{"id":5915,"date":"2014-02-08T14:00:31","date_gmt":"2014-02-08T21:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/?p=5915"},"modified":"2014-02-05T15:40:41","modified_gmt":"2014-02-05T22:40:41","slug":"cohesion-of-elements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/cohesion-of-elements\/","title":{"rendered":"Cohesion of Elements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Minnesota artist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jangeisen.com\/\">Jan Geisen&#8217;s<\/a> necklace is a cohesion of elements achieved through composition. By connecting these seemingly different elements, a relationship is built between them that strengthens the design. This particular design is reminiscent of the Native American jewelry carved from wood bark with the outlines burned into the surface and painted with pigments derived from the earth. Even though it is polymer, it has the look and feel of materials that are much heavier.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/23551801@N03\/5959937704\/in\/photostream\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5916\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/cohesion-of-elements\/5959937704_05468bcabd_z\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/5959937704_05468bcabd_z.jpg?fit=425%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"425,640\" 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=\"5959937704_05468bcabd_z\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/5959937704_05468bcabd_z.jpg?fit=425%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5916\" alt=\"5959937704_05468bcabd_z\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/5959937704_05468bcabd_z.jpg?resize=425%2C640\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/5959937704_05468bcabd_z.jpg?w=425&amp;ssl=1 425w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/5959937704_05468bcabd_z.jpg?resize=99%2C150&amp;ssl=1 99w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Even though Jan likes to work in multi-media, she has been hooked on polymer since discovering it about 20 years ago. She fell in love with its versatility because it was perfect for an &#8220;improv&#8221; artist like herself. She explains, &#8220;I just work with it and it tells me what it wants to do!&#8221; Be inspired by Jan&#8217;s work on her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/23551801@N03\/5959937704\/in\/photostream\/\">Flickr<\/a> page and let your clay tell you what to do.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Thank you for supporting The Polymer Arts projects and our advertising sponsors below! Your purchases support the\u00a0magazine, this blog and our upcoming &#8220;Best of&#8221; and &#8220;Workshop&#8221; books. To get even more out of our projects,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/Subscription_ordering.html\" target=\"_blank\">subscribe<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\" target=\"_blank\">get our newsletter<\/a>\u00a0(see form on the left side of our home page), and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/The-Polymer-Arts\/175620935829948\" target=\"_blank\">follow us on Facebook<\/a>. \u00a0<\/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<a href=\"http:\/\/polymerclayworkshop.com\/cane-builder-subscription\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"PCW blue string art cane\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/PCW-blue-string-art-cane-150x150.jpg?resize=135%2C135\" width=\"135\" height=\"135\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\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>Minnesota artist Jan Geisen&#8217;s necklace is a cohesion of elements achieved through composition. 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