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Top entries selected by members
2. Farrah the Fantasy Fish
Doreen Haskell
Maite Mora Ferrer
Dulcie Harris
Sunday, May 10, 2015
May Challenge Winners
The winners in the PCAGOE May Challenge: "Fish" are:
1. Farrah the Fantasy Fish
Punny Phish Rainbow Trout by Beth of CreateMyWorldDesigns
Doreen Haskell
Maite Mora Ferrer
Dulcie Harris
Doreen Haskell
Maite Mora Ferrer
Dulcie Harris
Monday, May 4, 2015
Featured Artist Julie Benner
Meet Julie Benner of Touchstone Creations
featured artist for the weeks of May 4th through May 17th
Julie lives near Kalamazoo, Michigan and has been working in polymer since 2004. Julie has a way with animal sculpts, as you will see throughout the next 2 weeks. Her unique style brings character and life to many critters. Julie says this about her journey to polymer:
“I have been an artist all my life. I started making a variety of jewelry and small sculptures from mostly for my own and my family's pleasure. On January 1st, 2013, I launched the Touchstone Creations line of hand-sculpted figurines and jewelry in my Etsy shop.”
Find more of Julie’s work at these online locations:
Friday, May 1, 2015
May Challenge Fish
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For our May challenge we are featuring Fish. Vote for your favorites. Three lucky voters will be chosen in a drawing to win a gift certificate from one of our sponsor shops.
To see larger images visit:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/1089891@N25/
1. Flossy the Flying Fish by Betsy of StrebeDesigns
I made this polymer clay fish for the PCAGOE May challenge "fish". Flossy is 10" tall and 11" long. A big piece for me! She was shaped first with Sculpey® UltraLight® to keep her lightweight. For more views and a little about the process visit my blog post at strebedesigns.blogspot.com/2015/04/flossy-flying-fish.html
2. Bluefish Valet No. 148 by Susan of 11BOLDstreet
Originally, the "fish" association was going to be more subtle - only the "scales" on the bottom of this valet. But, as I mashed some scrap polymer into a ball and rolled it, a definite fish shape lay on my work table! Abstract, but recognizable, with very little refinement necessary :D
PCAGOE May Challenge: Fish
Farrah started out with a chandelier light bulb. Covered with layers of tinted translucent clay and lots of added textures. Please check out more views of her here: www.flickr.com/photos/39493796@N08/
Farrah started out with a chandelier light bulb. Covered with layers of tinted translucent clay and lots of added textures. Please check out more views of her here: www.flickr.com/photos/39493796@N08/
4. Swimming with the Fishes Journal by Arlene of Ashpaints
This started out as a plain black lined journal. Then the seaweed began to grow and stretch and curl. All sorts of strange and wonderful things happen in this magical undersea world including this very fanciful fish. His scales are made from 3 skinner blends rolled into a spiral, then sliced thinly. The same spiral cane is then flattened, sliced and stretched to shape the fins.
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Fish made of polymer clay flower canes after a demo from Jeannette Kandray at Buckeye Bash.
6. Fish Tissue Cover by Marcy of marcympc
7. Feeling Tropical by Marie of MarieYoungCreative
On March 18, I had emergency surgery that put me out of commission for about 4 weeks. This little fishy is my first foray back into working with clay. It is about 2 inches long and is roughly based on techniques from Helen Breil’s Shapes book. You can see more of the process here: marieyoungcreative.com/fish-challenge/
8. Fish Necklace by Line of PlaySculptLive
On March 18, I had emergency surgery that put me out of commission for about 4 weeks. This little fishy is my first foray back into working with clay. It is about 2 inches long and is roughly based on techniques from Helen Breil’s Shapes book. You can see more of the process here: marieyoungcreative.com/fish-challenge/
8. Fish Necklace by Line of PlaySculptLive
9. Blue Ring Angel Fish with Coral Mirror by Linda of Claymation3d
Blue Ring Angel fish swimming in coral on a 12" mirror.
10. Rainbow Trout
The May Challenge theme for our PCAGOE team is Fish. I couldn't think of what to do, and then one night as I was falling asleep "rainbow trout" popped into my head. My specialty is colorful rainbow millefiori so a millefiori rainbow trout seemed like a no brainer. The background river is from a tutorial by Christi Uliczny of Cabin Fever Clay
Polymer wind whirl decoration. Polymer Rainbow trout fish head and tail, created using Ginger Davis Allman's holo effect technique. For the details on the creation of this piece, please check out my blog post: createmyworlddesigns.blogspot.com/2015/04/punny-phish.html
12. Fish in the Deep Blue Sea by Jill of Beautiful Essentials
Jellyroll cane and glow in the dark clay for the fish fins, mouth, and 3-D ocean plants are part of Jill Stone's light switch plate with original cane work.
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