{"id":5476,"date":"2014-01-01T14:00:45","date_gmt":"2014-01-01T21:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/?p=5476"},"modified":"2014-01-01T12:43:10","modified_gmt":"2014-01-01T19:43:10","slug":"go-big","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/go-big\/","title":{"rendered":"This New Year Go Big"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happy New Year everyone! The Polymer Arts crowd wishes you all a joyful, healthy and creative year in 2014!<\/p>\n

Now … how about trying something big this year?<\/p>\n

Marie Davis<\/a> from Vermont is inspired by the wonders of Mother Nature. She creates finely detailed designs by layering multi-colored polymer clays in a \u00a0millefiori\u00a0caning process. Her large pieces look to be mosaics of cane slices created as elements she pulls from her observation of nature. Here is a shot of a large wall piece called “The Forest”. \u00a0Marie says “This piece is a response to a call to artists by Frog Hollow to choose a Grimm\u2019s Fairy Tale and create a piece. The story I chose was Hansel and Gretel. This piece is behind glass and the trails end is lit from behind.”<\/p>\n

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Here is a detail shot of the beautifully meshed canes as well.<\/p>\n

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Maria says of her work, “I love the challenge of creating a piece that, like nature, captivates from a distance as well as rewarding the viewer who takes a closer look.” \u00a0Take a closer look and be inspired by her micro world of canes as they morph into large fields of discovery by perusing more of her work\u00a0on her\u00a0website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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