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…said the Potter Mischievously While Waiting for the Kiln to Heat Up:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n A member of the community here (Aims), just recently forwarded an email she received from her brother (David Todd). He is a traditional pottery artisan<\/span> that works with ceramic clay. I got permission to post the following quote because it really helps to show that polymer clay is finally starting to get the respect it so richly deserves.<\/span><\/p>\n Okay, now I’m willing to believe polymer clay has a purpose. I thought it was just for crafters. But…. [reference to the amazing Fimo Creations of Jon Anderson]. I’m still not going to work with clay that can be fired in a toaster oven, but this artist is incredibly talented.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n The above quote is from a conversation that happened recently in a popular online potters forum. Thanks David Todd (Otter Pottery<\/a>) and Aims (Big Blue Barn West<\/a>) for bringing this to my attention. I got a chuckle when I read the remark (friendly jab)<\/em> about firing clay in a toaster oven. Too funny!<\/span><\/p>\n By the way, many of you may have already bumped into Aims here at the blog. She is an avid knitter and sewer who has recently added polymer clay to her list of passions. Welcome Aims! It’s great to have you here.<\/span><\/p>\n Now although it appears there is still somewhat of a stigma attached to polymer clay by some artisans in more established mediums like ceramic clay, it is also becoming apparent that things are changing. We have people like Jon Anderson to thank for this. His Fimo Creations truly are amazing.<\/span><\/p>\n If you have other stories about how polymer clay is finally getting the respect it deserves, please do share them below in the comments section.<\/span><\/p>\n …said the Potter Mischievously While Waiting for the Kiln to Heat Up: A member of the community here (Aims), just recently forwarded an… 31<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73,28,2769],"tags":[2602,1730],"class_list":["post-4271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-feature-guests","category-inspiration","category-pct-show-tell","tag-faux-ceramics-pottery-glass-surfaces","tag-respect"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4271\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Cindy](\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/cindy-sig.jpg\")
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