StudioMojo #612 • June 10, 2023

"People are all aggregates and piles," according to Ben Denzer (see the last link). See! We're all scraps. Sheepishly I tell you that I'm working on my "scraps" book again and Denzer's art talk makes me think I've leaned my ladder against the right wall. I don't want to jinx it by getting all boasty about my plans but really, I'm working on it. Denzer says that when we react to scraps, things begin to talk to each other. According to him, meaning comes from the piling up of time, experiences, objects, and images. He's right up my alley and his art talk is dynamite. Plow through this week's pile of Mojo munchies. "Making makes us," he says. There's a whole lot of making going on!

Pretties

  • Joy L Kroenke's "Polypores"

    Created for a Game of Shrooms scavenger hunt. Polymer, magnetic. Joy is from Oregon. "Where the ocean meets the forest," her tagline reveals. She knows her shrooms. A few are available in her Etsy shop.

  • Extruder lover's bangle

    Jane Pellicciotto comes up with this cools design that makes me mutter, "Why didn't I think of that?"

  • Extruding mokume gane?

    I've stared and stared at Kate Lee Foley's mokume gane slab. It feels like Bettina Welker met Kate and they merged into this

  • Follow Masako Inabe

    For those crisp and careful Japanese style blends and canes. Recently features on Polymer Week

  • Inks, leaf, translucent, and silkscreen

    Jessama shows a trinket bowl trick in a flash

  • Not a super complex cane!

    Would you guess this was from Jayne Dwyer?

Animal kingdom

Boys club

Learning

  • Are you sitting pretty?

    Or are you cramped, crunched and crabby? Holly Gage explains how and why to work so that you protect your most valuable tools....your body

  • Lisa Clarke shows how to get scraps to black

    Can you combine Kato Blackout and Premo! Sculpey? And if so, what is the ideal ratio? How about baking temperature? Here's what Lisa learned

  • Making Then Meaning - Ben Denzer

    "Making makes me," he says. "Making is reacting, responding, commitment, rigor. Save this thought-provoking presentation

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