My daughter was shopping in the online shop for the Art Institute, as she's a massive fan of Seurat, and she came across these:
-Su
My daughter was shopping in the online shop for the Art Institute, as she's a massive fan of Seurat, and she came across these:
-Su
Have you seen some of Donna Kato's jewelery? talk about fine art!
These were very cool, thanks, Su.
The Blessed Fiddy, Patroness Saint of the Disorganized LC in Sunny So Cal Personality Development Specialist (Full-Time Mom!)
I love Donna Kato. I actually watch her every time she is on Carol Duvall.
Fimo as fine art:
Elvenwork
These are the people who are crossing their Ts and dotting their I's when it comes to creating. Polyclay is no different than any other medium. Its easy to make things of it, hard to make look that darn beautiful and finished just right.
Yes, but my point was that some place like the Museum gift shop also viewed it as art.
-Su
OK. Personally, I thought they looked like cartoons and didn't belong in a museum.
Tina
They're not as good as the work many artists do, but the museum gift shop was interested enough to put fimo in their catalogue, which is a Good Thing.
I don't like them but there's a lot of art I don't like. If they sell then there's hope that the next step will be quality work from someone else to replace those.
-Su
Me too. With all the polyclay out there -- they picked those?!?!?!? ~~ Sooz To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong. ~~Joseph Chilton Pearce
Good point.
But I find a lot of odd stuff ends up in museum gift shops. A former friend of mine sold her freeform peyote bracelets in the gift shop of the Orlando fine arts museum (I don't know its name) when she was such a beginner she didn't know what she was doing yet. (I've wondered if those bracelets fell apart within a year!) ~~ Sooz To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong. ~~Joseph Chilton Pearce
I think it's a combination of guts, marketing and being in the right place, sometimes.
That's my next project for Mike, there's several good museum gift shops in Manchester, and I've seen them all. They all could use some lampwork!
-Su
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