{"id":12811,"date":"2020-10-27T09:01:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T09:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=12811"},"modified":"2020-11-30T13:14:35","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T13:14:35","slug":"resurrecting-an-old-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/2020\/10\/27\/resurrecting-an-old-idea\/","title":{"rendered":"Resurrecting an old idea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"797\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/AquarAngles.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"12807\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/AquarAngles.png\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/aquarangles\/\" class=\"wp-image-12807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/AquarAngles.png 800w, https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/AquarAngles-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/AquarAngles-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/AquarAngles-768x765.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Aqua Angles<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"814\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/OrangeFlare.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"12801\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/OrangeFlare.png\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/orangeflare\/\" class=\"wp-image-12801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/OrangeFlare.png 800w, https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/OrangeFlare-295x300.png 295w, https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/OrangeFlare-768x781.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Orange Flare<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"781\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/BlueWavyStar.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"12798\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/BlueWavyStar.png\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/bluewavystar\/\" class=\"wp-image-12798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/BlueWavyStar.png 800w, https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/BlueWavyStar-300x293.png 300w, https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/BlueWavyStar-768x750.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Blue Star<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/CoalbrookdaleByNight-300x215.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Coalbrookdale By Night&quot; by Philip James de Loutherberg. Copyright The Science Museum\" class=\"wp-image-9996\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/CoalbrookdaleByNight-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/CoalbrookdaleByNight.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption>&#8220;Coalbrookdale By Night&#8221; by <br>Philip James de Loutherberg. <br>Copyright The Science Museum<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>These designs were an idea from years ago, submitted to the Ironbridge Gorge Museum as a possible kit for sale in their shop. Hence the multiple colour schemes &#8211; although the orange one is inspired by that famous painting of <em>Coalbrookdale by Night<\/em>, by Philip James de Loutherberg. The Museum didn&#8217;t go for the idea, which is possibly a mercy, as I&#8217;ve had a thought since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/OrangeQuadrant.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"293\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/OrangeQuadrant-293x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/OrangeQuadrant-293x300.png 293w, https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/OrangeQuadrant-768x785.png 768w, https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/OrangeQuadrant.png 797w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 293px) 100vw, 293px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I think it might look altogether more interesting if, instead of reflecting one side of the bridge around the compass to create the corners of a square, I use just one side to make a quadrant design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My further thought is that, rather than using all tent stitch (as I suspect I would have suggested for a kit), I should maybe use a square canvaswork stitch throughout (maybe mosaic stitch, or cushion stitch) and maybe create a smoother gradiant of colour using several strands of thread in the needle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, when I went rummaging for the leftover length of antique cotton canvas I was sure I had left over from a previous project, it wasn&#8217;t there.  So there is going to be something of a pause, while I work out how much I need, and find somewhere I can order it from. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>But in the meantime, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/5Byy46vaXmM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Episode 32<\/a> of SlowTVStitchery is up, in which details and the upholstery of a stele are considered, and the anouncement is made that Slow TV will continue.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These designs were an idea from years ago, submitted to the Ironbridge Gorge Museum as a possible kit for sale in their shop. Hence the multiple colour schemes &#8211; although the orange one is inspired by that famous painting of Coalbrookdale by Night, by Philip James de Loutherberg. The Museum didn&#8217;t go for the idea,&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/2020\/10\/27\/resurrecting-an-old-idea\/\">Continue Reading Resurrecting an old idea<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[40,231],"class_list":["post-12811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-canvaswork","tag-ironbridge-gorge","radius"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12811","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=12811"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12887,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12811\/revisions\/12887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}