{"id":3263,"date":"2013-05-01T14:00:01","date_gmt":"2013-05-01T20:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/?p=3263"},"modified":"2013-05-01T13:34:42","modified_gmt":"2013-05-01T19:34:42","slug":"cloisonne-like-no-other","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/cloisonne-like-no-other\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloisonne Like No Other"},"content":{"rendered":"

Faux Cloisonne is not a new technique at all in polymer but there are at least a dozen ways to do it. Even then, within each approach there are very definite choices that become the signature of the artists who have chosen to work extensively with it. Below is a piece by a fairly well-known and, I think easily recognized artist (or maybe I’ve just been admiring this person’s work for ages!).\u00a0Eugena Topina sells tutorials for this technique as well as having provided the basics in an issue of Polymer Cafe many years ago but as beautiful as this technique is, you don’t really see its likeness anywhere.<\/p>\n

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I’ve been sitting here trying to figure out how to say what I want to say next in a sensitive manner but I’m not sure there is a way. I brought up Eugena’s work because I wanted to address the worry that some artists have of being copied. My first thought on this subject is always about why one would worry about being copied. If it directly impacts your ability to gain income from your art, that is somewhat understandable but the fact is, you will put your art out there to be seen at some point and if it is well received, others will try their hand at it. There’s no way around that. My second thought is, if you have developed your own unique voice as an artist, there is no way anyone will be able to copy you so that what they do will be mistaken for yours. The third thought … do what you do so well, no one else can copy you, not in any direct manner.<\/p>\n

Eugena’s approach to cloisonne is very precise, her colors are bold and bright and her finish looks flawless. She also tends towards flora and fauna in her imagery. This combination of approach, skill and imagery marks her work and makes her pieces easily recognizable. Even with all her information out there on how to do what she does, you don’t see work like hers by other artists. I think she’s simply done it so well, no one can touch her. So if you have a technique, design approach or form that you want to really push as your own, perfect it. Invest time in developing it to its full potential so when you do put it out there, you are setting a very high bar for those who want to emulate what you do. This will give you a solid position and the kind of recognition that does give you income making\u00a0opportunities in being able to teach it as well as sell it.<\/p>\n

Your other option for keeping people from copying you … develop your original, very individual artistic voice. We’ll touch on ideas about how to do that in tomorrow’s post along with a stunning example to draw from.<\/p>\n

The other thing about people copying your work … if they do, it’s not only a compliment but an opportunity. Christi Friesen lives off the fact that so many people try and emulate her work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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