{"id":715,"date":"2012-08-08T17:07:49","date_gmt":"2012-08-08T23:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/?p=715"},"modified":"2012-08-19T14:19:00","modified_gmt":"2012-08-19T20:19:00","slug":"in-defense-of-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/in-defense-of-center\/","title":{"rendered":"In Defense of Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I remember in art school being questioned for the use of centered imagery. I never really understood why a centered composition would be criticized. Is it really too easy, too expected, or too boring? I don&#8217;t think it matters if something is centered or off center or has not central focus at all, as long as the work is done well.<\/p>\n<p>This is an example of what might seem simple, is definitely centered and yet make you smile to look at them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/polymerclayfimo.livejournal.com\/4333834.html\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"716\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/in-defense-of-center\/attachment\/600\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/600.jpg?fit=600%2C415&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,415\" 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=\"600\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/600.jpg?fit=430%2C297&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-716 aligncenter\" title=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/600.jpg?resize=432%2C299\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/600.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/600.jpg?resize=300%2C207&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The pendants are by Russian polymer artist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/menshikova.ta\">Tatyana Menshikova<\/a>. Everything is centered, consistent and evenly spaced. And they are wonderfully done with well chosen colors and simple but interesting textures. The balance and centering of the layers makes for a very stable and calm piece. Art doesn&#8217;t always have to challenge or make you say &#8220;wow!&#8221; Good art makes you want to take it in. And maybe just make you smile.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I remember in art school being questioned for the use of centered imagery. I never really understood why a centered composition would be criticized. Is it really too easy, too expected, or too boring? I don&#8217;t think it matters if something is centered or off center or has not central focus at all, as long&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":[25,13,118,17,12,11,222,16],"class_list":["post-715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inspirational-art","tag-artistic-influence","tag-artistic-inspiration","tag-composition","tag-design","tag-polymer-art","tag-polymer-clay","tag-tatyana-menshikova","tag-the-polymer-arts-magazine"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2O0Lm-bx","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715","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=715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}