{"id":4032,"date":"2013-07-30T14:00:19","date_gmt":"2013-07-30T20:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/?p=4032"},"modified":"2013-07-29T13:09:51","modified_gmt":"2013-07-29T19:09:51","slug":"russian-floral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/russian-floral\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian Floral"},"content":{"rendered":"

I don’t know what it is that makes three-dimensional floral work in polymer so popular in Eastern Europe, but there is a lot of it … and most is done breathtakingly well!<\/p>\n

Irina Dzhalilova<\/a>, known more commonly on the Web as Zafirka, hails from Yekaterinburg, Russia<\/a>\u00a0and creates the most amazing polymer flowers. I read through a couple different pages I found this necklace on just to make sure that these flowers really were polymer. They are quite amazing.<\/p>\n

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Irina’s work leans towards romantic\u00a0vintage, often using natural stones, crystals, pearls, and glass beads in addition to polymer. She found polymer in 2009 and left her bank job in 2011 to become a full-time creative. She generously shares quite a few of her amazing her techniques and tips\u00a0on her website<\/a> so do take a moment to jump over there and see what she has to offer.<\/p>\n

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