My main website which includes photography and other jewelry – www.annbrooks.com
Polymer Resources
Polymer Clay Daily – almost daily blog featuring new polymer artists and new work. Polymer Clay Tutor – videos demonstrating techniques and reviewing products. Munro Crafts – good source for polymer products at good prices for quantities. The Polymer Arts – quarterly magazine for professional & aspiring polymer clay artists.
Polymer Basic Technique Tutorials (more to come)
Basic Skinner Blend Techniques – well explained by the Polymer Clay Tutor
Jewelry Resources in General
Art Jewelry Forum – supporting the art jewelry field, collecting, Susan Cummings editor. Rio Grande – for findings, precious metals, just about anything a jeweler would need. How to photograph jewelry – twenty videos by Michael Seto, NYC jewelry photographer.
Polymer Artists
Polymer artists at whose feet I would gladly sit: Kathleen Dustin, Jeffrey Lloyd Dever, Cynthia Toops, Melanie West, Ford/Forlano
Books & Publications
Terra Nova: Polymer Art at the Crossroads beautiful book of top polymer master artists’ work and excellent history of growth of this postmodern material into a mature art form. The Polymer Clay Techniques Book an oldie, but goodie – for beginners basics and more. The Art of Polymer Clay Millefiori Techniques good on basics and excellent intro to caning.
Magazines I read: Ornament, The Polymer Arts, Metalsmith, American Craft
Galleries & Museums
Velvet da Vinci San Francisco’s go-to gallery for contemporary jewelry and sculpture. Racine Art Museum a major permanent collection of polymer jewelry, beads, sculpture.
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