{"id":4850,"date":"2013-10-29T14:00:45","date_gmt":"2013-10-29T20:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/?p=4850"},"modified":"2013-10-29T13:41:00","modified_gmt":"2013-10-29T19:41:00","slug":"beautiful-nightmare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/beautiful-nightmare\/","title":{"rendered":"Beautiful Nightmare"},"content":{"rendered":"

Artist\u00a0Valeria Myrusso<\/a>\u00a0specializes in unsettling imagery. I can’t quite put my finger on why this piece below gives off a sense of eeriness, but there is definitely something vaguely creepy about the creature melded with the violin here. It makes me think of being trapped, that this might be something I’d see in a nightmare–and yet it’s just really beautiful.<\/p>\n

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A large part of its beauty is in the abundance of detail. All the tiny details, the faces and filigree and even the little floating orbs around the character’s neck come together to give this piece an otherworldly quality. This photo alone doesn’t show half of it, either. Take a look at her page with detailed shots of the piece here<\/a>. If you like her work, she has more, both in polymer and in other materials,\u00a0on her website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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