{"id":11869,"date":"2019-05-28T09:05:01","date_gmt":"2019-05-28T08:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=11869"},"modified":"2019-05-10T14:11:10","modified_gmt":"2019-05-10T13:11:10","slug":"akhenatens-face-yet-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/2019\/05\/28\/akhenatens-face-yet-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Akhenaten’s Face – Yet Again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"Needlefelting<\/a>
Needlefelting A Different Way<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Having found the last attempt didn’t result in quite what I was aiming for, I tried a new approach. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This time I took the outline of the face from the main piece, and needlefelted around it to get the shape to fit. Then I tried to get the features in place again, but having learnt from last time, I tried to leave the felt padding a little softer so as to be a bit easier to embroider. When I was trying the wet-felted versions to be further needlefelted, I used several different wools to see whether it made a difference, but with my level of inexperience, it didn’t, so this time I just used the first that came to hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Face<\/a>
Face In Progress<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Then I stretched silk over the top and began to stitch again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I tweeted this picture in a frustrated I’ve-had-enough-of-him pause, one of my friends replied “It’s Cassandra O’Brien<\/a>!”. Which gave me a much-needed giggle – although I have a lowering feeling that Akhenaten and Cassandra might have got along quite well. Not necessarily the most admirable of people, either of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And don’t my lovely copper\/rose-gold headed pins disappear beautifully against the fabric!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Face<\/a>
Face In Place<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

This looks rather better, I think.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I would have been happier if I could have made the brow heavier, and the nose more forward, but by now I feel I’m entering a world of diminishing returns, and may even start to make negative progress, which would be disheartening to say the least.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now to see how this face copes with all the fuss of headdress and accessories…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Having found the last attempt didn’t result in quite what I was aiming for, I tried a new approach. This time I took the outline of the face from the main piece, and needlefelted around it to get the shape to fit. Then I tried to get the features in place again, but having learnt… Continue Reading Akhenaten’s Face – Yet Again<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[193,155,35],"class_list":["post-11869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dreams-of-amarna","tag-akhenaten","tag-dreams-of-amarna","tag-stumpwork","radius"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11869"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11902,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11869\/revisions\/11902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}