Polymer Clay Color Inspirations: Techniques and Jewelry Projects for Creating Successful Palettes [Paperback]

Lindly Haunani (Author), Maggie Maggio (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 25, 2009

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

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About the Author

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.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Potter Craft; Original edition (August 25, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0823015017
• ISBN-13: 978-0823015016
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 0.4 x 10.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #36,221 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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39 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One Of the Best Books on Polymer Clay Ever., August 29, 2009

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This is a must have book for anyone interested in working with polymer clay as a serious art and fine craft medium. Well written and beautifully designed. Even if you are a seasoned pro with polymer clay there is something to be gained by owning this book. This truly is one of the best polymer clay books I have seen published in a long time.

41 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An absolute must-have book, September 1, 2009

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I've just received my copy of "Polymer Clay Inspirations" and I can hardly wait to read it cover to cover and do the exercises. Not only is color theory (and different basic color systems)explained beautifully, but the photographs/examples inspire creativity on their own. I am very selective about what craft books I purchase, usually borrowing from the public library first to determine whether the book is a necessary reference item for my shelf. This time, I preordered and I am SO glad. This is a reference book I'll pick up time and time again - and one I'll leaf through when inspiration flags. I work in polymer clay and also do bead work and mixed media and this book will be a fabulous help in all mediums where color is concerned. Congratulations to Lindly Haunani and Maggie Maggio for having written a book I'd give 12 stars out of 10 to!

27 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars HEADS ABOVE THE REST, August 30, 2009

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Elise (NJ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Polymer Clay Color Inspirations: Techniques and Jewelry Projects for Creating Successful Palettes (Paperback)

If I had been asked to nominate a title for Lindly and Maggie's new addition to the polymer library, I might have been tempted to call it "Everything You Wanted to Know About Color.....But Were Afraid to Ask." That, however, would have been both derivative and long-winded, two qualities that one never has to fear in this indispensable book of 144 information-packed pages.

Heads above the typical polymer how-to books, this volume offers 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.