{"id":1208,"date":"2012-10-03T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-03T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/?p=1208"},"modified":"2012-10-03T13:37:07","modified_gmt":"2012-10-03T19:37:07","slug":"polymer-outshining-precious-metal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/polymer-outshining-precious-metal\/","title":{"rendered":"Polymer Outshining Precious Metal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Polymer is not an expensive material but that doesn&#8217;t mean it can&#8217;t look more precious than it&#8217;s expensive competition. The mokume surface on this pendant by Spain&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.anabelchi.es\/\" target=\"_blank\">Anna Belchi<\/a> gives one the impression that the material is some rare and costly stone or complex and highly valued enamel process &#8230; something more than manipulated, pigmented plastic.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/anabelchi.blogspot.com\/2012\/01\/practicando.html\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1210\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/polymer-outshining-precious-metal\/ana-belchi-0157\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Ana-Belch%C3%AD-0157.jpg?fit=1600%2C1484&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1484\" 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;}\" data-image-title=\"Ana Belch\u00ed 0157\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Ana-Belch%C3%AD-0157.jpg?fit=430%2C399&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1210\" title=\"Ana Belch\u00ed 0157\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Ana-Belch%C3%AD-0157-1024x949.jpg?resize=442%2C410\" alt=\"\" width=\"442\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Ana-Belch%C3%AD-0157.jpg?resize=1024%2C949&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Ana-Belch%C3%AD-0157.jpg?resize=300%2C278&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Ana-Belch%C3%AD-0157.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 442px) 100vw, 442px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Perhaps it&#8217;s because Anna works with precious metals as well as glass and polymer clay that her approach results in a carefully crafted and impeccably finished piece where the polymer is being considered as valuable as the rest of her materials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Polymer is not an expensive material but that doesn&#8217;t mean it can&#8217;t look more precious than it&#8217;s expensive competition. 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