{"id":7132,"date":"2014-05-17T14:00:55","date_gmt":"2014-05-17T20:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/?p=7132"},"modified":"2014-05-21T10:28:56","modified_gmt":"2014-05-21T16:28:56","slug":"complimenting-brooches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/complimenting-brooches\/","title":{"rendered":"Complimenting Brooches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lorettalam.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Loretta Lam<\/a> has an obvious influence of nature in her work. These pins reminded me not so much of microscopic cellular formations as the growth of micro-organisms on plants and rocks. They naturally complement the pod and leaf forms and their surface patterns.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lorettalam.com\/gallery_brooches.html\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7133\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/complimenting-brooches\/3adf9b6c56c6977cdb1b781f7fca3a3d\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/3adf9b6c56c6977cdb1b781f7fca3a3d.jpg?fit=420%2C579&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"420,579\" 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=\"3adf9b6c56c6977cdb1b781f7fca3a3d\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/3adf9b6c56c6977cdb1b781f7fca3a3d.jpg?fit=420%2C579&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7133\" alt=\"3adf9b6c56c6977cdb1b781f7fca3a3d\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/3adf9b6c56c6977cdb1b781f7fca3a3d.jpg?resize=420%2C579\" width=\"420\" height=\"579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/3adf9b6c56c6977cdb1b781f7fca3a3d.jpg?w=420&amp;ssl=1 420w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/3adf9b6c56c6977cdb1b781f7fca3a3d.jpg?resize=108%2C150&amp;ssl=1 108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Loretta Lam is being featured in the Color Spotlight article in the upcoming Summer 2014 issue of The Polymer Arts due out the first week of June. But while you are waiting for that, check out <a href=\"http:\/\/lorettalam.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">her website<\/a> for more beautiful nature inspired pieces.<\/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\" 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\" \/><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>Loretta Lam has an obvious influence of nature in her work. 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