{"id":7744,"date":"2014-07-17T12:00:23","date_gmt":"2014-07-17T18:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/?p=7744"},"modified":"2014-07-18T00:06:24","modified_gmt":"2014-07-18T06:06:24","slug":"just-the-clay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/just-the-clay\/","title":{"rendered":"Just the Clay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s certainly not going to be news that if you want to create variation in a piece, it can be done by strictly using the clay itself. Polymer is perfect for creating all types of color and textures! Here&#8217;s a straight-forward example by Nora Pero using various colors, translucency, visual texture, and color blending to create variations in her pinched petal form.<\/p>\n<p>Lining up all these necklaces together leads us to another idea we can explore that we don&#8217;t see here, and that is the combination of the various petals into one necklace. Maybe those blues and greens together on one necklace, or a trio of the red, gold and fuchsia\/yellow petals that alternate across around the neck. That sounds kind of yummy!<\/p>\n<p>Petals:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/iamcr8ve\/9240000483\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7746\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/just-the-clay\/9240000483_f5bbcdfedf_o\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/9240000483_f5bbcdfedf_o.jpg?fit=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1536\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 4S&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1373290601&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.28&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;64&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"9240000483_f5bbcdfedf_o\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/9240000483_f5bbcdfedf_o.jpg?fit=430%2C323&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7746\" alt=\"9240000483_f5bbcdfedf_o\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/9240000483_f5bbcdfedf_o-480x360.jpg?resize=480%2C360\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/9240000483_f5bbcdfedf_o.jpg?resize=480%2C360&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/9240000483_f5bbcdfedf_o.jpg?resize=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/9240000483_f5bbcdfedf_o.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/9240000483_f5bbcdfedf_o.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Although Nora has been wonderfully focused on some glass and beading options of late, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/iamcr8ve\/\" target=\"_blank\">her Flickr pages<\/a> have plenty of images showing further variations in mokume, crackle, and extruder cane decorated beads. In addition, you can get a tutorial on how to create these various petals in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/listing\/156999926\/pretty-petals-polymer-clay-tutorial?ref=shop_home_feat_1\" target=\"_blank\">her Etsy shop<\/a>. Fun stuff!<\/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\" alt=\"Damask Ad\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Damask-Ad-150x150.jpg?w=125\"   \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s certainly not going to be news that if you want to create variation in a piece, it can be done by strictly using the clay itself. 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