{"id":13865,"date":"2017-09-01T08:00:02","date_gmt":"2017-09-01T15:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/?p=13865"},"modified":"2017-08-29T11:25:29","modified_gmt":"2017-08-29T18:25:29","slug":"a-past-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/a-past-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"A Past Controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ThePolymerArts\/photos\/a.240409849351056.63221.175620935829948\/311435645581809\/?type=3&amp;theater\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13866\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/a-past-controversy\/polydogz-021712\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/polydogz-021712.jpg?fit=471%2C367&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"471,367\" 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=\"polydogz 021712\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/polydogz-021712.jpg?fit=430%2C335&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13866\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/polydogz-021712-350x273.jpg?resize=350%2C273\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"273\" align=\"'left\/\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/polydogz-021712.jpg?resize=350%2C273&amp;ssl=1 350w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/polydogz-021712.jpg?resize=200%2C156&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/polydogz-021712.jpg?resize=430%2C335&amp;ssl=1 430w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/polydogz-021712.jpg?w=471&amp;ssl=1 471w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a>Here is a post with some food for thought as you go through your weekend. This post was one of my most active. The discussion in the comments revolved around whether to consider this polymer art because although it is mostly polymer, the focus and all the color is painted on. I found it very interesting to hear people&#8217;s thoughts on defining polymer art and the idea of polymer purity. You can return to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ThePolymerArts\/photos\/a.240409849351056.63221.175620935829948\/311435645581809\/?type=3&amp;theater\">the original post here.<\/a>\u00a0There was also a follow-up post a little later that revived the conversation a bit, which you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ThePolymerArts\/photos\/a.240409849351056.63221.175620935829948\/314846078574099\/\">read here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to put in your two cents, just comment at the bottom of this post at the post&#8217;s page (click the header above to be sure you are on the page) or look for the most recent post on our Facebook page.<\/p>\n<p>The original post was from February 17, 2012:<\/p>\n<p>I fell for the colors when I saw this brooch, then I looked at the bezel. Then at her gallery and all her really creative bezels &#8230; and the pretty colors. Artist is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/polydogz\">Susan Waddington of Polydogz<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can find more of her work on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/polydogz\/\">Flickr <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/polydogz\">Etsy<\/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? Lend your support with a\u00a0<a class=\"likethisbloglink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/Subscribe.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">purchase of The Polymer Arts magazine<\/a>\u00a0and visit our partners.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.neverknead.com\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13506\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/neverknead-052217\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Neverknead-052217.jpg?fit=125%2C125&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"125,125\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Shades-of-Clay-Sept-15-Blog.jpg?fit=125%2C125&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11041 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Shades-of-Clay-Sept-15-Blog.jpg?resize=125%2C125\" alt=\"Shades of Clay Sept 15 Blog\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"text-align: center;\">_________________________________________<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a post with some food for thought as you go through your weekend. This post was one of my most active. The discussion in the comments revolved around whether to consider this polymer art because although it is mostly polymer, the focus and all the color is painted on. I found it very&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[4649,4852,103,1751,204,1324,4827,4849,266,4884,3647,118,5529,4699,4847,157,5526,294,5525,705,640,5524,12,1687,4698,3696,11,3661,4688,5523,5528,5527,704,48,3730,3816,16],"class_list":["post-13865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inspirational-art","tag-art-blog","tag-art-magazine","tag-artist","tag-bezel","tag-brooch","tag-clay","tag-clay-blog","tag-clay-magazine","tag-color","tag-colorful-jewelry","tag-colorful-polymer","tag-composition","tag-controversial-art","tag-craft-blog","tag-craft-magazine","tag-creativity","tag-defining-polymer-art","tag-mixed-media","tag-painted-polymer","tag-polydogz","tag-polymer","tag-polymer-and-paint","tag-polymer-art","tag-polymer-arts","tag-polymer-blog","tag-polymer-brooch","tag-polymer-clay","tag-polymer-jewelry","tag-polymer-magazine","tag-polymer-purity","tag-rounded-triangle","tag-spiral-jewelry","tag-susan-waddington","tag-technique","tag-the-polymer-arts","tag-the-polymer-arts-blog","tag-the-polymer-arts-magazine"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2O0Lm-3BD","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13865\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}