{"id":9879,"date":"2016-05-31T09:04:39","date_gmt":"2016-05-31T08:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=9879"},"modified":"2016-05-30T20:23:31","modified_gmt":"2016-05-30T19:23:31","slug":"returning-to-the-stumpwork-violets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/2016\/05\/31\/returning-to-the-stumpwork-violets\/","title":{"rendered":"Returning to the Stumpwork Violets"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Array Of Petals And Leaves<\/p><\/div>\n

I finally gave myself the necessary encouragement to get back to the Stumpwork Violets<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Er, that is to say, I spoke to myself very severely, and pointed out that it was looming over me and needed dealing with!<\/p>\n

I used my new Inktense blocks to experiment with colouring the base fabric on the last few leaves, painting over the top with the aloe vera gel suggested by Deanna over at Eclectic Meanderings<\/a> as a substitute for textile medium.<\/p>\n

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Background Inktense<\/p><\/div>\n

I also used the aloe gel on the spare piece of calico I painted as a background for the clump of violets. I don’t intend any of this to be visible. It will just provide some dark green depths underneath the clump, rather than leaving me worrying that the fabric underneath might grin through if the leaves move. As with the clothing on Loading The Felucca<\/a>, I don’t want to stitch everything down too much, so this will relieve a certain anxiety.<\/p>\n

In this context, the effect of painting over the marks with the aloe gel, deadening the marks and blending the colours, is not a problem. I’m not keen on the overly blended effect with ordinary pastels, as it looks a little mannered, but as all I want is that a sense of depth behind the violets, I’m content. Given how much dust those few strokes created, I certainly would not want to have an un-fixed piece of fabric anywhere near the finished Dreams of Amarna<\/a> panels!<\/p>\n

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Elements Cut Out<\/p><\/div>\n

While the aloe-and-inktense blend was drying, I tackled cutting out the elements of the stumpwork.<\/p>\n

In spite of all my care – and they do look lovely in the sunlight, don’t they! – I ended up with little white edges on all the pieces.<\/p>\n

So, out came the inktense blocks and the aloe gel again, and I spent some time colouring the little white edges and then painting gel on them.<\/p>\n

I wonder whether I might be avoiding the assembly process…?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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