Sense of Adventure
April 26th, 2008
I’m home from teaching the polymer clay guild in Colorado Springs and was really inspired by the joy and sense of adventure these ladies brought to the class. On reflecting, I can see that a sense of adventure has been an important theme in my life and art. I can remember backing out the driveway in the station wagon with my mom, dad, and three siblings- my dad would turn to my mom and say with glee, “We’re off on a great adventure!”. Even now as soon as I get in the car for a trip, I have that same feeling. And I think that is also why I am so inspired by the art and artisans of faraway countries and ancient cultures!
I decided to sew fabric “homes” for the Africa mask pins to live on (See previous post). They are collaged pieces of fabric 
combined with muslin that has a black mask image transferred onto the cloth. The polymer mask pins “lives” on or near the mask image. I enjoyed creating an environment for the polymer clay pin and this seems to be the direction I am VERY interested in now- combining textiles and polymer clay.
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1. Lisa Clarke | April 26th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
Hi, Dayle.
Our styles are quite different from each other, but I also have caught the bug - combining polymer clay and textiles. I’ve been playing with clay for 12 years, but only learned to sew less than a year ago. Since then, I’ve been making buttons and jewelry that are specifically meant to coordinate with certain fabrics. It’s been such fun!
I enjoyed listening to your CraftCast interview a few weeks ago.
Lisa
2. Karen | April 27th, 2008 at 8:00 pm
Hi Dayle,
I love, love, love your new work! The mask looks wonderful on its fabric “home”.
It was so nice to see you at Synergy and I really enjoyed your Craftcast interview, too. You are so inspiring!
-Karen
3. Christopher Knoppel | April 29th, 2008 at 6:53 am
Dear Dayle,
Your textile work is so inspiring,joyful, creative and truly wonderful with or without an included polymer pin!
I am looking forward to you seeing you go larger and perhaps produce pieces made for wall installations so that the inter-play of color, small surprising details and whimsey within the textile work truly can be appreciated without running the risk of being overlooked while people struggle with the question “is it a wall piece or a pin.” We’ll guess what girl or boy friends out there in the polymer world….it can be both…and YOU get to decide. Does it get any better than that?
Love it, Christopher
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