{"id":9530,"date":"2015-01-26T11:00:05","date_gmt":"2015-01-26T18:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/?p=9530"},"modified":"2015-01-26T08:52:13","modified_gmt":"2015-01-26T15:52:13","slug":"conceptual-horses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/conceptual-horses\/","title":{"rendered":"Conceptual Horses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shop.mosebackeord.se\/product\/malta\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9531\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/conceptual-horses\/tornstrom\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Tornstrom.jpeg?fit=893%2C1023&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"893,1023\" 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=\"Tornstrom\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Tornstrom.jpeg?fit=430%2C493&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9531\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Tornstrom-480x549.jpeg?resize=480%2C549\" alt=\"Tornstrom\" width=\"480\" height=\"549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Tornstrom.jpeg?resize=480%2C549&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Tornstrom.jpeg?resize=130%2C150&amp;ssl=1 130w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Tornstrom.jpeg?w=893&amp;ssl=1 893w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a>Polymer lends itself particularly well to decorative arts, since it is so versatile in form and color and has\u00a0the ability to be combined with so many other materials. But it can also be a very expressive medium. An artist can use a variety of sculptural techniques, colors and textures to recreate all kinds of imagery, which makes polymer particularly wonderful for conceptual work. I thought we&#8217;d take a week to see just what wonderful and new work is being produced in that area of polymer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shop.mosebackeord.se\/\" target=\"_blank\">EvaMarie T\u00f6rnstr\u00f6m&#8217;s<\/a>\u00a0<em>Malta Horse<\/em> is what got me really thinking about this area of polymer art. For those of you who have been to Malta, the iconic crosses, the aged limestone walls and the intense blue of the surrounding ocean are instantly recognizable, collectively, as representative of that beautiful country. There is a lot more to this particular piece, but I&#8217;ll let you puzzle out its other less obviously related characteristics. I&#8217;m still puzzling them out myself. But even if you haven&#8217;t been to Malta, you know there is a connection between the chosen elements, and it will make you stop and think. As all good art really does.<\/p>\n<p>Sweden&#8217;s EvaMarie is partial to creating horse sculptures but does very large wall pieces as well, also usually equine-related. Do take a moment to look at some of her unusual and visually intriguing pieces on <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.mosebackeord.se\/\" target=\"_blank\">her website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>If you like this blog, support The Polymer Arts projects with a subscription or an issue of The Polymer Arts magazine as well as supporting our advertising partners.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8251\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/holey-under-the-sea\/businesscard-3-5inx2in-h-front-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/TPA-PCDaily-Web-Ad_2014-R11.jpg?fit=125%2C125&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"125,125\" 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;businesscard-3.5inx2in-h-front&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"businesscard-3.5inx2in-h-front\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/TPA-PCDaily-Web-Ad_2014-R11.jpg?fit=125%2C125&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8251 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/daveonline.net\/thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/TPA-PCDaily-Web-Ad_2014-R11.jpg?resize=125%2C125\" alt=\"businesscard-3.5inx2in-h-front\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.neverknead.com\/\"><img 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But it can also be a very expressive medium. An artist can use a variety of sculptural techniques, colors and textures to recreate all kinds of imagery,&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":[3798,3796,863,2187,3797,389,94,3800,164,3799],"class_list":["post-9530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inspirational-art","tag-conceptual-work","tag-evamarie-tornstrom","tag-interpretation","tag-malta","tag-malta-horse","tag-polymer-clay-sculpture","tag-polymer-sculpture","tag-representational-art","tag-sculpture","tag-swedish-artist"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2O0Lm-2tI","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9530","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=9530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9530\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepolymerarts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}