Judith Ligon / Ligon Art
Inspired by nature, creating with polymer clay has been a fun journey in adventure in color play, form, pattern and design. Capturing what I see in nature and transforming what I see into clay is a joyful adventure in creating with color blends which in turn become cane work. A cane is a pattern or design created with the clay such that when it is sliced, the pattern or design goes all the way through it. Polymer clay is a petroleum based clay that was developed in the 1930's. As a result of German doll maker and developer of polymer clay giving some of this plastic clay to her daughter, who used it to model doll heads, this clay evolved into a product called FIMO, a child's modeling clay in 1966. Artists here in the USA discovered it in the '70's and American companies, like Sculpey made their own versions of it. I was introduced to polymer clay cane making in 2003 and first used FIMO but have since created with PREMO, which is designed for strength, color fastness, clarity and is available in a wide range of colors - which are mixable. I can create strong, durable thin veneers which is lightweight and perfect for wearable art. The clay is hardened by baking it in a convection oven at 275 degrees. This versatile material has multiple uses limited by one's imagination.
Studio 8
North cluster
