{"id":14688,"date":"2023-10-24T09:05:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T08:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=14688"},"modified":"2024-02-08T16:35:07","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T16:35:07","slug":"knot-garden-progressing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/2023\/10\/24\/knot-garden-progressing\/","title":{"rendered":"Knot Garden progressing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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One of the original stars of the inspiration picture was a circular bed with something exuberant in it, at the centre of the garden. As you can see, I put some effort into planning where it would go, and how I would get something close enough to circular, using the gauge of canvas I’m using.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The intention is to create a sculpted Turkey Work boss, but now I have the outline in place, I think that should wait until the last moment, when everything else is done, and I’m not scrolling backwards and forwards across the frame all the time.<\/p>\n\n\n

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So I went back to the borders representing the outlines of the beds, trying to keep the design crisp and balanced, so that whatever I put in the borders can be suitably displayed. And therein lies a problem. When I sat back and looked at what I’d done, I thought it didn’t look nearly strong enough for what I was going to create.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why, I wonder?<\/p>\n\n\n

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Well, I think it relates to a certain sameness. All the borders are the same stitch, and it makes it look less like something inspired by a garden, and more like something inspired by a drawing of a garden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So I’ve changed the outer border to something chunkier and with a slightly different shape, and so far I think it may be working!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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