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Sandra McCaw majored in illustration and photography at the Boston Museum School and The School of the Worcester Art Museum, graduating from WAM in 1978. She worked as an illustrator, graphic designer and photographer in the corporate world for several years. In 1994 Sandra began working with polymer clay as a creative medium. And, about one year later, she discovered a technique that bears her name, "The McCaw Cane" .
Sandra McCaw's award winning polymer clay jewelry has been exhibited internationally and highly published. She is a juried member and past juror of the prestigious League of New Hampshire Craftsmen, the oldest professional craft organization in the U.S.
Her work was selected as a Niche Awards finalist and won a "Best of Jewelry" award from the League of NH Craftsmen in 2009. Sandra's work is represented in the permanent collections of the Racine Art Museum and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
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Exhibitions
2007
Celebrate!: Gallery 205, Concord, NH
Faculty Exhibit: Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, MA
2006
From The Heart: Handworks Gallery, Acton, MA
2001
Illuminating a Medium: A Retrospective on Polymer Clay: Bryn Mawr College, Philadelphia, PA
The Art of Beads: Guilford Handcraft Center, Guilford, CT
2000
22nd Annual Vahki: Galeria Mesa, Mesa, AZ
1999
"POP!", Panorama of Polymer: Business of Art Center, Manitou Springs, CO
Eight by Ten in Polymer Clay: Elise Winters Studio, Haworth, NJ
National Invitational Clay Jewelry Exhibit: Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD
1997
All Around the House: Gallery 205, Concord, NH
Making History, Pushing the Craft of Polymer Clay: Arrowmont School of Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
1996
Tokyo Polymer Clay Art '96: Kamiji Kakimoto Paper Store, Tokyo, Japan
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Publications
2009
Polymer Clay Color Inspirations, Lindly Haunani and Maggie Maggio, Watson Guptill.
2008
The Art of Polymer Clay, Millefiori Techniques: Donna Kato, Watson-Guptill.
2006
Art of Jewelry, Polymer Clay: Katherine Duncan Aimone, Lark Books
2005
Polymer Clay Creative Traditions: Judy Belcher, Watson-Guptill Publications
2004
400 Polymer Clay Creations-A Collection of Dynamic & Colorful & Contemporary Work: Suzanne J.E. Tourtillott, Lark Books
2000
Polymer Clay: Irene Semanchuk Dean, Lark Books
1999
Foundations in Polymer Clay: Barbara McGuire, Krause Publications
1998
Innovations in Polymer Clay, The McCaw Method: DVD, abbadabba Productions
The McCaw Method: Winter Issue, The Polyinformer
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