{"id":1493,"date":"2012-10-29T16:00:34","date_gmt":"2012-10-29T22:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/?p=1493"},"modified":"2012-10-29T21:11:53","modified_gmt":"2012-10-30T03:11:53","slug":"integrating-function","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/integrating-function\/","title":{"rendered":"Integrating Function"},"content":{"rendered":"

Etched metal bails, thoughtfully crafted ear wires, and spiraling wire rivets are just a few ways we add the necessary findings and connectors to our art jewelry to make theme functional. But what if you used the items that you need to make your art jewelry functional as an integral and primary part of the design instead of just having it as an accent or as a way to\u00a0disguise\u00a0the connection to the art?<\/p>\n

In\u00a0Laura\u00a0Bocchi’<\/a>s “Lazy Cloud” necklace, ball chain, which is commonly used for more casual and even industrial designs, is wound through\u00a0translucent\u00a0polymer clay to help define and add movement to a simple cloud formation.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0There literally would be no design without the integration of the ball chain which also is the material from which the design can be worn. Splendidly simple.<\/div>\n
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There are many ways to integrate the needed functional items into a piece in a way that makes them a prominent and supportive addition to the design. Can you think of ways to wind, encircle, elongate, or decorate your chain, bails, ear wires, jump rings, hinges, clasps, etc so that add\u00a0balance and\/or\u00a0movement, \u00a0or they echo and\/or\u00a0emphasize\u00a0elements in your design? The possibilities have been overwhelming my poor little brain. Now if I can only find more time to spend in the studio to try some things out. Even though I may not be able to, I hope you do.<\/div>\n
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For all our polymer friends and their families in the coastal north eastern US today, I hope you and yours are some where safe as Sandy comes bearing down on the Atlantic coast and the only unusual clouds in your day is this one sent here.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Etched metal bails, thoughtfully crafted ear wires, and spiraling wire rivets are just a few ways we add the necessary findings and connectors to our art jewelry to make theme functional. But what if you used the items that you need to make your art jewelry functional as an integral and primary part of the…<\/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":[400,398,29,12,11,399],"class_list":["post-1493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inspirational-art","tag-findings","tag-laura-bocchi","tag-necklace","tag-polymer-art","tag-polymer-clay","tag-translucent"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2O0Lm-o5","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1493","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=1493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1493\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}