{"id":5661,"date":"2014-01-16T14:00:54","date_gmt":"2014-01-16T21:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/?p=5661"},"modified":"2014-01-16T11:19:28","modified_gmt":"2014-01-16T18:19:28","slug":"a-bowl-of-spring-beads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/a-bowl-of-spring-beads\/","title":{"rendered":"A Bowl of Spring Beads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I kept thinking that the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pantone.com\/pages\/FCR\/default.aspx?season=spring&amp;year=2014\" target=\"_blank\">Pantone Spring palette<\/a> seemed somewhat familiar. Then it occurred to me that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artybecca.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rebecca Watkins <\/a>often works in similar color combinations and I went back and found this lovely bowl of beads on one of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/thepolymerarts\/\" target=\"_blank\">our Pinterest boards<\/a>. The colors are subdued with low saturation but plenty of contrast to make them festive without being loud or garish.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/34443858@N07\/6909372729\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5666\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/a-bowl-of-spring-beads\/6909372729_188b26a2fe\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/6909372729_188b26a2fe.jpg?fit=500%2C439&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,439\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"6909372729_188b26a2fe\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/6909372729_188b26a2fe.jpg?fit=430%2C378&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5666\" alt=\"6909372729_188b26a2fe\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/6909372729_188b26a2fe-480x421.jpg?resize=480%2C421\" width=\"480\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/6909372729_188b26a2fe.jpg?resize=480%2C421&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/6909372729_188b26a2fe.jpg?resize=150%2C131&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/6909372729_188b26a2fe.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you enjoy these types of color palettes&#8217; and the fun approach Rebecca takes with her work, be sure to jump on over to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artybecca.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">her Blogspot site<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/artybecca\/\" target=\"_blank\">her Flickr pages<\/a>\u00a0for more wonderful inspiration for Spring and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>If you like this blog, support The Polymer Arts projects with a subscription or issue of The Polymer Arts magazine as well as supporting our advertising partners.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover 13-P4 web\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cover-13-P4-web.jpg?resize=122%2C158\" width=\"122\" height=\"158\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/polymerclayworkshop.com\/cane-builder-subscription\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"PCW_flower tile canes\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/PCW_flower-tile-canes-480x480.jpg?resize=130%2C130\" width=\"130\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewhimsicalbead.com.au\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"WhimsicalBead051512\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/WhimsicalBead051512.jpg?resize=125%2C125\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I kept thinking that the Pantone Spring palette seemed somewhat familiar. Then it occurred to me that Rebecca Watkins often works in similar color combinations and I went back and found this lovely bowl of beads on one of our Pinterest boards. 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