Wearable and Functional Art
Lenora Kandiner

PolyPeopleTM pin	PolyAngelsTM pin	PolyPeopleTM dancers	My purpose in life is to make people smile The PolyPeopleTM, PolyAngelsTM, and PolyCatsTM are created from polymer clay and recycled or scrap telephone wire. I started to make them when I was recovering from breast cancer surgery, and have continued to make them because of the effect that they have on people.
The landscapes are not painted. They are created by a process which originated with Venetian millefiore, and are sliced from a cane (loaf or log. Each slice is further manipulated after slicing to create a one-of-a-kind piece of wearable art.	Lighthouse at the shore	Bold Mountain	Warner Hot Springs
Costa Rica Rain Forest	Japanese Spring	Sunset at La Jolla Cove	Autumn Trees
		Recently I have begun to "mat" and "frame" these landscapes so that they resemble small framed watercolor art.

The pen mechanisms are purchased, but the artistry is all mine.

Some of the boxes, like this one shown here, are made 100% of polymer clay, with shapes which I create. Others are purchased pill boxes which I veneer with polymer clay.

I named my business "Earrings, Etc., when I first started making earrings with polymer clay in 1991. The ETC has taken over, but I still make earrings. Here are a couple of my favorites.