At first when you look at the Nigela Pod, you are not sure what you are looking at and even after seeing that it opens, it is still unclear what these ravishing seed pods are.American ceramicist Kathleen Dustin discovered colored polymer clay while studying abroad in Beirut, Lebanon. She has said that she was searching for a medium that could be adapted to her peripatetic life, that she could easily transport.
Although Dustin's work is in museum collections and the artist won the 2008 New Direction-Excellence in Design of the Future Award at the Smithsonian Museum's Craft Show, she began making clay polymer handbags with the intention that 
people would touch them and use them, making beauty a part of their everyday lives.There is wit and ingenuity in these trompe l'oiel bags. The Apple and Granite, the Horizontal Hibiscus and the Spiky Cactus move beyond the impressive verisimilitude of the Pod bag
sVillage Woman is from a group that Dustin created as a result of living for three years in Ankara, Turkey. Each one is inscribed with a Psalm of a Proverb reflecting on the woman's life or work.
To find out more, visit http://www.kathleendustin.com.
To find out more, visit http://www.kathleendustin.com.
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Thank you so much for your message.
So lovely to come over and see your blog. I was amazed, especially this liitle women, She is a little like my latest mother earth painting. Love how the feet a tucked under, she is so cute.
Going to have a look at the rest of your beautiful blog.
Welcome, Julie-ann. On her website (the link at the end of this article) Kathleen Dustin tells about how she came to create these women. To make these colors with clay is quite an achievement.
Thanks for introducing me to her work - her level of craftsmanship is phenomenal. I loved her stone bags.
Yes, and what imagination to visualize the possibilities.
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