{"id":2178,"date":"2013-01-02T14:00:05","date_gmt":"2013-01-02T21:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/?p=2178"},"modified":"2013-01-02T14:02:00","modified_gmt":"2013-01-02T21:02:00","slug":"working-well-with-one-concept","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/working-well-with-one-concept\/","title":{"rendered":"Working Well with One Concept"},"content":{"rendered":"

As an artist, do you spend your time learning a variety of techniques so you have many options to express yourself, or do you find one approach you like and work with it continuously until you have it done perfectly?<\/p>\n

I suspect most polymer artists are drawn to this medium because of the variety of effects and applications possible. But some people can become completely enamored of a single application and I’m rather glad for that on most occasions. Take Cathy Braunlin’s<\/a>\u00a0work. She has really gotten covering objects in extruded rope filigree down to, well, an art. Her technique is straight forward–swirls and zig-zags fitted onto the surface of an object, then painted with mica powders usually in a rainbow of colors. The effect is quite dramatic and is the epitome of eye candy.<\/p>\n

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Cathy covers vases, lamps, pens, and other household items as well as using this technique on a variety of jewelry forms, all in this neat but varied texture. Is she a well\u00a0accomplished\u00a0polymer artist? It would depend on how you define “accomplished”. It’s also a question of whether labeling one in such a manner is important on any level. I enjoy her work and I bet many of you will also. She has taken this approach and done quite well with it. And all I can say is that I’m glad for it.<\/p>\n

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