Every detail is poly clay, nothing is painted.
This highly collected Polymer Clay artist is renown globally for what first appeared on the USA arts and crafts scene as Robert Shields Design, then Fimocreations and then finally under Jon's own name. These handmade, intricately detailed animals, made with a millefiori technique, have been acquired by collectors as diverse as US President Bill Clinton, Pearl Jam drummer Dave Abbruzzese, and fans all over the world as quickly as Jon can make them.
Jon works exclusively with Fimo Classic, and his animal creatures are made entirely from polymer. He uses an industrial food processor and makes his own rolling pins by pouring acrylic resins into PVC pipes of various sizes.
His work is derivative of no other polymer clay artist. His attention to detail, pleasing, soothing color palette, and caning complexity make his work readily identifiable. His myriads of canes are compatible in tone, and when reduced, are applied so as to blend into harmonic designs. The individual canes do not "shout out" but synergize into an overall alluring "gestalt.” Only when we look closer, do his amazing masterful images emerge and astound the viewer with their detail. His pieces have the complexity of a psychedelic art poster, filling every available space with tantalizing imagery.
