Contemporary art - clay modelling
I create unique handcrafted practical objects, made from professional grade polymer clay, glass, hypoallergenic metal, semi-precious stones and various other findings. Majority of my projects drive inspiration from nature & fantasy. Magical creatures, fairy houses and enchanted forests is where BCJ design can lead you.
Follow the story below to find out more about the process…
Handmade vines details
Wood effect, crackle details and Austrian glass cabochon
Unique journal cover, custom made for Art Mrkat Opatija exhibition
Forest spirit small notebook with quartz crystals and cateye gemstone
Forest spirit small notebook with quartz crystals and cateye gemstone
Forest Flora journal
Forest Flora journal
There’s just something about putting Art to use, that inspirational flow you get when you pick up your favorite notebook or turn on your favorite ambient light…Therefore, instead of creating only decorative Art, I decided to sculpt journal covers, lamps and artisan jewelry.
Tree of Life Art Comission. With custom led lights controlled through a mobile app, can be synced to music
Steampunk dragon sculpture on a refillable notebook
Authentic watch parts as dragon’s teeth
Gilding paste and powder used for metallic effect
Bookmark to accompany the notebook
Roof detail with miniature lantern
Magical fairy house, functioning as a lamp
Newspaper article publishing of Magical House lamp, Globus Jutarnjeg lista 27.01.2021.
Love for the music notebook
Garden Peacock journal that travelled all the way to Canada
Inspired by nature
Signature organic motifs come from nature
Majority of my designs are inspired by organic textures that you usually see in nature.
Aside from sculpting, landscape photography is simply something I cannot escape. Landscapes fill my soul with creative juices.
Handcrafted
Creating process
Every process starts with an idea, and ideas don’t turn into reality so easily. There’s a lot of thought put into every single piece. From carefully choosing the materials, experimenting with strength of polymer clay by using different formulas, over creating sketches and conditioning the clay…to finally sculpting the piece.
Quartz crystals to be used for horns. This particular lovely geode I discovered during Mineral Expo Fair in Croatia, the stone was found locally
BCJ working studio
Statement necklace, red dragon
Autumn walk through the park
Steampunk Dragon Journal, work in progress
Peculiar imagination
Your daily dose of fantasy
How would life look like without Art? Movies, music, books, paintings, sculptures, architecture… Art is that piece of a puzzle that makes the world better, our minds wonder and gives a sense of peace when we most need it.
Fantasy is no different. If any of my pieces can make you wonder off into another dimension even for a brief moment in time, and put a smile on your face…then I have achieved my goal.
“No, I would not want to live in a world without dragons,
as I would not want to live in a world without magic, for that is a world without mystery.”
- R.A. Salvatore
