A Bright, Mature Fall

Have you found some color combinations in the Pantone Fall palette posted yesterday? I did quite a bit of searching looking for pieces that fit this palette. Searching by color palette is no easy task, let me tell you! But I did find these lovely beads by Claire Wallis that use two of the brighter colors in the Pantone palette.

Although we don’t think of Fall as a bright season, people don’t stop wearing rich, saturated colors simply because the air is cooler outside. We don’t match our outfits to the changing color of the trees outside (although I have seen people change their home decor to match it). If we are to follow the Pantone Fall palette, there is going to be some brightness in our creations this coming season. Great news for polymer!

The Pantone Acai is a more blue-leaning purple. Purple is associate with royalty and extravagance due to its rarity in centuries past as it was simply a difficult and expensive dye to produce. Because this purple has more blue in it, the calm associated with blue makes this feel more reserved than extravagant. The magenta, which appears a bit richer than the actual Vivacious Pantone color, is also leaning a bit more towards a sense of maturity with its deeper tone, rather than going towards the bright and girlish pink end of the magenta spectrum. And what is Fall but the richer and more mature end of our cycle of seasons?

I will continue my search for more polymer work associated with Pantone’s color palette for this week’s posts, and we’ll certainly talk more about color choices, color mood, and creating palettes; but if any of you find a well-done piece you think I need to share, please give me a head’s up:  sbray(a)thepolymerarts.com.

In the meantime, take a closer look at Claire’s work on Flickr. Her pieces are excellently finished and her variety of forms she creates is quite interesting and are  also very well done.