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I was watching a great broadcast that mentioned polymer clay figure making. That got me thinking about the few I have had fun making. Since I have created some, I thought I would make a compilation posting of my clay figures so far. I included the original post links and videos (for the ones I made videos for.) A Side Thought Or Two On Originality. Sculpting figures makes a great personalized gift of love. I prefer to do people I know and not characters. Years ago in College, we had it drilled into our heads about copyright so I always worry about breaching it. I would love to hear from anyone who knows how people copy trademarked or copyrighted images in clay, drawings, and other forms and avoid copyright infringement. The one key thing we were taught (in an Arts Administration program, was that the belief, if you aren't making money from it, it is okay to copy (in that class they specifically talked about music. Our Professor even said that technically, it was breaking copyright to even sing a song off the radio without permission/licensing fees. That class was twenty five years ago, maybe laws have slackened? As an art mentor, I always encourage budding young artists to be original. But, many grew up copying favourite characters from games, videos and such. Then I tell them it is okay to be inspired by other artists, but alter the image and make it your own. Be original guys. It is worth it! On with the show, this is it....(Is that line copyrighted?) Hmmmm....Hope you are inspired even a little. For My Dad's Birthday (Click here To see Video and Original Post)
I was excited to see that one of my first tutorial videos has received 8000 views! Guess which topic? It was an early one I made inspired by Kater's Acres. Katie has a tutorial video about how to make your own polymer clay texture sheet. Thank you Katie.
For me 8000 views for one video is a huge deal for me. When I am use to seeing 10 -20 views! Clearly, I am not the only one who loves texture making in polymer clay. I recently broke down and purchased online, my first Christi Friesen Texture Stamps, making three artist stamps in total. Lisa Pavelka's Flourish set is the only one I had for over a year.
Texture is an element of design that artists use to make their compositions interesting. Other elements are line, shape, colour, and space. We incorporated all of those tools be it a painting, sculpture, photograph....all visual art. Some of us prefer one element more than another. My favourites are colour and texture. What do you prefer to focus on the most?
On that note, let's have some fun focusing on texture and polymer clay. I wanted to have some fun and have compiled all my texture related videos below.
I hope you are inspired to make your own stamps or rollers, or to buy ready made artist's stamps like Christi's or Lisa's.
So grab a refreshment or some clay, sit back and enjoy texture making.
Watch...
Wow, over 8000 people have Watched This Video!
Create Your Own Texture Plates
Make Your Own Texture Rollers
A Signature Stamp Is A Very Custom Texture
My First And Only, so far, Sutton Slice tutorial Using Lisa Pavelka's Texture Stamp
Making Your Own Texture Stamps
Texture Rocker Tutorial
Using My Christi Stamps For The Mica Shift Technique
HeArtfully Creating, Anita
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