{"id":10590,"date":"2015-06-05T11:00:07","date_gmt":"2015-06-05T17:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/?p=10590"},"modified":"2015-06-04T16:05:02","modified_gmt":"2015-06-04T22:05:02","slug":"brazenly-bold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/brazenly-bold\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazenly Bold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pmacraftshow.org\/artist\/jewelry-semi-precious\/2014\/steven-ford-david-forlano\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10592\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/brazenly-bold\/david-forlano_steven-ford-and_402877-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DAVID-FORLANO_STEVEN-FORD-and_402877-2.jpg?fit=1328%2C2000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1328,2000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;36&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D300&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1217858206&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;60&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0166666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DAVID FORLANO_STEVEN FORD and_402877-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DAVID-FORLANO_STEVEN-FORD-and_402877-2.jpg?fit=430%2C648&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10592\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DAVID-FORLANO_STEVEN-FORD-and_402877-2-480x723.jpg?resize=420%2C633\" alt=\"DAVID FORLANO_STEVEN FORD and_402877-2\" width=\"420\" height=\"633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DAVID-FORLANO_STEVEN-FORD-and_402877-2.jpg?resize=480%2C723&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DAVID-FORLANO_STEVEN-FORD-and_402877-2.jpg?resize=100%2C150&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DAVID-FORLANO_STEVEN-FORD-and_402877-2.jpg?resize=680%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 680w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DAVID-FORLANO_STEVEN-FORD-and_402877-2.jpg?w=1328&amp;ssl=1 1328w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a>To end a big and bold week, we just have to go visit the genius that is <a href=\"http:\/\/fordforlano.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ford and Forlano<\/a>. Their work is not limited by convention in any fashion, and yet their work does not appear uncomfortable or ungainly. Yes, their work is often large and visually arresting, but also there is often an openness or airiness to the forms or composition.<\/p>\n<p>This necklace is a great example of going big and bold, but not looking like something that would weigh the wearer down. Its boldness is defined by the space it spreads through and the textures and bright colors. The open wire work fills the space with connections between the polymer beads, so it has a very tight cohesiveness, but it is, gratefully, not dense.<\/p>\n<p>Their website has an easy to search archive of their work, so you can wander through their creative journey chronologically or zip over to your favorite art jewelry form to see what they have been up to in the last decade or so. The forms, colors and textures are highly varied, but the brazenness of their compositions is always there. 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