{"id":10750,"date":"2015-07-08T11:00:25","date_gmt":"2015-07-08T17:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/?p=10750"},"modified":"2015-07-08T08:07:57","modified_gmt":"2015-07-08T14:07:57","slug":"dots-and-lines-and-landscapes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/dots-and-lines-and-landscapes\/","title":{"rendered":"Dots, Lines and Landscapes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/clairefairweather.blogspot.co.nz\/2015\/07\/watching-sunrise-over-rangitoto.htmlhttp:\/\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10751\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/dots-and-lines-and-landscapes\/watching-the-sunrise-over-rangitoto\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Watching-the-sunrise-over-Rangitoto.jpg?fit=620%2C244&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"620,244\" 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=\"Watching the sunrise over Rangitoto\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Watching-the-sunrise-over-Rangitoto.jpg?fit=430%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-10751\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Watching-the-sunrise-over-Rangitoto-480x189.jpg?resize=480%2C189\" alt=\"Watching the sunrise over Rangitoto\" width=\"480\" height=\"189\" align=\"left\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Watching-the-sunrise-over-Rangitoto.jpg?resize=480%2C189&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Watching-the-sunrise-over-Rangitoto.jpg?resize=150%2C59&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Watching-the-sunrise-over-Rangitoto.jpg?w=620&amp;ssl=1 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a>I had something different planned for today, but this stunning work by <a href=\"http:\/\/clairefairweather.blogspot.co.nz\/\" target=\"_blank\">Claire Fairweather<\/a> popped up on the IPCA Facebook group, and I just had to ensure many more of you had the pleasure of enjoying dots in literally a BIG way.<\/p>\n<p>This is a mosaic collage, and unlike most polymer work, it is quite large. Claire&#8217;s description gives you the idea:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Here it is, my first large &#8216;dot mosaic&#8217; artwork. It is made up of about 6,935 tiles and took over 150 hours to complete. Each tile has been handmade, from polymer clay, and glued in place on the canvas before being grouted with coloured acrylic modelling paste.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ambitious? Yes. Worth it? I think so! How I&#8217;d love to see this in person to see all the detail. But yes, we have our dots here used in varying sizes to enrich the texture of the mosaic. Line\u00a0is used\u00a0in a very subtle way to convey the horizontal arrangement of the landscape. The lines are created by the change in color rather than the arrangement of dots. Still it fits this week&#8217;s theme, but more importantly, it&#8217;s an impressive piece. Would you dedicate the time and resources to creating such a large piece? In other mediums, that much work going into one piece is not unusual. 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