{"id":6808,"date":"2014-04-19T14:00:29","date_gmt":"2014-04-19T20:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/?p=6808"},"modified":"2014-04-19T04:57:28","modified_gmt":"2014-04-19T10:57:28","slug":"chaos-and-quilting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/chaos-and-quilting\/","title":{"rendered":"Chaos and Quilting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This necklace by Aussie artist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.robyngordon.com.au\">Robyn Gordon<\/a> has a quilted textile feel to the shell designs used in the pendant and beads. The beads are shaped like turret sea snail shells while the pendant is an assemblage of several shell shapes. The details on the shells have faux sewing patterns and the beads are similar to rolled fabric beads. This particular necklace is made from polymer clay and silk thread and is part of the Powerhouse Museum Collection in Sydney, Australia.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robyngordon.com.au\/jewellery\/patched-landscape-1988\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6809\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/chaos-and-quilting\/ba884d07fd9112b60def85c03f24d652\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ba884d07fd9112b60def85c03f24d652.jpg?fit=490%2C778&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"490,778\" 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=\"ba884d07fd9112b60def85c03f24d652\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ba884d07fd9112b60def85c03f24d652.jpg?fit=430%2C683&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6809\" alt=\"ba884d07fd9112b60def85c03f24d652\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ba884d07fd9112b60def85c03f24d652-480x762.jpg?resize=480%2C762\" width=\"480\" height=\"762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ba884d07fd9112b60def85c03f24d652.jpg?resize=480%2C762&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ba884d07fd9112b60def85c03f24d652.jpg?resize=94%2C150&amp;ssl=1 94w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ba884d07fd9112b60def85c03f24d652.jpg?w=490&amp;ssl=1 490w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Even though Robyn&#8217;s background is primarily in drawing, painting, and mixed media work, she was drawn to polymer jewelry adornment because it provides a direct communication between maker and wearer. If you would like to know more about this artist, browse through her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.robyngordon.com.au\/artform\/?c=01-Jewellery\">website<\/a> or take a peek at her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.janetclaytongallery.com.au\/artists_details.php?artistID=18-Robyn%20Gordon\">gallery page<\/a>.<\/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><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Blog2 -2014-02Feb-5\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Blog2-2014-02Feb-5.jpg?resize=125%2C125\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/polymerclayworkshop.com\/cane-builder-subscription\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Millefiori eggs\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Millefiori-eggs-480x480.jpg?resize=125%2C125\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><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><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This necklace by Aussie artist Robyn Gordon has a quilted textile feel to the shell designs used in the pendant and beads. The beads are shaped like turret sea snail shells while the pendant is an assemblage of several shell shapes. The details on the shells have faux sewing patterns and the beads are similar&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":[593,74,2676,29,269,12,11,2677,323,2674,2679,2675,2678,322,16],"class_list":["post-6808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inspirational-art","tag-australia","tag-beads","tag-faux-shells","tag-necklace","tag-pendant","tag-polymer-art","tag-polymer-clay","tag-powerhouse-museum-collection","tag-quilting","tag-robyn-gordon","tag-rolled-fabric-beads","tag-sea-snail-shells","tag-sydney","tag-textiles","tag-the-polymer-arts-magazine"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2O0Lm-1LO","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6808","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=6808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6808\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}