Russian Jewelry And Bead Artist Brings The World Closer Together

I went for a visit Cindy. Some interesting work over there. I sure wished my grandpa had taught me how to read Russian.

Hope we get more of the Russian group to share their tips with us.

We have a lot of links to your site from our community at emicraft.livejournal.com Your articles are very helpful.

[ADDED NOTE: To visit Larissa's site, you can click on her name link above :) ]

Thank you for your promotional post :) You made me blush. I want to make a small correction: the polymerclayfimo blog is not mine, I am just one of the writers there.
And let's cooperate :)))

@Illaya: Yeah too bad… Russian would be a great language to know. From what I hear it is a pretty tricky language to learn. (My husband studied it for a little bit and said there are a lot of rules for it, but unlike English it breaks very few of them!) I hope the Russian artists come and share tips here too! There is so much we can learn from each other!

@Larissa J.: Thank you so much! Probably many of our visitors from Russia came from your links as well! I love what you guys are doing there! It is fantastic!

@Larissa M.: Wow two Larissa's! Is that a popular Russian name? You're very welcome for the promo! I wasn't sure if it was your site or a group of people's since things get mixed up in translation. It would be my pleasure to get to know you better! :)

Actually the first Larissa is from Estonia :)
The name is not very popular, it's just a coincidence.
I would be much pleased in having a chance to show you the russian world of polymerclayers. I don't know what to begin with, may be it's better if you ask questions?
And you can find my personal blog if you click on my name link above

Larissa M. that is neat about your names being a coincidence. I have noticed that although Cindy really isn't a very popular name anymore, there seems to be tons of us in the crafting industry. That is partly why I had to give myself the title Polymer Clay Tutor, so I wouldn't get mixed up with all the other Cindy's!

I am curious about you. Where did the name Lameta come from? Is it a nick name? Also, is there lots of interest in polymer clay in Russia? Or is it a small group of artists?

Cindy, Lameta is a nickname, you know how difficult it is to choose a name when you try to register at some popular web resourse like yahoo or livejournal. It's LArissa MEtsker plus some random suffix :)
Much interest has been drawn to polymer clay recently in Russia (last 5 or so years). Our livejournal polymerclay community has 2500 members, not all of them write of course. We also have some regional communities, but this one is the strongest. But when we try to organize shows, it appears that people know nothing of this medium, it takes time to explain what it is. The reaction is different: from surprise to neglection: "Plastic :("

Hi Cindy!

I went over to her site and saw some of the beautiful work. It is gorgeous.

I sure wish I could read Russian! Don't understand any of it but it sure looks neat.

@Larissa M: Wow 2500 members! That's a lot! I know what you mean about people not understanding the medium, though I wouldn't refer to it as plastic. More of a 'modern art clay' which can be manipulated in many exciting ways! Doesn't that sound better than plastic? ;-) How do you say polymer clay in Russian, anyway? Doe the name refer to plastic in some way?

@Eri: I know it is gorgeous isn't it! If you subscribe to their blog in a RSS reader like Google Reader you can go into the feed settings and select "Translate into my language' and it will translate it right in the reader. This really helps if you are following several blogs from all over the world! The translations aren't perfect, but it is way better than guessing!

Cindy, the problem is that polymer clay is new for Russia and there is no such word. We use word-for-word translation, as it sounds good. But in most cases people call it just "plastic" and I don't like it, because there is even a grammar mistake in the word :)

I know that can be a big problem Larissa. I wrote another post about this topic, asking for other readers to provide some suggestions. Click the link by my name to go straight there.

Hi! Loved your site and interesting p.c. articles! I am a newbie who is looking forward tto developing my "style" and skills for a part-time, stay-home business.
For the comment on international artists, their cultures, sights and sounds are inspiring. I especially love the Israeli artists and can't wait to explore their sites for more inspiration. Alot of their decision in designs come from social boundaries – but are amazing, at that!!

Thank you Carla for the nice comment! I agree you can find some wonderful inspiration in exploring the art work of the International artists. The unique differences in culture make for fascinating differences in styles and approaches to polymer clay bead making and jewelry design. Glad you found this site. I hope you enjoy learning from here!