{"id":9257,"date":"2014-12-24T11:00:20","date_gmt":"2014-12-24T18:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/?p=9257"},"modified":"2014-12-19T14:24:59","modified_gmt":"2014-12-19T21:24:59","slug":"not-polymer-and-not-a-gourd-so","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/not-polymer-and-not-a-gourd-so\/","title":{"rendered":"Not Polymer and Not a Gourd so …"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I know, I know … this is not polymer, but there was some question about that as it was posted on a few Pinterest boards\u00a0under polymer. And that colorful inlay could be polymer, right? It could, but it’s not. It’s painted. The reason it was popping up under polymer searches was because it was posted to the polymer tutorial site, claylessons.com<\/a>, in a message posted to encourage people to visit the Daily Art Muse blog<\/a> (let’s see how many plugs and links we can fit into one blog post, shall we?). So there is the polymer connection.<\/p>\n

But why am I featuring a non-polymer piece today? Because it’s nearly Christmas and if I can’t break some rules now, when can I? Well, yes, I do break rules on occasion for no reason at all, but let’s say this is because it’s a holiday week. And because this piece is gorgeous. It is all carved wood\u00a0by wood artist, Joey Richardson<\/a>.\u00a0The detail is amazing. The form and intricacy are so fluid and natural you might wonder if it’s not alive. It also reminded me of my favorite gourd artist\u00a0Mark Doolittle<\/a>\u00a0(we needed another plug and link here, right?).<\/p>\n

But wait, there’s more! More incredible work like this that is (although more links will certainly happen). \u00a0After holding onto this, waiting for the right themed week to share it in for nearly a year, I finally found out who the unattributed artist was, opened\u00a0her site and just got lost there. \u00a0I don’t know how Joey has the patience or hasn’t ruined her fingers with all this fine carving, but I am grateful that she does. What a treat. Treat yourself as well by heading over to her site<\/a>\u00a0and be sure to read her About page<\/a>. Her feeling about her sources of inspiration really fit the season.<\/p>\n

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