{"id":9360,"date":"2015-01-03T11:00:40","date_gmt":"2015-01-03T18:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/?p=9360"},"modified":"2015-01-02T08:47:00","modified_gmt":"2015-01-02T15:47:00","slug":"the-collaborative-path","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/the-collaborative-path\/","title":{"rendered":"The Collaborative Path"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/carolsimmonsdesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/collaboration-necklace-carol-and-rebecca-view-2-9-in.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9361\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/the-collaborative-path\/collaboration-necklace-carol-and-rebecca-view-2-9-in\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/collaboration-necklace-carol-and-rebecca-view-2-9-in.jpg?fit=677%2C515&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"677,515\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-TZ1&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1377868887&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;22&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"collaboration-necklace-carol-and-rebecca-view-2-9-in\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/collaboration-necklace-carol-and-rebecca-view-2-9-in.jpg?fit=430%2C327&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9361\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/collaboration-necklace-carol-and-rebecca-view-2-9-in-480x365.jpg?resize=480%2C365\" alt=\"collaboration-necklace-carol-and-rebecca-view-2-9-in\" width=\"480\" height=\"365\" align=\"left\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/collaboration-necklace-carol-and-rebecca-view-2-9-in.jpg?resize=480%2C365&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/collaboration-necklace-carol-and-rebecca-view-2-9-in.jpg?resize=150%2C114&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/collaboration-necklace-carol-and-rebecca-view-2-9-in.jpg?w=677&amp;ssl=1 677w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a>A last idea to push you into new territory this year would be to try a collaboration; you could work with another artist and share the process of creation. You could have equal say in all the elements of a piece, or you could each work independently on components that are brought together later. One of you could start a piece, and the other can finish it. You can collaborate with other polymer artists, artists in other mediums, including two-dimensional art forms (any 2-D image can be used as a transfer or as a background for instance).<\/p>\n<p>So who do you know that you might want to work with? It&#8217;s kind of a scary prospect, isn&#8217;t it? I have collaborations in mind with a couple people this year, and I&#8217;m almost too scared to ask! But I know it will push me to get into the studio when I would otherwise let the magazine take over and it will push me to think in ways I haven&#8217;t before.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a collaboration between <a href=\"http:\/\/carolsimmonsdesigns.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Carol Simmons<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/artybecca.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rebecca Watkins<\/a> from 2013. Can you see what each of them contributed? And isn&#8217;t is wonderful how cohesive it is? You can <a href=\"http:\/\/carolsimmonsdesigns.com\/2013\/collaboration\/\" target=\"_blank\">read up on their project<\/a> in the post Carol has on her blog.<\/p>\n<p>So what do you think? Are you going to push yourself and try something completely different this year? If you do, let me know. 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