{"id":6607,"date":"2014-03-31T14:00:55","date_gmt":"2014-03-31T20:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/?p=6607"},"modified":"2014-03-31T12:09:13","modified_gmt":"2014-03-31T18:09:13","slug":"polymer-in-folded-rainbows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/polymer-in-folded-rainbows\/","title":{"rendered":"Polymer in Folded Rainbows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Folded polymer seems to be a bit of trend lately. From the popularity of Helen Breil&#8217;s folded beads and tutorial to Sonya Girodon&#8217;s faux folded paper to the folded look pin sent out as a tease for Dan Cormier&#8217;s upcoming book, we&#8217;re seeing a lot of polymer getting folded these days so this week, we&#8217;ll look at what some other artists are doing with the folded approach.<\/p>\n<p>These earrings are by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fler.cz\/shop\/hanc\" target=\"_blank\">Hanc of the Fler.cz<\/a> marketplace. First of all, this is some fantastically done gradient color&#8211;the smooth and consistent transitions through so many hues take some patience to create. And that white line down the center is a rather genius addition, giving the ruffled folds added complexity and dimension. Overall, it&#8217;s a fairly simple centered design but it&#8217;s wonderful how the folded polymer gives the piece tactile texture and movement as well as adding to the vibrant feel of the color by the repetition of the folds.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fler.cz\/zbozi\/bodovky-4175078?pos=6\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6608\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/polymer-in-folded-rainbows\/dpfslknpiebqxs-b\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/dpfslknpiebqxs-b.jpg?fit=500%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,500\" 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=\"dpfslknpiebqxs-b\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/dpfslknpiebqxs-b.jpg?fit=430%2C430&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6608\" alt=\"dpfslknpiebqxs-b\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/dpfslknpiebqxs-b-480x480.jpg?resize=480%2C480\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/dpfslknpiebqxs-b.jpg?resize=480%2C480&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/dpfslknpiebqxs-b.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/dpfslknpiebqxs-b.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This Czech artist, who goes by the name Hanc, loves gardening and flowers, creating magical worlds full of colorful folder polymer clay. There is a lot more like this to be found in this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fler.cz\/shop\/hanc\" target=\"_blank\">artist&#8217;s fler.cz shop<\/a> so do pop over and take in more variations on this folded approach as well as other inspired and skillfully completed designs.<\/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=\"14P1 cover Fnl\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/14P1-cover-Fnl-480x623.jpg?resize=133%2C173\" width=\"133\" height=\"173\" \/><\/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=\"Blog2 -2014-02Feb-2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Blog2-2014-02Feb-2.jpg?resize=125%2C125\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Folded polymer seems to be a bit of trend lately. From the popularity of Helen Breil&#8217;s folded beads and tutorial to Sonya Girodon&#8217;s faux folded paper to the folded look pin sent out as a tease for Dan Cormier&#8217;s upcoming book, we&#8217;re seeing a lot of polymer getting folded these days so this week, we&#8217;ll&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":[2552,199,92,2545,2548,2547,2546,2305,2551,2549,758,388,1687,11,1420,725,16,2550],"class_list":["post-6607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inspirational-art","tag-czech-artist","tag-dan-cormier","tag-earrings","tag-faux-folded-paper","tag-folded-look-pin","tag-folded-polymer-beads","tag-folder-polymer-clay","tag-gradient-color","tag-hanc","tag-hanc-of-the-fler-cz","tag-helen-breil","tag-movement","tag-polymer-arts","tag-polymer-clay","tag-sonya-girodon","tag-tactile-texture","tag-the-polymer-arts-magazine","tag-vibrant-color-repetition"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2O0Lm-1Iz","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6607","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=6607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6607\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}