{"id":13320,"date":"2017-03-28T08:00:39","date_gmt":"2017-03-28T14:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/?p=13320"},"modified":"2017-03-28T08:17:21","modified_gmt":"2017-03-28T14:17:21","slug":"majestic-in-purple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/majestic-in-purple\/","title":{"rendered":"Majestic in Purple"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/julie_picarello\/17831743659\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13321\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13321\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/majestic-in-purple\/jpicarello\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/JPicarello.jpg?fit=592%2C762&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"592,762\" 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=\"JPicarello\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/JPicarello.jpg?fit=430%2C553&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13321\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/JPicarello-350x450.jpg?resize=350%2C450\" alt=\"JPicarello\" width=\"350\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/JPicarello.jpg?resize=350%2C450&amp;ssl=1 350w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/JPicarello.jpg?resize=155%2C200&amp;ssl=1 155w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/JPicarello.jpg?resize=430%2C553&amp;ssl=1 430w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/JPicarello.jpg?w=592&amp;ssl=1 592w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a>I don&#8217;t think I have ever done a week on a specific color but that&#8217;s what we are going to do this week and purple is my choice. I don&#8217;t know if it is all the purple blooms coming out in this nice Spring weather we are having or just my penchant for it, but I&#8217;ve been seeing a lot of beautiful purple pieces popping up on Pinterest in particular. These aren&#8217;t all new pieces. It just seems that purple is on more than a few people&#8217;s minds.<\/p>\n<p>It is not hard to combine other colors with purple and arrive at a beautiful and majestic combination since purple will pretty much make any palette majestic if it takes center stage. Take this nicely balanced&#8211;both in colors and in the way the shapes are hung&#8211;necklace by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yhdesigns.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Julie Picarello<\/a>. The purple does dominate but take a close look at the other colors she has here. Yellow is not surprise since it is purple&#8217;s complement but there is also a touch of orange, mauve and magenta. They are subtle blends so none of those stand out but they allow contrast with the purple to allow the darker color a richer feel than it would have on its own.<\/p>\n<p>Julie is, of course, a master at choosing colors for her signature mokume techniques. For inspiring color combinations, take a look at more of her work on her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yhdesigns.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/julie_picarello\/\" target=\"_blank\">Flickr pages,<\/a> and check out her book, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Patterns-Polymer-Imprint-Accent-Techniques\/dp\/0871164094\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1292711412&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Patterns in Polymer<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"text-align: center;\">_________________________________________<\/p>\n<p class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"likethisblog\">Like this blog? 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