{"id":11397,"date":"2015-11-16T11:00:31","date_gmt":"2015-11-16T18:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/?p=11397"},"modified":"2015-11-16T09:06:48","modified_gmt":"2015-11-16T16:06:48","slug":"translucent-exploration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/translucent-exploration\/","title":{"rendered":"Translucent Exploration"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Anges<\/a>The latest issue of The Polymer Arts is at the printers and I’m a bit of a zombie still. You know what I mean … after a big show or custom order is finally off and out, you usually just want to take a break from it all. Strangely, this time, all I’ve wanted to do is get in the studio. My studio also suffers from that deadline chaos so I first need the energy to clean it, but in the meantime, I have been researching translucents since many of the designs in my head will be focused on that kind of clay. I have to say, there isn’t a lot of crazy stuff being done with translucents still, but just as I was lamenting a lack of new translucent pieces to oogle, I came across this bit of fearless jewelry making.<\/p>\n

I am pretty sure that\u00a0Agn\u00e8s<\/a> (aka Primatoide <\/a>on Flickr) used\u00a0Cernit translucent and neon clay colors in creating this piece she calls\u00a0Invasive I. <\/em>She had made a comment in an earlier\u00a0piece\u00a0about wanting to explore the\u00a0neons more and I think this must be one of her\u00a0resulting\u00a0explorations. Some of these beads look to be built on forms, others look to be hand-shaped, but all the forms are organic and aquatic. And bright! I can’t imagine it would not catch your eye on any wearer, especially if caught in the sunlight. I would love to see it back-lit, too, because light is what translucents are really about–allowing light to penetrate to reveal more depth.<\/p>\n

Agnes explores translucents as well as the more disturbing and degenerative aspects of nature. Right up my alley. Take a look at the wide range of forms, colors and approaches she uses by visiting her Flickr photostream<\/a>\u00a0and her blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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