{"id":6030,"date":"2012-09-04T09:04:59","date_gmt":"2012-09-04T08:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=6030"},"modified":"2013-02-12T18:09:31","modified_gmt":"2013-02-12T18:09:31","slug":"crock-of-gold-hoard-working-the-rim-of-the-lid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/2012\/09\/04\/crock-of-gold-hoard-working-the-rim-of-the-lid\/","title":{"rendered":"Crock of Gold Hoard – Working the Rim of the Lid"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Trellis<\/a>

Trellis Stitch Finished<\/p><\/div>\n

While continuing to work the eccentric spiral trellis stitch for the lid, I’ve been thinking about the rims.<\/p>\n

Before I move on, though, this picture shows how I’ve tried to introduce darker colours inside the lid to create an impression that it is hollow.<\/p>\n

I think it’s worked, too!<\/p>\n

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\"Padding<\/a>

Padding Lid Rim<\/p><\/div>\n

It’s clear that I’m not going to be able to use the same techniques for both rims, since one is so much wider than the other. I used felt for the rim of the crock itself, and four lengths of silk thread twisted together to put some padding on the lid rim. As much as anything else, this is to create a visual sense of depth when I put in the chipwork. Even without the padding covered, this works pretty well.<\/p>\n

\"Lid<\/a>

Lid Rim Done<\/p><\/div>\n

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However, with the padding covered with satin stitch, it looks altogether better. Working the satin stitch was something of a trial, because I have a layer of calico, a layer of turban cotton, and then the edge of the trellis stitch to deal with. I’ve varied the colours around the rim to create some sense of depth and highlight.<\/p>\n

I’ve realised while I’ve been working on this that the next serious challenge on this piece is going to be working out how to put the shadows in. As it stands, it is interesting, but not visually satisfying, because the crock and the lid seem to be floating in mid-air. They need to be brought back to earth, preferably without a crash!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While continuing to work the eccentric spiral trellis stitch for the lid, I’ve been thinking about the rims. Before I move on, though, this picture shows how I’ve tried to introduce darker colours inside the lid to create an impression that it is hollow. I think it’s worked, too!   It’s clear that I’m not… Continue Reading Crock of Gold Hoard – Working the Rim of the Lid<\/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":[102,155,26,22],"class_list":["post-6030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dreams-of-amarna","tag-crock-of-gold-hoard","tag-dreams-of-amarna","tag-silk-thread","tag-stitches","radius"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6030","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=6030"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6716,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6030\/revisions\/6716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}