{"id":645,"date":"2012-08-04T16:00:53","date_gmt":"2012-08-04T22:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/?p=645"},"modified":"2012-07-31T20:23:29","modified_gmt":"2012-08-01T02:23:29","slug":"suspended-vessels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/suspended-vessels\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspended Vessels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gerascottchandler.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gera Scott Chandler<\/a> has lately been working on a concept she calls suspended vessels. They appear more as sculptural pieces than functional decor although they are both.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gerascottchandler.com\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"646\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/suspended-vessels\/susp2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/susp2.jpg?fit=356%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"356,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;7&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;COOLPIX S8000&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1337085536&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.4&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"susp2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/susp2.jpg?fit=356%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-646\" title=\"susp2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/susp2.jpg?resize=228%2C461\" alt=\"\" width=\"228\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/susp2.jpg?w=356&amp;ssl=1 356w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/susp2.jpg?resize=148%2C300&amp;ssl=1 148w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The central aspect of these pieces is a woven basket suspended between a series of tall thin sculptures that appear, in either an abstract or literal manner, to be figurative totems all facing inward. The impression is that there is a gathering of people with a yet to be filled basket connecting them, giving the open vessel a mysterious importance, as if these people have gathered to either give or receive something very precious.<\/p>\n<p>The photos show rather subdued colors but they are actually quite colorful. Take a closer look here <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gerascottchandler.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">on her blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gera Scott Chandler has lately been working on a concept she calls suspended vessels. They appear more as sculptural pieces than functional decor although they are both. The central aspect of these pieces is a woven basket suspended between a series of tall thin sculptures that appear, in either an abstract or literal manner, to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[25,13,32,17,187,12,11,164,48,16],"class_list":["post-645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inspirational-art","tag-artistic-influence","tag-artistic-inspiration","tag-constructive-criticism","tag-design","tag-gera-scott-chandler","tag-polymer-art","tag-polymer-clay","tag-sculpture","tag-technique","tag-the-polymer-arts-magazine"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2O0Lm-ap","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}