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Thousands of crafters have discovered that polymer clay is versatile, easy to use, and just plain fun. Now, with "Polymer Clay Creative Traditions", all crafters can create beautiful and wondrous works of art that blend this exciting medium of today with the great design ideas of the past. "Polymer Clay Creative Traditions" lets both beginners and experienced artisans draw inspiration from painting and drawing, ethnic carving, quilting, ceramics, sculpture, glass, metalwork, and more. Through more than 300 stunning photographs, and fascinating text, author Judy Belcher reveals how these influences can be expressed through ordinary polymer clay. An introduction on the history and handling, plus tips and techniques throughout the book, make "Polymer Clay Creative Traditions" an invaluable sourcebook for all polymer clay crafters.
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JUDY BELCHER has been creating with polymer clay for eight years. She is the president and one of the founding members of the Kanawha Valley Polymer Clay Guild and a member of the National Polymer Clay Guild. She is a Certified Professional Demonstrator and enjoys demonstrating and teaching at trade shows, retail venues and schools. STEVE PAYNE is a commercial photographer known for his work in fine art landscapes, nature photography, and portraiture
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Nice looking book, not for beginners,
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This review is from: Polymer Clay Creative Traditions: Techniques and Projects Inspired by the Fine and Decorative Arts (Paperback)
As I state in the title this is a lovely looking book and shows you what can be achieved in this media. However it isn't for people trying to learn.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A real inspiration!!,
By Carol Blackburn (London, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Polymer Clay Creative Traditions: Techniques and Projects Inspired by the Fine and Decorative Arts (Paperback)
Polymer clay artists are frequently inspired by other art forms -from fibre and metalwork to painting and sculpture. Judy shows how to turn inspiration into reality and just how versatile polymer clay is for this purpose.
Each chapter starts from a material-based art tradition, eg. glass, metal, wood, and develops the techniques associated with these crafts in concise, clearly explained projects. Each technique has a gallery of beautiful examples of both the source artforms, such as exquisite pieces of wood furniture, and several works in polymer clay inspired by the material and sometimes combined with it in mixed media objects. Judy has selected her gallery artists with care - the best work by the best artists -dazzling! By illustrating high standards of design and execution, she places Polymer Clay on an equal footing with older art material traditions and demands that we keep aiming higher. For me this is the real inspirational effect of a great book. Well done, Judy Belcher. Carol Blackburn, author of 'How to Make Polymer Clay Beads'
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Exceptional book with a fresh approach,
By M. Donnelly - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Polymer Clay Creative Traditions: Techniques and Projects Inspired by the Fine and Decorative Arts (Paperback)
Polymer clay is gaining in popularity, and with that popularity comes a variety of books that cover much of the same territory. Judy Belcher's book takes a fresh approach. Judy investigates the many styles of other decorative art forms and applies the characteristics of those art forms to clay. The results are stunning, enlightening and invigorating. Batik, millefiori, lampwork, quilting, cloisonne...all these forms--and more--are applied to clay.
While this book was not targeted towards the beginning clayer, it does have a variety of projects at many skill levels, enbabling all who read it to successfully complete the project and learn the technique. Judy's skill with clay, her eye for design, her love of the medium and her imaginative spirit all come through in this book. I'm still stunned with her attempt at imitating pointillism--paintings created by using tiny dots of color--using polymer clay. This book will definitely be getting a bit of wear and tear. I've read it twice from cover to cover, and I continue to go through it to learn more. 61 of 66 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best Polymer Clay Book - PERIOD!,
By Chel Micheline "Chel Micheline" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Polymer Clay Creative Traditions: Techniques and Projects Inspired by the Fine and Decorative Arts (Paperback)
I received this book in the mail yesterday afternoon and I haven't put it down since. It is jam packed with idea, tutorials, inspiration... I can't stop looking at everything.
There aren't too many Polymer Clay books that I truly feel are worth buying because they are all so hit and miss- only 25% of the content in those books are useful and/or interesting to me. I actually own more glass bead books because I have learned more about layering and design and color from those than most PC books. I have yet to fiind a PC book that really suited my needs- innovative projects with great suuggestions and galleries. Until now. This book is not only a great resource, it's also an invitation to explore- and Belcher provides the map. If you have any interest in Polymer Clay or seeing what the potential of the medium is, you must buy this book. There's a bunch of projects, as well as most inspiring set of gallery pages in any PC book I have seen. Almost everything in here is a keeper. I hope this book is the first in a series, because I can think of hundreds of artists whose techniques could be interpreted in clay. I can see a "Creative Traditions: Art Noveau", "Creative Traditions: Pop Art", "Creative Traditions: Impressionism", etc. Thank you thank you thank you, Ms. Belcher, for finally raising the bar on Polymer Clay books and for creating a publication that belongs in every artist's library. 35 of 37 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great book!,
By D. Kato - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Polymer Clay Creative Traditions: Techniques and Projects Inspired by the Fine and Decorative Arts (Paperback)
There are several recently released books on polymer clay I'd highly recommend and Judy's book is definitely one of them. The other recent additions would be Kim Cavender's "Polymer Clay For The Fun Of It" and Ellen Marshall's book on surface treatment.
Judy's historical references to other media attest to the versatility of this amazing material and her examples are wonderful! The projects are beautifully executed and the gallery photos a real treat. Judy is a real perfectionist and it shows on every page. Congratulations on a great book, Judy. This book belongs in every polymer clay library. Donna Kato, author of The Art of Polymer Clay |
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