The purpose of Progress & Possibilities is to encourage and acknowledge promise, innovation, and individuality in the work of individual polymer clay artists, at all stages of professional development, and to advance public awareness of and appreciation for the fine craft of polymer clay. This official online exhibition of the International Polymer Clay Association will showcase the finest work completed this year by our members throughout the world.

Members may submit up to 3 works for jurying; each work may be shown in up to 2 photos. Artists will classify themselves as Beginner, Intermediate, Proficient, and Professional. IPCA reserves the right to reclassify artists if necessary. Works will be submitted in the following categories: Art Jewelry, Sculptural Objects and Functional Objects.  

We are a new group based in East Anglia in the United Kingdom and aiming to provide a place for those interested in using Polymer Clay as an art medium to meet and exchange ideas and techniques. The group began as a result of inspiration by Sue Heaser from whom many of us first learned Polymer Clay techniques. We held our first event in June 2012 and our second took place in August 2012.

by Leila Bidler

homemade clay skulls tutorial: http://www.365halloween.com/clay-skull-craft

Interesting facts about Halloween Traditions and Superstitions:

As we all probably know Halloween's origins date back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain - November 1 (when the Celts celebrated the new year) is the day that marked the end of summer and the harvest and the beginning of winter, a dark and cold time of the year of course associated also with human death.

On the night before the new year they believed that the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead became blurred and the ghosts of the dead would return to earth. This might cause trouble and damaging the crops but also help to make predictions about the future.  To celebrate the event Druids would built sacred bonfires and the Celts wore costumes, often consisting of animal heads and skins.

In America the first celebrations included "play parties" and events to celebrate the harvest, where neighbors would share stories of the dead or tell ghost stories.  Even mischief-making happened as the beliefs and customs of different European ethnic groups, as well as those of the Native Americans, mixed.  Over time, a distinctly American version of Halloween would slowly emerge.

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