{"id":11069,"date":"2015-09-07T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-07T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/?p=11069"},"modified":"2015-09-07T06:20:19","modified_gmt":"2015-09-07T12:20:19","slug":"serendipitous-galleries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/serendipitous-galleries\/","title":{"rendered":"Serendipitous Galleries"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"IMG_3834_The<\/a>I have been asked before why we bother with artist\u2019s galleries in the magazine when the work can usually be found online. Well, the fact is, these days most anything you want to know can be found online, but the value of\u00a0a particular magazine you subscribe to is not in\u00a0some specific information you were looking for, but in\u00a0what you might find along the way as\u00a0you flip through, read and explore it. Magazine reading is\u00a0like going to an antique store or thrift shop. Although you might have some of idea of what you hope to find there, you are open to simply finding something that grabs you, and so, because you have no particular expectations, you often find some of the best treasures; ones you often didn\u2019t even know existed.<\/p>\n

The galleries in our magazine work this way. You might know the artist, and you might have even seen some of the work posted, but unless you are an avid follower of that artist, you will not have seen the collection in such a light nor usually with the background and insights that the biographies give you. The serendipitous nature of magazines give you an opportunity to see things you may have otherwise passed by while searching for something specific online. And what comes to us online– through Pinterest, Flickr, Facebook, Instagram and search engine results–often has little or no information attached. So, this is why we have the galleries. In hopes you might find something new and wonderful, either in a brand new-to-you artist or in something new that catches your eye on those pages.<\/p>\n

So today, I want to share one more of our gallery artists that you will find in the Fall 2015 issue of The Polymer Arts<\/em><\/a>. This is Rebecca Thickbroom<\/a>‘s work\u00a0featured here, and one of her newest pieces not yet found online as far as I can tell. It echos her prior work in form and texture but is so wildly different, primarily due to the bold use of color. This piece did make it into the magazine, but as a close up shot in Ronna Sarvas Weltman\u2019s The Joyous Classroom<\/em> article. I wanted the chance to present the whole of the necklace’s focal section though. I love the tribal\u00a0look with the bright\u00a0colors as well as\u00a0the wild mixture of elements that creates both texture and a variety that draws you in closer to examine it.<\/p>\n

Go to the article in the magazine to see the close-up of this great piece and then the gallery where more of her new work can be found. To see additional work by Rebecca, head on over to her website\u2019s gallery pages<\/a>.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Like this blog? Lend your\u00a0support with a\u00a0purchase of The Polymer Arts magazine<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and visit our partners:<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\"\"<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\"\"<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>\"\"<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\"TPA_McGuire_blog<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\"Print\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have been asked before why we bother with artist\u2019s galleries in the magazine when the work can usually be found online. Well, the fact is, these days most anything you want to know can be found online, but the value of\u00a0a particular magazine you subscribe to is not in\u00a0some specific information you were looking…<\/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":[4401,4400,1716,13,157,17,4404,294,4405,4152,16,4403,4402],"class_list":["post-11069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inspirational-art","tag-artist-galleries","tag-artist-gallery","tag-artist-inspiration","tag-artistic-inspiration","tag-creativity","tag-design","tag-magazine-values","tag-mixed-media","tag-reading-magazines-for-inspiration","tag-rebecca-thickbroom","tag-the-polymer-arts-magazine","tag-the-value-of-a-magazine","tag-why-we-read-magazines"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2O0Lm-2Sx","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11069","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=11069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11069\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}