{"id":12649,"date":"2016-08-27T14:29:41","date_gmt":"2016-08-27T20:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/?p=12649"},"modified":"2016-08-27T14:29:41","modified_gmt":"2016-08-27T20:29:41","slug":"happy-bugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/happy-bugs\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Bugs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=neImpa2GU1s\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12650\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12650\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/happy-bugs\/kilgast-catepillars\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/kilgast-catepillars.jpg?fit=934%2C577&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"934,577\" 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=\"kilgast catepillars\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/kilgast-catepillars.jpg?fit=430%2C266&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-12650\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/kilgast-catepillars-430x266.jpg?resize=430%2C266\" alt=\"kilgast catepillars\" width=\"430\" height=\"266\" align=\"left\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/kilgast-catepillars.jpg?resize=430%2C266&amp;ssl=1 430w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/kilgast-catepillars.jpg?resize=200%2C124&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/kilgast-catepillars.jpg?resize=350%2C216&amp;ssl=1 350w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/kilgast-catepillars.jpg?w=934&amp;ssl=1 934w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/a>Here is another pretty and much less creepy insect to admire this week, as well as being one \u00a0you can create for yourself with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.petitplat.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\">Stephanie Kilgast<\/a>&#8216;s instructions in this great <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=neImpa2GU1s\" target=\"_blank\">video tutorial.<\/a> Part caning, part sculptural, this tutorial actually has a lot of great ideas for all kinds of claying enthusiasts whether you like creepy crawlers or not.<\/p>\n<p>Stephanie actually has quite a thing for happy bugs. In fact she has a whole line of them and other bug making video tutorials as well. Here is what she says about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.petitplat.fr\/happy-bugs\/\">her Happy Bugs project<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The happy bugs projects comes from a desire to sculpt happiness and not always focus on the desperate state of the world &#8230;\u00a0\u00a0I need that fresh breeze of joy and you might too.\u00a0Happy because laughing makes us kinder too and bugs because insects are a treasure of beauty, colors and textures.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I completely agree with her sentiment! Find more on bugs, food, and hybrid plant-animals on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.petitplat.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\">her colorful and quite happy websit<\/a>e.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Inspirational Challenge of the Day: <\/strong>Just create something that makes you happy. 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