{"id":10684,"date":"2015-06-22T11:00:55","date_gmt":"2015-06-22T17:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/?p=10684"},"modified":"2015-06-22T12:57:27","modified_gmt":"2015-06-22T18:57:27","slug":"ruffled-polymer-fabric-explorations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/ruffled-polymer-fabric-explorations\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruffled Polymer Fabric Explorations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/klio1961\/16523009869\/in\/dateposted\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10685\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/ruffled-polymer-fabric-explorations\/klio1961-horizon-brooch-cloth-polymer\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Klio1961-horizon-brooch-cloth-polymer.jpg?fit=505%2C515&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"505,515\" 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=\"Klio1961 horizon brooch cloth polymer\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Klio1961-horizon-brooch-cloth-polymer.jpg?fit=430%2C439&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-10685\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Klio1961-horizon-brooch-cloth-polymer-480x490.jpg?resize=480%2C490\" alt=\"Klio1961 horizon brooch cloth polymer\" width=\"480\" height=\"490\" align='left' srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Klio1961-horizon-brooch-cloth-polymer.jpg?resize=480%2C490&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Klio1961-horizon-brooch-cloth-polymer.jpg?resize=147%2C150&amp;ssl=1 147w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Klio1961-horizon-brooch-cloth-polymer.jpg?w=505&amp;ssl=1 505w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a>This week, I&#8217;ve had my eye on some ruffled up polymer pieces. Greece&#8217;s&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/klio1961\/\" target=\"_blank\">Eleni Tsaliki<\/a> has&nbsp;been quite busy lately with a fabric fold and ruffle technique that includes a variety of surface treatments and bright jewel colors, as well as metallics and cutout lace. It looks like her explorations have left no fold unturned in the possible treatments these thin sheets of clay can take on.<\/p>\n<p>This&nbsp;<em>Horizon Brooch&nbsp;<\/em>shows just a few of her exploratory treatments, but that&#8217;s just the tip of the iceberg. A quick click on this link to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/klio1961\/\" target=\"_blank\">her Flickr pages<\/a>&nbsp;will show you the amazing variety and beautiful sheets she&#8217;s been creating. She also has a tutorial available in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/listing\/224961714\/cloth-polymer-clay-tutorial-english?ref=shop_home_feat_4\" target=\"_blank\">her Etsy shop<\/a>&nbsp;to help you on your way to your own avid explorations.<\/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\/\" 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Greece&#8217;s&nbsp;Eleni Tsaliki has&nbsp;been quite busy lately with a fabric fold and ruffle technique that includes a variety of surface treatments and bright jewel colors, as well as metallics and cutout lace. It looks like her explorations have left no fold unturned in the&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":[1716,157,17,106,4233,4235,11,4234,4236,48,1977,298],"class_list":["post-10684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inspirational-art","tag-artist-inspiration","tag-creativity","tag-design","tag-eleni-tsaliki","tag-folding-polymer","tag-folding-polymer-sheets","tag-polymer-clay","tag-polymer-sheets","tag-ruffling-polymer","tag-technique","tag-textured-polymer","tag-tutorial"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2O0Lm-2Mk","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10684","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=10684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10684\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}