{"id":14306,"date":"2017-11-22T08:00:30","date_gmt":"2017-11-22T16:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/?p=14306"},"modified":"2017-11-19T17:52:36","modified_gmt":"2017-11-20T01:52:36","slug":"following-the-lines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/following-the-lines\/","title":{"rendered":"Following the Lines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/listing\/517087836\/reserved-for-helen-polymer-clay-pendant?show_sold_out_detail=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14307\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/following-the-lines\/anarina-anar-circles\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/anarina-anar-circles.jpg?fit=438%2C746&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"438,746\" 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=\"anarina anar circles\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/anarina-anar-circles.jpg?fit=430%2C732&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-14307\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/anarina-anar-circles-430x732.jpg?resize=400%2C681\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"681\" align=\"left\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/anarina-anar-circles.jpg?resize=430%2C732&amp;ssl=1 430w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/anarina-anar-circles.jpg?resize=117%2C200&amp;ssl=1 117w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/anarina-anar-circles.jpg?resize=264%2C450&amp;ssl=1 264w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/anarina-anar-circles.jpg?w=438&amp;ssl=1 438w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>I know this week will be a particularly busy one for many of us, especially in the US where we are kicking off the holiday season with our family-oriented Thanksgiving festivities involving way too much food and way too much shopping to follow it up the next day.<\/p>\n<p>So for today, I thought I would harken to the theme of the just-released issue of<em> The Polymer Arts<\/em>, our Winter 2017 &#8211; Line, with a simple piece that represents a quality of line that I discuss in the article in this issue, &#8220;The Language of Line.&#8221; The simple circling forms, in the signature wavering organic forms of \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/anarina-anar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anarina Anar<\/a>, keep the composition centered and focused with a soft energy that continuously winds around in these soft but warm colors. Although the pendant is three-dimensional, it is the line the forms follow that gives the piece its balance and verve.<\/p>\n<p>For more of Anarina&#8217;s colorful and energetic compositions, take a look at her\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/anarina-anar\/\">Flickr site<\/a>\u00a0or her\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/AnarinaAnar\">Etsy store<\/a>. And to learn more about line, get a hold of your copy of this wonderful issue <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/Subscribe.html\">through our website <\/a>if you have not seen it already or have it on its way to you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I know this week will be a particularly busy one for many of us, especially in the US where we are kicking off the holiday season with our family-oriented Thanksgiving festivities involving way too much food and way too much shopping to follow it up the next day. 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