{"id":8672,"date":"2014-10-15T12:00:33","date_gmt":"2014-10-15T18:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/?p=8672"},"modified":"2014-10-22T10:52:06","modified_gmt":"2014-10-22T16:52:06","slug":"polymer-resistance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/polymer-resistance\/","title":{"rendered":"Polymer Resistance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/artybecca.blogspot.com\/2014\/09\/resistance-is-good.html\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8674\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/polymer-resistance\/20140928_175240\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/20140928_175240.jpg?fit=494%2C654&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"494,654\" 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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20140928_175240\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/20140928_175240.jpg?fit=430%2C569&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8674\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/20140928_175240-480x635.jpg?resize=440%2C583\" alt=\"20140928_175240\" width=\"440\" height=\"583\" align=\"left\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/20140928_175240.jpg?resize=480%2C635&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/20140928_175240.jpg?resize=113%2C150&amp;ssl=1 113w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/20140928_175240.jpg?w=494&amp;ssl=1 494w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/a>If you&#8217;re a fellow art and\/or craft junkie who has\u00a0tried every other\u00a0medium that has come your way, there&#8217;s a very good chance you have worked with resists. They are most commonly found in watercolor and in\u00a0textile dying, but any art form that includes paints, dyes, stains or any other liquid that might be used to change the color or appearance of a surface, there are almost always resist techniques.<\/p>\n<p>Polymer is no different, although such techniques are a little less common. I have seen stencils, colored pencil and crayons as resists on polymer a number of times, and once, I recall seeing the use of brushed on masking fluid that is commonly used as a resist on watercolors. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artybecca.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rebecca Watkins<\/a> discovered a slightly newer version of these options&#8211;a masking fluid pen. And she does it in layers!<\/p>\n<p>The control the pen affords makes for some beautiful possibilities as you can see here. Instead of just one layer of resist designs as is commonly seen, Rebecca lays down several layers of alcohol ink, changing the resist design in between to create this complex effect. She shares her news beads, where to get yourself one of these pens, and her technique on <a href=\"http:\/\/artybecca.blogspot.com\/2014\/09\/resistance-is-good.html\" target=\"_blank\">her blog<\/a>. How very clever and\u00a0generous of her!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0If 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><a href=\"www.thepolymerarts.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/14-P3-Fall-Play-cover-Full-sm-116x150.jpg?resize=125%2C162\" alt=\"14-P3 Fall-Play cover Full sm\" width=\"125\" height=\"162\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewhimsicalbead.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8560\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/outside-inspiration-reflecting-uncertainty\/blog2-2014-02feb-3\/\" 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T3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1411446691&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;40&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"polymer clay butterfly ornament sm\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/polymer-clay-butterfly-ornament-sm.jpg?fit=125%2C126&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8561 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/polymer-clay-butterfly-ornament-sm.jpg?resize=125%2C126\" alt=\"polymer clay butterfly ornament sm\" width=\"125\" height=\"126\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shadesofclay.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" 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They are most commonly found in watercolor and in\u00a0textile dying, but any art form that includes paints, dyes, stains or any other liquid that might be used to&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":[1716,266,3424,157,3423,12,551,3421,3425,3426,48,298,3422],"class_list":["post-8672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inspirational-art","tag-artist-inspiration","tag-color","tag-creating-layers-with-ink","tag-creativity","tag-ink-techniques","tag-polymer-art","tag-rebecca-watkins","tag-resist-on-polymer","tag-resist-techniques","tag-resist-tutorial","tag-technique","tag-tutorial","tag-using-alcohol-inks"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2O0Lm-2fS","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8672","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=8672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8672\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}