{"id":14053,"date":"2017-10-18T08:00:14","date_gmt":"2017-10-18T15:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/?p=14053"},"modified":"2017-10-13T14:06:06","modified_gmt":"2017-10-13T21:06:06","slug":"exploring-points","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/exploring-points\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring Points"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Last week I had the very fortunate opportunity to spend a couple days chatting and exploring Los Angeles with Christi Friesen and one of my oldest polymer pals, Debbie Crothers. We definitely did more talking than anything else and one of the subjects that kept coming up was exploration. Exploration of a technique or of a design element in your work can reveal much about what you personally prefer to do in your work not just what the technique or element offers.<\/p>\n

One great way to explore is to make a lot of elements using the same technique or the same design element. In this bold neckpiece by\u00a0H\u00e9l\u00e8ne\u00a0JeanClaude<\/a>\u00a0there are several variations on the dot. The dot as a colored accent, as repetition defining the structure of a visual pattern, and as negative space are joined together, linked by that same color of blue and the coppery brown. The curve of the shapes, as well as the colors and the dots themselves, create a cohesive whole of these three very different explorations of the way a dot can be used.<\/p>\n

H\u00e9l\u00e8ne’s work often appears to be an exploration of a particular design element or perhaps she is simply not satisfied with an element being presented in just one way. Regardless, it presents a high level of sophistication and energy to her tribal-leaning aesthetic. You can explore the fruits of her explorations on\u00a0her Flickr photostream<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0here on her blog.<\/a><\/p>\n

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