Side Street Studio Blog | The best art that B.C. can offer

Gera Scott Chandler is one of B.C.’s finest Polymer Clay Artists. “The first time I ever used polymer clay was to make a funky pair of danglyearrings to match a painting I had in a show when I was in Art School in 1989″, said Gera.

“I detoured from art school when I had my children but after getting a computer and logging into my very first internet-based arts community in 1994 I rediscovered my creative self and spent a few years immersed in self-directed explorations in papier mache, paper-making, book arts and gourd art”.

“One day I needed to find a a way to drill a hole through a pebble to add as an accent for a project I was working on”. “It came to mind to try to make a faux stone with polymer clay”. “Making the little Beachstones with polymer clay was an epiphany for me”. “I joined an online polymer clay group and was drawn into a innovative community of artists who are fascinated by this wonderfully adaptive medium that is making inroads in the art world”.

“Polymer Clay became the foundation medium for my approach and I was soon immersed in figurative sculpture and vessel-making”. said Gera. “I’ve been a full time polymer clay artist for over twelve years now and work has been displayed in numerous juried shows, used in motion picture set design and is in collections in Canada, the United States, Europe and Japan”.

“In 2008 I was honoured to have my work selected as a finalist in the sculpture category in the International Polymer Clay Artists Association’s annual Progress and Possibilities Competition”. “I am a founding member of the Vancouver Island Polymer Clay Artists Guild and I offer a variety of polymer clay workshops through the year”.

“My focus for 2009 is to make a series of three large wall mounted Muses with Forest, Sea and Shore themes, to explore combining polymer clay and fiber with my new “Leggy Bowls” and to sculpt with polymer clay on stretched canvas”.                       

You can see more of Gera’s magnificent work at Side Street Studio and at her web site www.amusedgallery.com

Gera also runs a superb and informative blog which is very well worth a visit.