Polymer Clay Color Inspirations
Techniques and Jewelry Projects for Creating Successful Palettes
1st Edition
Published on 7. August 2013
144 pages
978-0-307-96564-6 (ISBN)
Description
Lindly Haunani and Maggie Maggio are renowned for their courses and workshops on color as well as for their outstanding polymer clay work. In this book, they offer instruction and inspiration that focuses on polymer clay as a learning tool that readers can use to explore their own color instincts and preferences and develop their own palettes.
Each chapter investigates a specific color principle, with the discussion supported by a related exercise, a "studio tool” assignment or demonstration, a polymer clay jewelry project, and a profile of a prominent polymer clay artist. Sample topics include:
•The Complexity of Color
•Three Properties of Color
•Choosing Your Palette
•Mixing Colors That Flow
•Matching Colors with Precision
•Games Colors Play
•Orchestrating Color Combinations
•Color Composition: Placement and Proportion
•Playful Patterns
•Tantalizing Textures
Each chapter investigates a specific color principle, with the discussion supported by a related exercise, a "studio tool” assignment or demonstration, a polymer clay jewelry project, and a profile of a prominent polymer clay artist. Sample topics include:
•The Complexity of Color
•Three Properties of Color
•Choosing Your Palette
•Mixing Colors That Flow
•Matching Colors with Precision
•Games Colors Play
•Orchestrating Color Combinations
•Color Composition: Placement and Proportion
•Playful Patterns
•Tantalizing Textures
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Polymer Clay Color Inspirations
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LINDLY HAUNANI has more than eighteen years of experience as a polymer clay workshop leader. Her work has appeared in more than fifty invitational and juried shows.
MAGGIE MAGGIO has studied color for more than thirty years and for the last ten years has traveled the United States teaching color workshops to polymer artists.
MAGGIE MAGGIO has studied color for more than thirty years and for the last ten years has traveled the United States teaching color workshops to polymer artists.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Foreword by Cynthia Tinapple
- Preface: Who We Are and How We Work
- Chapter One: Polymer Clay Color Basics: A Primer
- Chapter Two: Understanding the Three Properties of Color
- Chapter Three: Finding Your Inspirational Colors
- Chapter Four: Choosing Your Colors for a Project Palette
- Chapter Five: Mixing Colors That Flow
- Chapter Six: Orchestrating Color Combinations
- Chapter Seven: Playing Games with Color
- Chapter Eight: Exploring Color Composition: Placement and Proportion
- Chapter Nine: Exploring Pattern and Texture in Your Colors
- Chapter Ten: Putting It All Together
- Appendix: Worksheets and Diagrams
- Resources
- Contributors
- Photo Credits
- Index
