Words Going Round

May 23, 2017

Okay, let’s get serious this week. First, a bit of business for readers anxiously awaiting the new issue of The Polymer Arts. The richly packed Color themed Summer edition has had its release date confirmed! Look for digital copies to land in your mailbox on May 30th with print editions all being on the way out from the printer by that day as well.

While we wait for that exciting issue to make its way to us, I thought we’d turn our attention to a few of our more prolific artists whose work is jamming up my lists and Pinterest boards, waiting to be featured.

Nikolina Otrzan has been doing some remarkably sophisticated work with very simple shapes and surface treatments lately. Like these tubes. Tubes with dots. And on the rustic side. Simple but eye-catching in solid, matte colors, these are all about ’round’, with round tubes and round dots and nothing else to distract on the earrings.

On the necklace, there is a distraction in the form of words. Words will always be distracting. Our eyes go straight to them to try and glean their meaning. They are a focal point without having to sit on one point. I love that these are on a round surface so that there is no beginning or end to the imprinted text. There is also no one word or meaning that can be gleaned at a glance so the words are not calling out some obvious message. The necklace also, still stays in the ’round’ theme but there is a more varied energy in the texture of the text, so that it has a more intricate and energized feel to it.

Nikolina’s shop on Etsy is full of inexpensive yet in-depth tutorials on her piece and techniques. If you are looking for something different to play around with this coming week, her tutorials would be a great place to start. For more visual inspiration, take a look at her work on Flickr.

 

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Letting in Light with Translucent Tubes

March 9, 2013

Translucent clays are not so much about color or texture as most of our clays are – translucents are really about light. Creating pieces with translucents means making accommodations for allowing light to play through. When you are creating jewelry, the way the piece sits on the body can easily block or reduce the space needed for light to play through the transparency. Rebecca Roberts came up with a great way to give her thin layers the space needed, by rolling them in tubes so the layers can be easily seen.

 

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With the tubes, each one of the pieces sit on the body along a thin point, which will allow light to come bouncing through from any angle. The round ‘bubbles’ help define the variety of layers as well. A fairly simple but fun and effective way to play with light.

Words Going Round

May 23, 2017
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Okay, let’s get serious this week. First, a bit of business for readers anxiously awaiting the new issue of The Polymer Arts. The richly packed Color themed Summer edition has had its release date confirmed! Look for digital copies to land in your mailbox on May 30th with print editions all being on the way out from the printer by that day as well.

While we wait for that exciting issue to make its way to us, I thought we’d turn our attention to a few of our more prolific artists whose work is jamming up my lists and Pinterest boards, waiting to be featured.

Nikolina Otrzan has been doing some remarkably sophisticated work with very simple shapes and surface treatments lately. Like these tubes. Tubes with dots. And on the rustic side. Simple but eye-catching in solid, matte colors, these are all about ’round’, with round tubes and round dots and nothing else to distract on the earrings.

On the necklace, there is a distraction in the form of words. Words will always be distracting. Our eyes go straight to them to try and glean their meaning. They are a focal point without having to sit on one point. I love that these are on a round surface so that there is no beginning or end to the imprinted text. There is also no one word or meaning that can be gleaned at a glance so the words are not calling out some obvious message. The necklace also, still stays in the ’round’ theme but there is a more varied energy in the texture of the text, so that it has a more intricate and energized feel to it.

Nikolina’s shop on Etsy is full of inexpensive yet in-depth tutorials on her piece and techniques. If you are looking for something different to play around with this coming week, her tutorials would be a great place to start. For more visual inspiration, take a look at her work on Flickr.

 

_________________________________________

Like this blog? Lend your support with a purchase of The Polymer Arts magazine and visit our partners.

       

The Great Create Sept 15 blog    businesscard-3.5inx2in-h-front   Shades of Clay Sept 15 Blog

_________________________________________

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Letting in Light with Translucent Tubes

March 9, 2013
Posted in

Translucent clays are not so much about color or texture as most of our clays are – translucents are really about light. Creating pieces with translucents means making accommodations for allowing light to play through. When you are creating jewelry, the way the piece sits on the body can easily block or reduce the space needed for light to play through the transparency. Rebecca Roberts came up with a great way to give her thin layers the space needed, by rolling them in tubes so the layers can be easily seen.

 

8492273767_9a68e5d523

 

With the tubes, each one of the pieces sit on the body along a thin point, which will allow light to come bouncing through from any angle. The round ‘bubbles’ help define the variety of layers as well. A fairly simple but fun and effective way to play with light.

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