{"id":9879,"date":"2020-10-03T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-04T01:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/?p=9879"},"modified":"2025-08-16T12:51:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T19:51:10","slug":"dark-butterfly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/2020\/10\/dark-butterfly\/","title":{"rendered":"Dark butterfly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>An experiment in reconstruction. I wove and stitched fabric strips together. Then cut them apart. Then reassembled them in the vague shape of a butterfly. Then pinned and restitched. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_1214.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9875\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_1214.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_1214-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_1214-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_1214-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_1214-320x320.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A challenge to stitch because there were no real lines to follow and the back sides were irregular. I couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t count on my fingers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 feedback from the back as I usually do because of the cobbled nature of the fabric. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/image.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9878\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/image.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/image-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/image-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/image-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/image-320x320.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption>Before symmetrizing <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After stitching together, I folded the butterfly in half and trimmed the edges into more or less symmetry. If \u00e2\u20ac\u0153symmetrize\u00e2\u20ac\u009d is not a word, it should be. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_1217.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9877\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_1217.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_1217-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption>After symmetrizing (side A)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_1218.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_1218.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_1218-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_1218-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_1218-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/img_1218-320x320.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption>Side B, which will probably be the visible side<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Next steps: add the parts of the butterfly\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s body. Then whipstitch the edge all the way around to help the figure stand out from the background. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I really felt emotional support from this animal of cloth. I kept it in my mind all day. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An experiment in reconstruction. I wove and stitched fabric strips together. Then cut them apart. Then reassembled them in the vague shape of a butterfly. Then pinned and restitched. 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