{"id":1402,"date":"2012-10-22T16:00:36","date_gmt":"2012-10-22T22:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/?p=1402"},"modified":"2012-10-21T21:22:55","modified_gmt":"2012-10-22T03:22:55","slug":"sophisticated-spiderwebs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/sophisticated-spiderwebs\/","title":{"rendered":"Sophisticated Spiderwebs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spiderwebs are not usually considered sophisticated. They tend to be used for things related to costuming fabrics, accessories and props. Put a spiderweb on something and it&#8217;s not likely to be taken seriously. Which is odd since spiderwebs are some of the most amazing and beautiful creations constructed by any non-human creature on earth. But commercialism may have killed our true appreciation for these incredible weavings.<\/p>\n<p>So when I came across this piece below, I was thrilled to see the spiderweb patterning presented in such a light and sophisticated way.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ilex123\/3329997529\/in\/photostream\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1403\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/sophisticated-spiderwebs\/3329997529_66bfd13bb1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/3329997529_66bfd13bb1.jpg?fit=500%2C432&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,432\" 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=\"3329997529_66bfd13bb1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/3329997529_66bfd13bb1.jpg?fit=430%2C372&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1403\" title=\"3329997529_66bfd13bb1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/3329997529_66bfd13bb1.jpg?resize=500%2C432\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/3329997529_66bfd13bb1.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/3329997529_66bfd13bb1.jpg?resize=300%2C259&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our artist here,\u00a0<a id=\"yui_3_5_1_3_1350493493254_970\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/people\/ilex123\/\">Kathrin Neumaier<\/a>, calls it etching but since she does state that it is made with silver oil paint, I would guess it&#8217;s actually done with stamps and a light touch. In any case, it relays the\u00a0gossamer\u00a0feel of real spiderwebs on a contemporary tile collar design that is much appreciated by spiderweb\u00a0aficionados\u00a0like myself.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spiderwebs are not usually considered sophisticated. They tend to be used for things related to costuming fabrics, accessories and props. Put a spiderweb on something and it&#8217;s not likely to be taken seriously. Which is odd since spiderwebs are some of the most amazing and beautiful creations constructed by any non-human creature on earth. But&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":[25,13,17,127,29,12,48,16],"class_list":["post-1402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inspirational-art","tag-artistic-influence","tag-artistic-inspiration","tag-design","tag-kathrin-neumaier","tag-necklace","tag-polymer-art","tag-technique","tag-the-polymer-arts-magazine"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2O0Lm-mC","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1402","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=1402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1402\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}