{"id":9189,"date":"2014-12-13T11:00:02","date_gmt":"2014-12-13T18:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/?p=9189"},"modified":"2014-12-13T23:55:50","modified_gmt":"2014-12-14T06:55:50","slug":"do-it-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/do-it-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Do it Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9190\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/do-it-again\/sonya-girodon-2-description2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Sonya-Girodon-2-Description2.jpg?fit=1094%2C1096&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1094,1096\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;COOLPIX S8100&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1411047089&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.4&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00180701120347&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sonya-Girodon-2-Description2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Sonya-Girodon-2-Description2.jpg?fit=430%2C431&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9190\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Sonya-Girodon-2-Description2-480x480.jpg?resize=480%2C480\" alt=\"Sonya-Girodon-2-Description2\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" align=\"left\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Sonya-Girodon-2-Description2.jpg?resize=480%2C480&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Sonya-Girodon-2-Description2.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Sonya-Girodon-2-Description2.jpg?resize=1022%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Sonya-Girodon-2-Description2.jpg?resize=75%2C75&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Sonya-Girodon-2-Description2.jpg?w=1094&amp;ssl=1 1094w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a>The one article in the<a href=\"www.thepolymerarts.com\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Winter 2014 issue of The Polymer Arts<\/a> that seemed to greatly affect both the readers and the participants in the creation of its writing was the piece by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/AnartIsland\" target=\"_blank\">Anke Humpert<\/a>, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\" target=\"_blank\">1,700 Pieces of Jewellery<\/a>&#8220;. If you haven&#8217;t read it, you really need to. Anke developed a game based on limitation and a challenging process rather than a single challenge concept, and she invited several dozen artists to participate in her first run of it. That alone is a reason to read this; perhaps, in order to get ideas about developing more in-depth challenges for yourself or for your guild.<\/p>\n<p>The thing that struck me, and I&#8217;ve had numerous comments back from readers on this and it obviously struck the artists that participated, was the step that required the participants to re-do the piece they made for the challenge. Yes &#8230; after the participating artists completed their piece, Anke asked that each of them make their piece again with changes and adjustments that came about from an evaluation of the initial piece. There was something about being given that bit of instruction, or, as I&#8217;ve been thinking of it, permission to start over and try again, that was a key illuminating moment for most\u00a0of the artists. I know for myself, I plan on doing that exact thing when I get into the studio here shortly, maybe even making the same piece 3 or 4 times to see what I come up with. Many of us make just one piece, and then after that attempt move on, especially when it doesn&#8217;t work; when really, we could learn so much from trying to create a better version; to evaluate our work with a purpose; to see if we\u00a0can create the improvements considered in that critique.<\/p>\n<p>The image here is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/sonya_polymer_creations\" target=\"_blank\">Sonya Girodon&#8217;s<\/a> two pieces and her evaluation notes. There are more comparisons, notes and comments in the article that will get you thinking. 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