{"id":1886,"date":"2012-12-06T14:00:49","date_gmt":"2012-12-06T21:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/?p=1886"},"modified":"2012-12-04T10:27:58","modified_gmt":"2012-12-04T17:27:58","slug":"eyes-as-big-as-saucers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/eyes-as-big-as-saucers\/","title":{"rendered":"Eyes as Big as Saucers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Having a cutesy moment today. There&#8217;s just something about the big-eyed innocent look that seems to go along with the holiday season. So I thought I&#8217;d let you all get that soft and fuzzy feeling admiring the very talented <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dragonflyworks.nl\/aboutme\/aboutme.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Ana Salvador<\/a>. Born in Portugal but now living in The Netherlands she has a degree in Communication Design but these days dedicates her creativity primarily to sculpture and primarily in polymer clay.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dragonflyworks.nl\/gallery\/strangedolls\/danielle\/all1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1887\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/eyes-as-big-as-saucers\/all1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/all1.jpg?fit=630%2C849&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"630,849\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DSC-W170&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1281144740&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;9.9&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"all1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/all1.jpg?fit=430%2C579&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1887\" title=\"all1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/all1.jpg?resize=504%2C679\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/all1.jpg?w=630&amp;ssl=1 630w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/all1.jpg?resize=222%2C300&amp;ssl=1 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Although cutesy is usually relegated to not-so-serious work, there is something about this work that is both adorable and austere. The bulldog and doll seem so utterly sad but the girl&#8217;s sadness seems resigned and angelic &#8230; with the most subtle hint of a smile in her eyes, almost Mona Lisa like. I get the feeling she could break out in a teeny tiny grin if given the chance.\u00a0 Makes the piece heart warming and heart breaking at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>See more of Ana&#8217;s work on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dragonflyworks.nl\/gallery\/galery.htm\" target=\"_blank\">her website here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having a cutesy moment today. There&#8217;s just something about the big-eyed innocent look that seems to go along with the holiday season. So I thought I&#8217;d let you all get that soft and fuzzy feeling admiring the very talented Ana Salvador. Born in Portugal but now living in The Netherlands she has a degree in&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":[559,557,558,12,11,164,16],"class_list":["post-1886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inspirational-art","tag-ana-salvador","tag-bulldog","tag-doll","tag-polymer-art","tag-polymer-clay","tag-sculpture","tag-the-polymer-arts-magazine"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2O0Lm-uq","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1886","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=1886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1886\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}