{"id":7635,"date":"2014-07-01T12:00:19","date_gmt":"2014-07-01T18:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/?p=7635"},"modified":"2014-07-01T08:33:48","modified_gmt":"2014-07-01T14:33:48","slug":"identifying-inspiration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/identifying-inspiration\/","title":{"rendered":"Identifying Inspiration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With a single word, we can convey a tremendous amount of meaning including images, emotions, or entire concepts. Names, whether they are given to a person, a place, an event or an idea will often carry all of this. When<a href=\"http:\/\/sarahshriver.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Sarah Shriver<\/a> chose to call not just her pieces, but a color palette after a single person, she brought in the full history and all the concepts associated with what each of us know about a woman named Frida. Her Frida palette echos the brilliance often found in the paintings of the renown Mexican artist <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Frida_Kahlo\" target=\"_blank\">Frida Kahlo<\/a>. This\u00a0also gives us a little bit of insight as to where Sarah finds her color inspirations.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7636\" style=\"width: 470px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sarahshriver.com\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7636\" data-attachment-id=\"7636\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/identifying-inspiration\/shriver_fridabracelet\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/shriver_fridabracelet.gif?fit=460%2C381&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"460,381\" 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=\"shriver_fridabracelet\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/shriver_fridabracelet.gif?fit=430%2C356&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7636\" alt=\"shriver_fridabracelet\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/shriver_fridabracelet.gif?resize=460%2C381\" width=\"460\" height=\"381\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7636\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Frida Bracelet<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Naming your work after someone or something widely familiar can bring a tremendous amount of character and depth to your work. I have a ceramicist friend who names all his work after people, places and things seen in famous fantasy movies and books even though there isn&#8217;t usually any direct imagery on his work from these movies, just a general sense of it. He usually sells out at all the shows he does. It does help that he is a very skilled ceramic artist, and that he knows who he is selling to. Didn&#8217;t think naming your work could do much for your sales? I can tell you from my own experience that it can make all the difference.<\/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=\"14-P2 CoverFnl-blog\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/14-P2-CoverFnl-blog.jpg?resize=133%2C174\" width=\"133\" height=\"174\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0<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<a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/listing\/161601624\/polymer-clay-damask-cane-tutorial-cane\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7660\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/identifying-inspiration\/damask-ad-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Damask-Ad.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.04&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;1.56041787875&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Damask Ad\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Damask-Ad.jpg?fit=430%2C430&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-7660\" alt=\"Damask Ad\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Damask-Ad-150x150.jpg?w=125\"   srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Damask-Ad.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Damask-Ad.jpg?resize=480%2C480&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Damask-Ad.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With a single word, we can convey a tremendous amount of meaning including images, emotions, or entire concepts. Names, whether they are given to a person, a place, an event or an idea will often carry all of this. 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