DIY

Using polymer to fashion ceramic tools! Nice concept. Start with the cool display on Emily Rayna's site and keep going! Slide an extruded tube onto bent wire? Yes you can

• Polymer ribs for shaping ceramics

  "Ever dream of an idea that you have to rush out of bed to write down?" asks Sally Kirk. "I dreamt of making polymer clay ribs for my ceramic mugs. Wasn’t sure it would work, but I was reminded that polymer clay is flexible, waterproof, and could serve as a great companion material to ceramics." Look for them soon on her Etsy shop.

• DIY jewelry display from Emily Rayna

  Look out. You will want to make every DIY project from this young decorator

• Chicken wire DIY

  Watch this DIYer make a bowl and other decor items on her Instagram

• Anastasia Arinovich threads an unbaked tube onto a shaped wire

  Hard to believe but it works

Gallery scene

These shows give me goosebumps and they introduce us to another polymer that I've not seen before. If you know about polycaprolactone, do tell us.

• Toops exhibit at Langley Gallery

  Hmmm, I may be forced to visit family in Seattle just to catch a glimpse of this exhibit. Open until July 31

• New to Instagram! Cynthia Toops

  Double sided pendant with Nancy Bonnema, also at Museo.

• Roni Landa's wall art is a wonder

  Spooky, strange and a wonder

• Prize-winning Helsinki ceramicist and textile artist Marianne Huotari

  Ceramic but very polymerish (via Maurine Kremerich)

• Pouta - another Marianne Huotari

  Pouta is a ceramic curtain inspired by blooming meadows. See her WIP shots

• Yuka Saito's spiced flower

  Polycaprolactone? Let's research this material that Yuka Saito uses. Wikipedia says: PCL is a biodegradable polymer used in many FDA-approved surgical implants and drug delivery devices for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications.

Learning

Two super sculptors are teaching. One great travel-size epoxy for your toolbox.

• Sculpting online with Maureen Carlson

  New Class online beginning next week, July 21. Two 2-hour Thursday morning classes with a master!

• Free ApoxieSculpt™ Play Day with Christi Friesen today

  https://www.facebook.com/groups/christiscreativeneighborhood LIVECHAT1: 7am Hawaii time (10am pt / 1pm et / 5pm utc)I'll be demonstrating how to create an embellished medallion (it can become a brooch, pendant or wall piece) using ApoxieSculpt epoxy clay and other fun beads and bits.Join in to watch, chat and even makealong!LIVECHAT2: at 10am Hawaii time (1pm pt / 4pm et / 11pm utc)

• Christi Friesen offers ApoxieSculpt

  In a 1/10 pound set (part A + part B). Choice of four colors. A perfect size for projects!

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