{"id":10529,"date":"2015-05-20T11:00:38","date_gmt":"2015-05-20T17:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/?p=10529"},"modified":"2015-05-20T05:34:56","modified_gmt":"2015-05-20T11:34:56","slug":"a-view-of-charm-and-color","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/a-view-of-charm-and-color\/","title":{"rendered":"A View of Charm and Color"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.doreenkassel.com\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10530\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/a-view-of-charm-and-color\/0_0_0_0_300_259_csupload_62771804\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/0_0_0_0_300_259_csupload_62771804.jpg?fit=371%2C313&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"371,313\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0_0_0_0_300_259_csupload_62771804\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/0_0_0_0_300_259_csupload_62771804.jpg?fit=371%2C313&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10530\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/0_0_0_0_300_259_csupload_62771804.jpg?resize=371%2C313\" alt=\"0_0_0_0_300_259_csupload_62771804\" width=\"371\" height=\"313\" align=\"left\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/0_0_0_0_300_259_csupload_62771804.jpg?w=371&amp;ssl=1 371w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/0_0_0_0_300_259_csupload_62771804.jpg?resize=150%2C127&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 371px) 100vw, 371px\" \/><\/a>I jumped on Pinterest to see what interesting work might have arisen while I was deep in proofing mode for the next issue, and one of the first things that popped up was this bracelet by<a href=\"http:\/\/www.doreenkassel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Doreen Kasse<\/a>l. It delighted me so much, in part due to the section in an upcoming article in this Summer issue where she explains her inspiration for her cute and quirky pieces.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s probably best that I save those tidbits for you to read in the context of the article. However, in the process of looking up the image and her website, I also found these odd fruit that I had seen before and just thought they were fantastically colorful and formed. There is a ton of texture to examine as well and not a little bit of hand tooling and form building to divine and try.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10531\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/a-view-of-charm-and-color\/0_0_0_0_353_246_csupload_65979618_large\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/0_0_0_0_353_246_csupload_65979618_large.jpg?fit=371%2C256&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"371,256\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0_0_0_0_353_246_csupload_65979618_large\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/0_0_0_0_353_246_csupload_65979618_large.jpg?fit=371%2C256&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-10531\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/0_0_0_0_353_246_csupload_65979618_large.jpg?resize=371%2C256\" alt=\"0_0_0_0_353_246_csupload_65979618_large\" width=\"371\" height=\"256\" align=\"left\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/0_0_0_0_353_246_csupload_65979618_large.jpg?w=371&amp;ssl=1 371w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/0_0_0_0_353_246_csupload_65979618_large.jpg?resize=150%2C104&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 371px) 100vw, 371px\" \/>If you\u2019re enjoying the fun and colors as much as I am, pop over to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.doreenkassel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">her website <\/a>to see her posted collection of new pods, plants and other colorful pieces. For those of us who have been dealing with rain and gray skies for days now, this color is a welcome sight!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>If you like this blog, support The Polymer Arts projects with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/Subscribe.html\" target=\"_blank\">a subscription or an issue of The Polymer Arts magazine<\/a>, as well as by supporting our advertising partners.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.neverknead.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10420\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/summer-is-coming-peek-at-the-cover-of-the-upcoming-issue\/never-knead-125x125-april2015-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Never-Knead-125x125-april2015.jpg?fit=125%2C125&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"125,125\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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It delighted me so much, in part due to the section in an upcoming article in this&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[13,266,4170,118,157,17,377,12,1687,11,94,3111,16,4171],"class_list":["post-10529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inspirational-art","tag-artistic-inspiration","tag-color","tag-colorful-art","tag-composition","tag-creativity","tag-design","tag-doreen-kassel","tag-polymer-art","tag-polymer-arts","tag-polymer-clay","tag-polymer-sculpture","tag-sculptural-art","tag-the-polymer-arts-magazine","tag-whimsical-art"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2O0Lm-2JP","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10529\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}