{"id":10904,"date":"2015-08-07T11:00:03","date_gmt":"2015-08-07T17:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/?p=10904"},"modified":"2015-08-07T07:56:32","modified_gmt":"2015-08-07T13:56:32","slug":"outside-inspiration-organic-disks-in-glass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/outside-inspiration-organic-disks-in-glass\/","title":{"rendered":"Outside Inspiration: Organic Disks in Glass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/listing\/98027691\/dsg-beads-handmade-organic-lampwork?ref=shop_home_active_24\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10908\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/outside-inspiration-organic-disks-in-glass\/dgs-beads-glass-set-purple\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DGS-Beads-glass-set-purple.jpg?fit=576%2C486&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"576,486\" 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=\"DGS Beads glass set purple\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DGS-Beads-glass-set-purple.jpg?fit=430%2C363&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-10908\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DGS-Beads-glass-set-purple-480x405.jpg?resize=480%2C405\" alt=\"DGS Beads glass set purple\" width=\"480\" height=\"405\" align=\"left\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DGS-Beads-glass-set-purple.jpg?resize=480%2C405&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DGS-Beads-glass-set-purple.jpg?resize=150%2C127&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DGS-Beads-glass-set-purple.jpg?w=576&amp;ssl=1 576w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a>Keeping with the disk theme this week, I went out in search of organic versions that weren&#8217;t polymer, and as soon as I saw these, I knew I just had to share.<\/p>\n<p>The luminosity of glass touched\u00a0with even just a little bit of\u00a0metallic\u00a0feels so rich and &#8216;special occasion&#8217;\u00a0that even in organic forms and colors, it still looks like you need to pull out that\u00a0fancy\u00a0evening dress or be in the mood to garner a lot of attention in order to wear it. These gorgeous organic beads by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/debbiesanders\" target=\"_blank\">Debbie Sanders<\/a>\u00a0would be head-turners no matter what they are worn with. These are a set of beads rather than a finished necklace, but other than some spacers, I&#8217;d say this grouping is good to go as a necklace.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, we&#8217;ve seen a lot of polymer disks with the side accents and various textures and treatments, but I don&#8217;t know that I&#8217;ve seen them treated this way in translucents. Just\u00a0imagine how the light would play through a translucent polymer disk done in this style with a bit of metal leaf or gilder&#8217;s paste, colored with a dash of ink and finished with a glossy sealant or buffed to a brilliant shine? It would compete for attention with the likes of these beads I&#8217;d think. Or better yet &#8230; combine them with these beads! Wouldn&#8217;t that be something? Oh, the ideas these outside inspirations bring us!<\/p>\n<p>Debbie has a ton of these beautiful beads to be ogled over on both <a href=\"http:\/\/debbiesandersglass.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">her website<\/a> and in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/debbiesanders\" target=\"_blank\">her Etsy shop<\/a> where, by the way, you can also buy a set to play with! 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The luminosity of glass touched\u00a0with even just a little bit of\u00a0metallic\u00a0feels so rich and &#8216;special occasion&#8217;\u00a0that even in organic forms and colors, it&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":[1716,25,13,74,157,4337,17,564,2517,4338,3206,3208,4339,271,3207],"class_list":["post-10904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inspirational-art","tag-artist-inspiration","tag-artistic-influence","tag-artistic-inspiration","tag-beads","tag-creativity","tag-debbie-sanders","tag-design","tag-glass-lampwork","tag-lampwork-beads","tag-lampwork-glass-beads","tag-lampwork-inspiration","tag-translating-lampwork-to-polymer","tag-translucent-beads","tag-translucent-clay","tag-using-lampwork-beads-as-inspiration"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2O0Lm-2PS","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10904","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=10904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10904\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}