{"id":7023,"date":"2014-05-02T14:00:52","date_gmt":"2014-05-02T20:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/?p=7023"},"modified":"2014-05-03T01:56:39","modified_gmt":"2014-05-03T07:56:39","slug":"from-czech-with-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/from-czech-with-love\/","title":{"rendered":"From Czech with Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have been taking a lot of shots of the art being worn by the attendees, or as we keep noting here, of people&#8217;s chests because between pins and necklaces; that is where most of the jewelry is so what choice do we have, right? \u00a0It has made for some funny moments. I had a great time with a trio of gals from the Czech Republic during one of our breaks. We couldn&#8217;t stop laughing as I tried to photograph their jewelry. I was trying to compare the work and they were standing next to each other comparing, well, other things that were ending up in the shot. They were so fun.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7026\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7026\" data-attachment-id=\"7026\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/from-czech-with-love\/_dsc0931\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC0931.jpg?fit=600%2C642&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,642\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;10&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D3000&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1399014120&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;26&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"_DSC0931\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Martina Malaskova&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC0931.jpg?fit=430%2C460&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7026\" alt=\"Martina Malaskova\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC0931-480x513.jpg?resize=480%2C513\" width=\"480\" height=\"513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC0931.jpg?resize=480%2C513&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC0931.jpg?resize=140%2C150&amp;ssl=1 140w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC0931.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7026\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Martina Malaskova<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_7025\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7025\" data-attachment-id=\"7025\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/from-czech-with-love\/_dsc0929\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC0929.jpg?fit=600%2C484&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,484\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D3000&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1399014002&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;40&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.05&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"_DSC0929\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Pavla \u010cepel\u00edkov\u00e1&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC0929.jpg?fit=430%2C347&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7025\" alt=\"Pavla \u010cepel\u00edkov\u00e1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC0929-480x387.jpg?resize=480%2C387\" width=\"480\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC0929.jpg?resize=480%2C387&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC0929.jpg?resize=150%2C121&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC0929.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7025\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pavla \u010cepel\u00edkov\u00e1<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_7024\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7024\" data-attachment-id=\"7024\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/from-czech-with-love\/_dsc0936\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC0936.jpg?fit=600%2C919&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,919\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;7.1&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D3000&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1399014589&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;44&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"_DSC0936\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Dana Phamova&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC0936.jpg?fit=430%2C659&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7024\" alt=\"Dana Phamova\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC0936-480x735.jpg?resize=480%2C735\" width=\"480\" height=\"735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC0936.jpg?resize=480%2C735&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC0936.jpg?resize=97%2C150&amp;ssl=1 97w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC0936.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7024\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dana Phamova<\/p><\/div>\n<p>My grandmother was from Czechoslovakia and I had learned a few words in the language when I was a child so I do have a soft spot for people from that part of the world which is probably part of the reason I chatted it up with these gals. Their fun and happy demeanor can be seen in the type of work they made and wore this week. Take a look at more of their work on these pages:<\/p>\n<p>Pavla \u010cepel\u00edkov\u00e1:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.saffron-addict.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.saffron-addict.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dana Phamova:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fler.cz\/fruitensse\" target=\"_blank\">www.fler.cz\/fruitensse<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Martina Malaskova:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lca-jewellery.com\/home_en.php\" target=\"_blank\">www.lca-jewellery.com\/home_en.php<\/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<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7036\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/new-clays-and-new-toys\/polymer-clay-overlapping-cane\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/polymer-clay-overlapping-cane.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.02&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;4.65625&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;1.6536203294&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"polymer clay overlapping cane\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/polymer-clay-overlapping-cane.jpg?fit=430%2C430&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-7036\" alt=\"polymer clay overlapping cane\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/polymer-clay-overlapping-cane-150x150.jpg?resize=125%2C125\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/polymer-clay-overlapping-cane.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/polymer-clay-overlapping-cane.jpg?resize=480%2C480&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/polymer-clay-overlapping-cane.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/><em>\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>I have been taking a lot of shots of the art being worn by the attendees, or as we keep noting here, of people&#8217;s chests because between pins and necklaces; that is where most of the jewelry is so what choice do we have, right? \u00a0It has made for some funny moments. I had a&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":[4,7],"tags":[1870,590,2744,2742,2743,1739,2741,248,1687,2055,11,16],"class_list":["post-7023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inspirational-art","category-polymer-community-news","tag-broach","tag-czech-republic","tag-czechoslovakia","tag-dana-phamova","tag-martina-malaskova","tag-necklaces","tag-pavla-cepelikova","tag-pendants","tag-polymer-arts","tag-polymer-beads","tag-polymer-clay","tag-the-polymer-arts-magazine"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2O0Lm-1Ph","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7023","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=7023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7023\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}