{"id":2978,"date":"2013-03-28T14:00:16","date_gmt":"2013-03-28T20:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/?p=2978"},"modified":"2013-03-27T14:32:05","modified_gmt":"2013-03-27T20:32:05","slug":"lentils-snakes-and-extrusions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/lentils-snakes-and-extrusions\/","title":{"rendered":"Lentils, Snakes and Extrusions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lentils, snakes of clay and extrusions are more than a little common in polymer but how often are they brought together?<\/p>\n

I do enjoy discovering new ways to use scrap clay. Below is another option for making something beautiful from leftovers. These wonderful colors–and a new take on the possible definition of a ‘swirl’ lentil–are from Russia’s\u00a0Tatiana Begacheva<\/a>.\u00a0I can’t say for certain that she used scrap (the Google translation makes her sound like an ethereal poet–which she very well may be–but it didn’t help explain her process.) Nonetheless, it is a fantastic idea for scrap and a jumping-off point for using scrap-extruded snakes.<\/p>\n

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I do wonder what would happen if you actually applied the swirled lentil process to these wrapped beads. As soon as I have time to spend in the studio, I think I’ll try it. If anyone tries it out before me, do send photos or share with us on our Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lentils, snakes of clay and extrusions are more than a little common in polymer but how often are they brought together? I do enjoy discovering new ways to use scrap clay. Below is another option for making something beautiful from leftovers. These wonderful colors–and a new take on the possible definition of a ‘swirl’ lentil–are…<\/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":[4,5],"tags":[13,890,889,166,49,29,12,11,750,678,891,50,892],"class_list":["post-2978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inspirational-art","category-tips-and-tricks","tag-artistic-inspiration","tag-extruded","tag-extrusions","tag-jewelry","tag-lentil-bead","tag-necklace","tag-polymer-art","tag-polymer-clay","tag-scrap","tag-scrap-clay","tag-snakes","tag-swirl-lentil","tag-tatiana-begacheva"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2O0Lm-M2","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2978","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=2978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2978\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}