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\"40-polymer-clay-tutorial-mixed-media\"<\/a>If you read Wednesday’s post<\/a>, and especially if you took on the challenge, you might very easily find the connection between what you see here and what I talked about then. This is a great example of a repeated shape creating complexity. In this case, the repeated shape is actually a circle and most of the circles here are created with jump rings. As a way to create complex faux enamel with the wire boundary lines, this use of jump rings is pretty darn clever.<\/p>\n

The piece and short tutorial are by Muchi at Muchi Creaciones<\/a>. \u00a0Something like this would have been a perfect exercise for Wednesday’s challenge. No, it looks nothing like Bettina’s stacked shapes, but it is built on that same set of ‘rules’, and in these challenges I really hope you will use the rules as the most skeletal frame to build off.<\/p>\n

Here the repeated shape has a fair amount of\u00a0variation to it which creates\u00a0a cohesive as well as\u00a0interesting piece. There are three types of circles (the pendant shape itself, the jump rings, and the crystals) but in different sizes and colors and yet they all look like they belong together. See, using the same shape over and over could get a little mundane, but on the other hand changing up every element in a piece makes it feel chaotic. If you have one strong, repeated element, it won’t matter how much variation there is between\u00a0them as\u00a0there is a common characteristic and therefore we see them as related. As long as we find a\u00a0relationship between elements, we feel there is some level of order and intention. Intention-less\u00a0art is simply not interesting. And although you can\u00a0make something chaotic, it should\u00a0be obviously intentional if you want people to have an interest in it<\/p>\n

If you want to check out the brief instructions to making this type of faux enamel, hop on over to Muchi’s blog post here<\/a>\u00a0then stay to check out her other clever little tutorials and creations.<\/p>\n

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Inspirational Challenge of the Day: <\/strong>Take a single, simple shape or form\u00a0and create at\u00a0least 10 different variations, making them as different from one another as you can imagine. Don’t think about what you will make from them, just create the elements. Once you have your 10 or more pieces complete, put them together in one piece or create a series from them. Don’t forget, you can share what you come up with while participating in these challenges on the Flickr page<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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