{"id":885,"date":"2010-07-13T09:02:24","date_gmt":"2010-07-13T08:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=885"},"modified":"2010-07-03T18:20:33","modified_gmt":"2010-07-03T17:20:33","slug":"a-closer-look-at-modern-goldwork-four","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/2010\/07\/13\/a-closer-look-at-modern-goldwork-four\/","title":{"rendered":"A Closer Look at Modern Goldwork \u2013 Four"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Burden<\/a>

Burden Stitch<\/p><\/div>\n

The next two panels show contrasting materials and techniques.<\/p>\n

This first panel is using\u00a0 purl to create the pattern of “burden stitch<\/a>“. This can be more or less closely spaced, and while I worked it as a very open, rough texture, it would be possible to use it to create the impression of basket weave. I’ve used Burden Stitch before, but only in thread.<\/p>\n

I’ve used Smooth Purl here, threaded on the needle like a bead – which is fairly hair-raising when the bead in question is a floppy tube about three inches long which could easily be damaged and allow the needle through prematurely!<\/p>\n

This next panel shows a classic, straightforward couching of imitation Jap gold, worked as a simple doodle.<\/p>\n

\"Couched<\/a>

Couched Gold<\/p><\/div>\n

I rather like the effect of this – rather like the old idea of “taking a line for a walk” that is one way of creating the basis for an abstract painting.<\/p>\n

It also provides a gentle introduction into the method of couching that can be extended and formalised to create or nue<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As such, I have plans for using this technique and its variants on the Amarna panels<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The next two panels show contrasting materials and techniques. This first panel is using\u00a0 purl to create the pattern of “burden stitch“. This can be more or less closely spaced, and while I worked it as a very open, rough texture, it would be possible to use it to create the impression of basket weave.… Continue Reading A Closer Look at Modern Goldwork \u2013 Four<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10],"tags":[25,158],"class_list":["post-885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-goldwork","tag-experiments","tag-goldwork","radius"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885","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=885"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1426,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885\/revisions\/1426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}