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The Southern Connecticut Polymer Clay Guild’s 6th polymer clay retreat, Clay ConneCTion 2008 was this past weekend at Connecticut College in New London, CT and it was great! Conn College was a new venue for us and I think the consensus was that it was a keeper.
Clay ConneCTion is a 3 day […]

This past weekend was the Southern Connecticut Polymer Clay Guild’s retreat, and now I need a break. I’ll be back soon with stories about the retreat, but meanwhile The Libzoid Blog is going to pause for a bit. Instead of today’s regularly scheduled new Studio Snapshot, let’s just recap the 18 artists who have […]

I feel like I am running up a sand hill these days, slogging along and not making any discernible progress. The retreat is just a couple of days away. Marvelous donations from the generous community of polymer clay artists continue to arrive. I’m trying to get the last details of the areas […]

Artist name: Susan Kaplan
Location: Alaska

Website: Kaplan Creations Jewelry
Blog: Kaplan Creations
My Space: Denali Beads
Do you have a dedicated studio/artistic space? Yes, I have a terrific space!
Where is it located? In a separate structure located behind my house.

Is it a large or small space? It is about as large as a standard […]

This is a bag chock full of old beads I sent back to camp with E. I made most (if not all) of these beads between 2001 and 2005. The majority probably date around 2004 or so as that was a time I was really focused on bead making. And to be […]

Artist name: Sarajane Helm

Website: Polyclay.com

Blogs:
Creative Connections
Creative Connections - Poly Arts
Other websites:
Sarajane Helm’s Etsy Shop
Aunt Acid
At The Helm
Do you have a dedicated studio/artistic space?
Yes, I have several dedicated workspaces. My whole life is a dedicated work space. The tools are all in different places though and the trick is to be […]

The Southern Connecticut Polymer Clay Guild Retreat, Clay ConneCTion 2008 is coming up very soon, July 25-27. We’re pulling together last minute details and finishing up plans. We’ll have over 75 polymer clay artists generating quite a bit of creative energy at our new venue, Connecticut College. It’s exciting, and as Promotions […]

Artist name: Tejae Floyde (pronounced tee-jay)

Location: Colorado
Website: Tejae’s Art
Blog: Tejae’s Art Blog
Flickr Group: Polymer Clay Today

Do you have a dedicated studio/artistic space? yes
Where is it located? My studio has always been in the basement, mainly because I can be messy and I don’t like cleaning up while I’m working on a project. We’ve […]

I’ve been caught up in miscellaneous family stuff and haven’t managed to get into the studio for several days.  It’s the typical ebb and flow of the family life versus creative life struggle.  My brain keeps busy in the background with design ideas etc., but my hands are taking a break.  My sister came for […]

Over the last few months I’ve managed to make a pile of silver bezels. It takes the right kind of mood for me to get into the groove of filling them. Fortunately, I’ve been in the mood lately:

Simple shapes, patterns, textures and colors. Half of me thinks I am in a rut […]