For our November challenge we
are featuring mandala designs. Vote for your favorites. Three lucky
voters will be chosen in a drawing to win a gift certificate from one
of our sponsor shops.
1. Mandala Bowl by Berit of ClayImages A little fall/holiday spirit. Made with my polymer clay canes, this bowl is about 5 inches in diameter.
2. Good or Evil Cat Figurine by Marie Young of YoungCreative
This kitty has a lot to contemplate with an angel mouse whispering in one ear and a devil mouse whispering in the other. She is seated on a mandala made of polymer mosaic tiles sealed with a glassy liquid polymer finish.Approximately 3 1/2 inches tall.
3. Mandala Wall Plaque by Lisa of HiGirls
This wall plaque is created completely of polymer and is 7 inches diameter.
Cut
outs were placed on a flat background, fired, then back filled with
tinted liquid polymer. The entire thing was sanded and buffed for a
great shine.
4. Geometry Class Reduxby Jill of JKollmann Challenge piece is totally pieced! Took me back to geometry classes, to get (and maintain) 12 sections throughout. This was a fun challenge.
5. Snowflake Mandala Christmas Ornamentby Angela of polymerclaycreations The
theme for the month is "Mandalas". I chose to do an ornament because
of the upcoming season. I love the timeless simplicity of blue and
white together. This was made with scraps cut from cane ends and put on a
background of pearl clay.
6. Mandala Challenge Ornamentsby Arlene of Ashpaints I was pretty much stumped on this
challenge until someone mentioned repeating elements and someone else
sent a link with many pictures. My mind immediately hit upon using a
kaleidoscope cane to create the central element and repeat single
elements from that. It may not be a traditional mandala but it makes
me smile!
8. Colors of Thailand Mandalaby Betsy of PolyClayCafe When
I first started thinking of what to create for PCAGOE's Mandala
challenge, I thought of the colors of the mandalas I saw in the temples
of Thailand. Often you could see stunning stain glass mandalas behind
statues of Buddhas. In addition to the beautiful patterns, I was struck
by all the bright colors. I decided I wanted to use bright colors;
those that reminded me of Thailand. Orange for the monks was a given,
teal for the lush jungle vegetation, yellow for the marigold wreaths you
see everywhere, purple for the color of Saturday, wasabi for the
cuisine and just a touch of silver. Read more on my blog: http://polyclaycafe.blogspot.com/2014/10/mandala-inspired-by-colors-of-thailand.html
Randee works as both polymer artist and teacher in Austin, the capital
city of Texas. She has been featured on both Polymer Clay Daily and The Daily
Polymer Arts blog. Her work has been published in several magazines and
featured in museum shops. Randee is also a member of the International
Polymer Clay Guild and the Austin and Houston Polymer Clay Guilds.
Randee has co-authored (with Kim Schlinke) a wonderful book entitled
Polymer Clay Gemstones and the Art of Deception.
Randee says
this about her journey to polymer: "I always suspected that art would be
my life--and luckily, I was right. I studied Byzantine Art and
Archaeology in Florida before being irresistibly drawn into the world of
metalwork as one of the youngest women jewelers in the Southeast during
the early eighties. Eventually, impending motherhood demanded that I
bid metals goodbye, and I experimented with a variety of less-toxic
media before discovering--and being discovered by--polymer clay. This
incredible stuff has become muse and mantra, and I eagerly await each
new day's adventure in it."
Find more of Randee's work at these online locations:
What
a high standard of entries. It was very difficult to choose. I always
seem to manage to take some form of inspiration from these challenges.
Thank you.
Lovely work!
Wow, these entries are fabulous, all of them!! You guys are getting better and better.
Ladies
I had a very hard time having to select a 1-2-3 this month. All works
were so outstanding. I read about the history of the drinking vessel.
What a great idea. Dream catcher - faux leather, faux wood faux feather
that look like the real thing. The "skull" is so colorful, detailed and
unique. SW colors stained glass, covered tins and case, tiles and mosaic
and earrings. WOW! I feel like I have taken a trip out West this
morning. Congrats to all for the great works! Very enjoyable to see.
They are all very nice and it is always hard to choose. Everyone has such creative talent.
Lovely
I really like at least 6 of them; too difficult to choose just 3.
I'm part native American and loved looking at all the items made. I think they are all great.
Well done!
For
the three entries I voted for: beautiful earrings, inspiring Kokopelli
image, and truly amazing looking covered tin. Such wonderful work for
all of them, I hope one of them wins this challenge.
Great entries, I live in the Southwest 28 years and these creations are fantastic. Good luck to all.
All beautiful items.
Wonderful job this month!!!
Nice variety of color and creativity chosen for this month's challenge!!
Hard
choices but the earring are so clean and elegant I had to make it the
top choice. Reminds me of a lot of piedra dura work I saw in Santa FE.
Interesting pieces.
Love seeing new and exciting clayers.
Once again, beautiful art creations! I love southwestern style
#9
for originality and execution. #4 for design and execution, kudos for
your patience. In my mind, #3, #5 and #7 were tied. I went for #5 due to
my personal bias for celestial motifs.
Love to see the different takes on each challenge
So very hard to choose just three, they are all remarkable.
All are really wonderful representations of southwest art. Love them all.
Cool theme!
As
a native of the southwest, this has to be my favorite challenge theme
so far. And what a difficult choice to select my top three.
