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michihiro matsuoka’s steampunk menagerie: clay mimics metal
Michihiro Matsuoka manipulates clay until the earthen material looks like aged copper and other discarded metals. Matsuoka’s hybrid world is a fusion of animals and machinery in steampunk-like fashion. The artist’s attention to detail as he formed and painted the menagerie is so meticulous that I thought I was looking at recycled sheet metal.
Grasshopper
Cicadas
Mustang
Rocket Rabbit
See more of Matsuoka’s work at Device Gallery
karen caldicott’s clay heads
Karen Caldicott is well versed in the finer points of coaxing, manipulation, negotiating and seduction. Oh dear, please let me explain – the British illustrator has been living in New York for many years but I promise you she is not taking her cues from former New York governor Elliot Spitzer (however, if you click on the picture to the left you will see the idiot Spitzer appropriately turn red in the face thanks to Caldicott’s animation skills). Caldicott coaxes, manipulates and seduces her materials, in this case plasticine clay, to the delight of the always-curious public who read the magazines and newspapers where her illustrations appear.
Caldicott’s clay portraits are so life-like that New York magazine commissioned her to do weekly portraits of the famous and infamous for the magazine. Each celebrity was shown in several poses enjoying all that New York City has to offer. She sketched out her ideas, then sculpted small busts (only 6-8″ high) and here’s where it gets interesting: Caldicott photographed the clay heads and then added the color in Photoshop. Nice.
Her clients include ABC News, TIME magazine, Forbes, The New Yorker, New York Magazine, Los Angeles Times, NY Times, Rolling Stone magazine, Newsweek, Wall Street Journal, Sony Music, MTV, Harpers Bazaar (UK) and the New York Sun.
[Edited 7/8/08 to add this note from Karen: "These days I'm not Photoshopping the color, I'm actually painting them in acrylic and then photographing the model." A good example of this is her bust of James Frey, seen on her home page.]
Caldicott on Dripbook
new work from guitton
Last Summer we looked at Francoise Guitton’s fashionista sketches in polymer clay and marveled about her attention to detail. A recent email from the artist announced new work - a series of illustrations featuring high fashion hens decked out in frills and frippery. Guitton manipulates the clay with ease, effectively capturing the hen’s sassy…dare I say ‘cocky’ strut!
Guitton’s French Hens
All dressed up and no where to go?
polymer clay + ohmori seiko = illustrations
Japan’s Ohmori Seiko creates polymer clay figures, photographs the models and then digitally manipulates the images to create advertisements for her clients. A new twist on 3d polymer clay illustrations. Loving it.
Polymer clay female forms and 3d objects…
catherine newell frit sketches
Glass artist Catherine Newell uses glass frit to sketch life like portraits, then manipulates the glass to represent windblown, crumpled paper. This video gives us a glimpse into the artist’s process. She is joyful, talented and passionate as she describes how the sketches in her recent exhibit, ‘Alone Together’, capture temporary aspects of an individual’s personality while exploring the idea of community. Take a look.
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diane falkenhagen: metal and polymer clay
Diane Falkenhagen is best known for her one-of-a-kind mixed media jewelry. She embraces a risk-taking philosophy with art, incorporating more contemporary materials like corian, acrylic, resin and polymer clay into traditional fabricated metal forms.
A common theme for Falkenhagen is pictorial imagery created by the artist or borrowed from historical sources. She often distorts or manipulates the images before using them and a favorite material for image transfers is polymer clay (seen in the pictures here).
Many polymer clay artists incorporate metal into their polymer clay work. Turnabout is fair play. Falkenhagen incorporates polymer clay into her metal work with flair, creating elegant jewelry with an air of mystery.
See more Falkenhagen in the current issue of Metalsmith Magazine.
[Update 11/21/07: Read Cynthia Tinapple's post about Falkenhagen's work here.]
hot and cold
karina gill’s hammered metal bowls embrace her interest in both organic shapes and geometric design. the metalsmith expertly manipulates icy cold materials including silver, steel, copper and brass and creates warmth by etching repeat patterns, applying rich colors and bending the metal sheet into sensuous curves. striking. sizzling hot. the silver bowl below looks like an elegant turbine. cool.
costume party
in a bold move, graphic designer and illustrator francoise guitton produced a body of work that consists of polymer clay characters she builds, clothes, bakes and frames. this new work marks a departure from her traditional illustrations, which require guitton to start by drawing formal sketches to take the artist from concept to reality.
for the costumed characters, she studies books about fashion and clothing from different periods of history, but prefers to use instinct and sense of play to create each piece, turning the idea of sketch-to-reality on its head. passionate about details, the artist strives to make the viewer forget the nature of the raw materials. guitton experiences a palpable excitement as she manipulates the clay into faux textiles. the result? more than sixty dazzling three-dimensional fashionista sketches.
link via parole de pate
leaving an imprint
french artist alice riehl sews pieces of lace then soaks the lace in porcelain before she manipulates the shape. the lace burns off during the firing process, leaving its imprint on the porcelain. riehl’s description of her work is quite moving and pays homage to all of the women who came before us:
“Like ghosts, the former doilies, collars, bed spreads or table runners, reshaped and reworked, haunt every piece. This ladies’ feminine handiwork, proudly and patiently embroidered, still bears the fingerprint and the sheer determination of their creators and is now given a new life in a new form. It is a testimony to the know-how, the traditions, and the personal histories of women who used these simple and precise skills, generation after generation, making each thread of cotton unique and their own.”
while you are on riehl’s website, make sure you also take a look at her stoneware garden. this collection of podlike forms offers wonderful inspiration for bead shapes, textures and patterns.
link via dear ada
head and shoulders
norway’s liv blavarp demonstrates mastery over humble materials and rich color schemes. the material that this accomplished jewelry designer manipulates? hand dyed wood. she carves the wood into curving shapes meant to drape and fold over neck and shoulders. her work is highly regarded..the queen is a collector.
