{"id":8663,"date":"2019-04-15T09:17:10","date_gmt":"2019-04-15T16:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/?p=8663"},"modified":"2019-09-12T11:13:25","modified_gmt":"2019-09-12T18:13:25","slug":"four-winds-books-in-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/2019\/04\/four-winds-books-in-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Winds Books in progress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/img_6751.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8654\" width=\"500\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/img_6751.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/img_6751-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve stitched and folded 15 little books for India Flint&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/the-school-of-nomad-arts.teachable.com\/courses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">School of Nomad Arts<\/a> class <a href=\"https:\/\/the-school-of-nomad-arts.teachable.com\/courses\/enrolled\/406510\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">being (t)here 2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n<li>Papers:<\/li>\n<ul><a href=\"http:\/\/paperconnection.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paper Connection<\/a>&#8216;s vintage handmade 100% cotton paper, made in England. Gelatin-sized. 90 lb. I bought a packet of this at the Book Arts Bazaar in Portland on April 7 and was eager to try it in a project. It set the size for the project, being precut to A5.<\/ul>\n<ul>Fluid 100 watercolor paper. 140 lb, 100% cotton, cold press. I used the last sheet in the pad, which is always kind of a thrill. This is the thickest paper I used, and it gave some trouble in folding, but was not insurmountable.<\/ul>\n<ul>Ingres pastel paper, 100% cotton. 45 lb., white, rough. My favorite for stitching into.<\/ul>\n<ul>Blueprint paper from my dad&#8217;s files, showing work on the mirror assembly for the Hubble Space Telescope. It did not feel like a natural juxtaposition to stitch into engineering documents, but I liked the purple tone and the variety of lettering, including my dad&#8217;s initials signing off on revisions.<\/ul>\n<ul>Pages torn from a book picked up at the Hancock Library book sale last summer &#8220;Coloured Pictures of Representative Flower Arrangements by S\u00c5\u0152F\u00c5\u00aa.&#8221; I used pages from the Table of Contents which had subtly shiny inclusions that might be silk? And a couple of the pages describing the arrangements.<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/img_6749.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8655\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/img_6749.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/img_6749-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The stitching process proceeded quickly and easily. It was helpful to make myself a little bag including a selection of fabrics and threads to use.<\/p>\n<p>I cut into a lace collar that I&#8217;ve been saving forever. It was a gift from my ex-mother-in-law, Natalie. I will never wear it as a collar so it&#8217;s finally finding a home in pieces.<\/p>\n<p>I found it delightful to stitch bits of thread fuzz into a couched net that affixed them to the surface. Bright pink tones came from thread dyed with cochineal. I also used thread dyed a deep dark purple from India&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/the-school-of-nomad-arts.teachable.com\/courses\/enrolled\/385993\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a clearing in the woods<\/a> project &#8211; a nice continuity.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/img_6755.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8662\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/img_6755.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/img_6755-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I had to cut each sheet through the center to enable the folding. I tried to avoid stitching in this area. Sometimes I had to mend some stray bits after cutting.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/img_6752.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8657\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/img_6752.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/img_6752-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/img_6753.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8656\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/img_6753.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/img_6753-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now it&#8217;s on to the next step, which is dyeing. First I have to get the rusted lid off my jar of magic potion (solution of vinegar and rusty objects). Then I have to forage some objects to bind the books against before dyeing. I have most of the plant materials ready, might collect a few more.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, enjoying the chunky little stack of books, which are quite beautiful at this stage. Beautiful at every stage, as India says.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/img_6756.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8660\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/img_6756.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/img_6756-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/img_6750.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8659\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/img_6750.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/img_6750-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/img_6750-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/img_6750-160x160.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/img_6750-320x320.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve stitched and folded 15 little books for India Flint&#8217;s School of Nomad Arts class being (t)here 2019. Papers: Paper Connection&#8216;s vintage handmade 100% cotton paper, made in England. Gelatin-sized. 90 lb. I bought&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8654,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[149,150],"tags":[367],"class_list":["post-8663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-books","category-stitching","tag-talisman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8663"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8883,"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8663\/revisions\/8883"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}