymer clay
artists in the future because I have seen some amazing talent.
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Thank
you for reading.
Sharon
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