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internationally as an innovator and leading polymer clay artist and teacher, Sandra
McCaw's stylistic hallmarks are precision and attention to detail. Masterful use
of color and intricacy of pattern distinguish her work.
She says, 'My
inspiration derives from a fascination with the interplay of color, line and form.
In working with polymer clay, I am able to create complex patterns where lines
seem to lose their distinction and blend, and where colors bloom and merge.
Polymer
clay, with its richness of color and flexibility, allows me to create the intricate
patterns that I love.' As a child Sandra would watch the family's black and white
television set and inform the rest of the family what the colors were on the screen.
Color is what first attracted Sandra to polymer clay.
"The possibilities
are endless! I buy only red, yellow, blue, black and white polymer clay and mix
all my own colors. It's all about color and pattern for me, and the way subtle
shifts in color can change the entire emotional temperature of a piece." With
a background in the graphic arts and photography, Sandra worked in the corporate
world for several years.
She discovered polymer in 1994 and soon developed
an original technique which now bears her name, "The McCaw Method". Sandra McCaw's
award winning polymer clay jewelry has been exhibited internationally and highly
published.
One of her flower brooches graces the cover of The Art of Jewelry,
Polymer Clay. McCaw's work was selected as a Niche Awards finalist in 2009 and
won a Best of Jewelry award from the League of NH Craftsmen in 2009. Her work
is represented in the permanent collection of the Racine Art Museum, frequently
regarded as North America's principal museum of Fine Craft.
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