{"id":1564,"date":"2014-04-21T11:43:04","date_gmt":"2014-04-21T17:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikedumascopperdesigns.com\/blog\/?p=1564"},"modified":"2014-04-21T11:43:04","modified_gmt":"2014-04-21T17:43:04","slug":"copper-cactus-imposter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mikedumascopperdesigns.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/21\/copper-cactus-imposter\/","title":{"rendered":"Copper Cactus Imposter"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Desert<\/a>

Desert Bloom<\/p><\/div>\n

It’s a narrow window and when it opens it’s so inviting to peek in.<\/p>\n

\"Spiny<\/a>

Spiny Things and Delicate Petals<\/p><\/div>\n

Those spiny leaves are everywhere in our desert, but it’s the delicate petals that make me look twice.<\/p>\n

Mike looked twice . . . and thrice . . . and many more times till it was embedded in his memory and he came up with this:<\/p>\n

\"Copper<\/a>

Copper Cactus Chandelier<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Copper<\/a>

Copper Chandelier w\/Spiny Things and Delicate Petals<\/p><\/div>\n

and this:<\/p>\n

\"Copper<\/a>

Copper Cactus Light Sconce<\/p><\/div>\n

and as if that wasn’t enough,\u00a0nature copied him again-<\/p>\n

\"Mr.<\/a>

By the Garden Gate<\/p><\/div>\n

in my beautiful rose:<\/p>\n

\"Copper<\/a>

Copper Rose<\/p><\/div>\n

Do you have art that copies nature? Or does it seem like nature copies your art?!<\/p>\n

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