{"id":3631,"date":"2012-07-03T14:32:58","date_gmt":"2012-07-03T14:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/polymerclayetc.com\/?p=3631"},"modified":"2012-07-03T14:32:58","modified_gmt":"2012-07-03T14:32:58","slug":"experiments-and-mangos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/polymerclayetc.com\/?p=3631","title":{"rendered":"Experiments and Mangos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/polymerclayetc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/contours1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3632\" title=\"contours1\" src=\"http:\/\/polymerclayetc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/contours1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"162\" srcset=\"http:\/\/polymerclayetc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/contours1.jpg 360w, http:\/\/polymerclayetc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/contours1-300x135.jpg 300w, http:\/\/polymerclayetc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/contours1-96x43.jpg 96w, http:\/\/polymerclayetc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/contours1-38x17.jpg 38w, http:\/\/polymerclayetc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/contours1-128x57.jpg 128w, http:\/\/polymerclayetc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/contours1-150x67.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Just a quick post about my experiment. I&#8217;m kind of liking the one in the middle and maybe the one on the right. The one on the left is a going to the &#8220;yeah right&#8221; jar.<\/p>\n<p>They look different in person, they are so dimensional and you can&#8217;t see it here. They are truly some of the funkiest beads I&#8217;ve ever made.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/polymerclayetc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/contours2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3637\" title=\"contours2\" src=\"http:\/\/polymerclayetc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/contours2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"http:\/\/polymerclayetc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/contours2.jpg 360w, http:\/\/polymerclayetc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/contours2-300x228.jpg 300w, http:\/\/polymerclayetc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/contours2-96x73.jpg 96w, http:\/\/polymerclayetc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/contours2-38x28.jpg 38w, http:\/\/polymerclayetc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/contours2-282x215.jpg 282w, http:\/\/polymerclayetc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/contours2-128x97.jpg 128w, http:\/\/polymerclayetc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/contours2-150x114.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Still working on them and other applications for the technique. Not giving up yet.<\/p>\n<p>Now on to what I&#8217;ve really been doing&#8230;twice a day &#8230;&#8230;everyday for the last two weeks (and it will continue for another two).<\/p>\n<p>MANGOS&#8230;..lots and lots of mangos. I know they have nothing to do with polymer clay, maybe this could be the &#8220;etc.&#8221; part. They are keeping me for my clay, so they do play a role, kind of, sort of.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/polymerclayetc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/mangos2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3635\" title=\"mangos2\" src=\"http:\/\/polymerclayetc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/mangos2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"http:\/\/polymerclayetc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/mangos2.jpg 360w, http:\/\/polymerclayetc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/mangos2-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/polymerclayetc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/mangos2-96x72.jpg 96w, http:\/\/polymerclayetc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/mangos2-38x28.jpg 38w, http:\/\/polymerclayetc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/mangos2-286x215.jpg 286w, http:\/\/polymerclayetc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/mangos2-128x96.jpg 128w, http:\/\/polymerclayetc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/mangos2-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is just from this morning. I&#8217;ll have this many or more this afternoon. I have to be quick or the squirrels beat me to them and they pick the best ones to take only a bite or two.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m pealing, dicing, and freezing bag after bag. I put a perfect size of one cup in every bag. After about the 300th bag I start to lose my enthusiasm for it all. But I soldier on knowing that in December I&#8217;ll be soooooo happy to open the freezer and see all those bags of mangos.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, the margaritas and smoothies you can make with these frozen mangos are to die for.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/polymerclayetc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/mangos1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3634\" title=\"mangos1\" src=\"http:\/\/polymerclayetc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/mangos1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"http:\/\/polymerclayetc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/mangos1.jpg 360w, http:\/\/polymerclayetc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/mangos1-300x244.jpg 300w, http:\/\/polymerclayetc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/mangos1-96x78.jpg 96w, http:\/\/polymerclayetc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/mangos1-38x30.jpg 38w, http:\/\/polymerclayetc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/mangos1-264x215.jpg 264w, http:\/\/polymerclayetc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/mangos1-128x104.jpg 128w, http:\/\/polymerclayetc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/mangos1-150x122.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This freezer is full, I have to move these downstairs&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.see you guys later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just a quick post about my experiment. I&#8217;m kind of liking the one in the middle and maybe the one on the right. The one on the left is a going to the &#8220;yeah right&#8221; jar. 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