{"id":4725,"date":"2013-10-15T14:00:49","date_gmt":"2013-10-15T20:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/?p=4725"},"modified":"2013-10-15T01:30:04","modified_gmt":"2013-10-15T07:30:04","slug":"stretching-the-pod-form","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/stretching-the-pod-form\/","title":{"rendered":"Stretching the Pod Form"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday’s pods were primarily of the plumper variety, so today I thought we’d look at a beautiful example of a thinner, longer version.<\/p>\n

I find these caned and charred looking beads by Keryn Wells<\/a>\u00a0to have a rich, almost tribal feel to them. I enjoy how the patterning is worked fluidly into the black spaces, aided by the way the shapes in the cane mimic the form of the elongated pods themselves.<\/p>\n

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Although I get more of a sense of wood from the coloring and treatment, it is one good example of a fairly familiar pod shape, at least here in the US–that of the string bean. I don’t think many of us think of beans as pods but, of course, that is exactly what they are. And they can have such a lovely, graceful shape and line to them. Yes, I have been quite often inspired by my dinner plate. Sometimes I get lost in my Brussels sprouts or become almost too enamored of my kiwi slices to eat them. (I said almost!) Food is certainly great inspiration.<\/p>\n

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