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Barbara Foster: polymer clay

My art has always been "dragon rich", even before I accepted that I was an "artist" Mostly self taught, I started working in "sculpture" at age 10 - "monsters" (which even then had a strong dragon element to them) made out of colored telephone wire.  The move to more substantial sculpture was, initially, a response to necessity. Since my favorite topic is dragons, and since it is DIFFICULT to get a dragon to pose (!), I had to sculpt the critters before I could draw them. It didn't take long for me to drop the 2nd step and start perfecting my sculptures. There is something almost... therapeutic about working in clay, or sculpy. To mold and squeeze and manipulate the medium into something that grows before your eyes has a magic feeling to it. Something now exists that didn't before. Something that you can reach out and touch, that has substance under your fingers. Something that you can walk around and see new facets of with each step. Something that holds its own and says "I am..." And, I have moved in on the subject from a slightly different angle, as well.

Marilyn Radzat: Fantasy Doll Art

Marilyn Radzat has been creating art in the figure form for over 25 years. She uses the body as the canvas, transforming the sculpted piece with layers of fabric, nature's elements, and found objects. Marilyn's masterful skills in the art of assemblage adds her characteristic emphasis to the dimensional collage.

Marilyn's work can be seen in many fine galleries throughout the United States and in the private collections of such well-known personalities as President and Mrs. Clinton, actress Demi Moore, author Anne Rice, entertainer Richard Simmons, director Ron Howard, to name but a few.

Each piece stands as a one-of-a-kind collectable, unique and enchanting. The clays used range from low-fired, oil base clays to high fire porcelain. The fabrics used to create the costumes are vintage and antique pieces of silk velvets, rich brocades and other rare textiles.

Artist's Statement:

I am often called a Curator of Enchantment. I feel that Enchantment offers, in her very essence, inspiration. It is that serendipitous coming together of the unexpected . . . a tiny orange mushroom on the forest floor, a circle of young redwood trees forming a cathedral space, a flash of silk caught by a branch . . . I believe in Enchantment in her highest form. Not as an escape from reality, but as a window into what is possible in that fertile and complex world of imagination.

Marilyn Radzat

Caroline A. Babbitt: Fantasy Doll Art

Caroline A. Babbitt resides on the borders of enchantment in Clovis, NM. New Mexico is the land of
enchantment and provides much inspiration when working with clay. Caroline has been sculpting for 13
years. Combining experiences in design, display and a love of reading have made art dolls the perfect
form for expression.

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