amy fraser’s work in progress

over the last few months i’ve watched new hampshire’s amy fraser grow her exalted beauty medallion collections. a talented painter, fraser brings her two dimensional art to life with these polymer clay pendants.

in the last year and a half she has made more than 1,600 medallions. each collection has a theme which she uses, along with a color palette, as the starting point for these miniature works of art. i became aware of fraser’s work when she took her blog readers on a wonderful journey, discussing the process for her botanical collection: looking for inspiration, drawing the illustrations, eliminating some of the drawings and finally translating selected drawings into the polymer clay botanical collection. you can find lots of links to that process here.

pictured above are before and after pictures of her floral medallion collection (not to be confused with the previously mentioned botanical collection!) if you want a glimpse of the glazes she used to paint the white, baked medallions, and a peek at her color palette inspiration for this collection, click here.

fraser’s blog and website document much of her creative process, from sketch or painting to completed medallion collection. a good read. you can see the entire series of medallion collections cataloged here and don’t miss the galleries section of her website – it highlights dozens of her paintings and drawings.

more? cindi lavin recently interviewed fraser for bead arts. check out cindi’s conversation with amy. this busy mom, wife and artist is a delightful work in progress and i look forward to seeing more of her process as she brings new collections to life.