{"id":14437,"date":"2023-04-18T09:04:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T08:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=14437"},"modified":"2023-03-20T13:37:08","modified_gmt":"2023-03-20T13:37:08","slug":"presentation-for-the-amarna-family-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/2023\/04\/18\/presentation-for-the-amarna-family-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Presentation for the Amarna Family Group"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GoldPresentation_Watermarked.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GoldPresentation_Watermarked-747x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Photograph of the or nu\u00e9 of the Amarna Family Group presented over a gold cushion against the navy stela\" class=\"wp-image-14425\" width=\"374\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GoldPresentation_Watermarked-747x1024.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GoldPresentation_Watermarked-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GoldPresentation_Watermarked-768x1052.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GoldPresentation_Watermarked.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 374px) 100vw, 374px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>You may recall that when I had finished the or nu\u00e9 I started to apply it to the stela and was very upset because it did not look at all right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oddly, it seemed to need backup, as it were. So I thought &#8211; Ancient Egypt, gold, let&#8217;s give it a gold cushion, as it were.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Only to be less than thrilled with the result. I will grant you that merely pinned in place and without smoothing out the &#8220;cushion&#8221;, it wasn&#8217;t going to look its best, but still..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has been leering at me across the living room for some months now, and every time I&#8217;ve caught sight of it, my head has dropped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But then I had a thought &#8211; maybe what I need to do is pull out the colours in the border.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/RibbonBorderTrial_Watermarked.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/RibbonBorderTrial_Watermarked-750x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14432\" width=\"375\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/RibbonBorderTrial_Watermarked-750x1024.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/RibbonBorderTrial_Watermarked-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/RibbonBorderTrial_Watermarked-768x1048.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/RibbonBorderTrial_Watermarked.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>So I bought a couple of metres of satin ribbon in decreasing sizes, and spent quite some time attaching them to one another down one edge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the result, attached in a very off-hand fashion, to be stared at for a while..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I think it&#8217;s better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The question is, is it Best?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You may recall that when I had finished the or nu\u00e9 I started to apply it to the stela and was very upset because it did not look at all right. Oddly, it seemed to need backup, as it were. 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