StudioMojo #618 • July 22, 2023

It's not just the weather, things are changing! There's Barbie pink in the air and polymer is changing to include improv and therapy. Oh for heaven's sake, I even put fart art in today's StudioMojo. What is going on? Could be the lingering effects of my grandchildren. Change and farts are in the wind!

Newsy/nosy

  • LY-BO in Germany

    Lydia Boduch's dense and dazzling polymer necklace at Munich Jewellery Week 2023

  • Not scrap

    Phil Porter's presentation on Polymer Week was a game-changer. He explained his improvisational way of mixing colors in the pasta machine and using the painterly results in his art. Look for Phil's approach to spread

  • Beads and eggs

    Steve Ford (Ford/Forlano) uses eggs to work out bead ideas and color combinations

  • Trendy tubes

    Middle of the night inspiration from Oliver & Oak. Watch her create yarn-filled polymer tubes

  • Cutters with an edge

    Unusual cutters from UK. I couldn't help myself. Years ago I bought some of these designs from a NL company. Could be the same folks

  • Leslie Blackford teaches how to let it out

    Her "In My Head" classes are pre-recorded. Three classes with additional individual instruction. Begins July 25. "Putting your emotions and feeling into something you create can be very therapeutic," she says.

  • Fart art

    Tossing in fart art from Helena Bogosian. Her illustrator friend has a book coming out in October titled "The Most Serious Fart" and Helena wanted to be supportive

Gardening

Barbie vibes

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