{"id":2924,"date":"2013-03-27T11:05:55","date_gmt":"2013-03-27T18:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=2924"},"modified":"2013-03-27T16:20:03","modified_gmt":"2013-03-27T23:20:03","slug":"see-a-penny-i-will-finish-this-piece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=2924","title":{"rendered":"See a Penny\u2026 I will finish this piece?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following quote from Fran\u00e7ois Truffaut\u2019s film Day for Night<\/i><\/a> comes to mind when thinking about the Penny piece. <\/p>\n

\u201cMaking a film is like a stagecoach ride in the old west. When you start, you are hoping for a pleasant trip. By the halfway point, you just hope to survive.”<\/i> <\/p>\n

I have been living with the penny piece hanging in my studio. Before I wax the piece and construct a cedar box\/frame\/crate for it, I must be happy with the border.
\n\"See<\/p>\n

It is not substantial enough so I decided to make an I-cord to bind onto the edge. <\/p>\n

\"I-cord\"<\/p>\n

When I finished the I-cord and placed it next to the piece it didn\u2019t work for me. Too many different stitches and too many colors of cotton. The wax application will help integrate the materials, but the I-cord does not add what I had hoped.<\/p>\n

\"I-cord<\/p>\n

Decided rather than the border as just the edge, it will include the few inches to the edge. Added jute and coconut fiber to the piece to define the \u201cnew\u201d border and to add some color.<\/p>\n

\"Jute<\/p>\n

If you haven\u2019t used coconut fiber, be prepared to wear safety gear\u2014mask, goggles, and gloves. The fiber is quite sharp and dirty. Actually it is a good idea to wear a mask when working with jute and some other fiber. <\/p>\n

This is how the I-cord looks now.
\n\"I-cord<\/p>\n

The current plan is to insert jute rope through the I-cord and then bind the lot to the piece with a combination of cotton and jute.<\/p>\n

\"Jute<\/p>\n

When I bought jute rope the blurb stated it was treated to prevent rot. I asked the representative from the company what that meant. He said the rope was treated with kerosene. I knew it was a bit dangerous using a hot wax technique and torching the lot, but the word kerosene gave me pause. <\/p>\n

Why hadn\u2019t I set myself on fire?<\/p>\n

When using hot wax and a torch I always keep a fire extinguisher at the ready. I was using bamboo as part of the structure for some pieces and apparently the interior of bamboo can be in flames before the exterior. Rather exciting to see it happen. <\/p>\n

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La Nuit Am\u00e9ricaine (Day for Night)<\/i> is a film within a film, the director is the actor playing the director, and there are loads of bits about filmmaking. And day for night is a technique for shooting film during the day to give the illusion of night.<\/p>\n

Fran\u00e7ois Truffaut<\/a>
\nHack Writers<\/a>
\nFran\u00e7ois Truffaut \u2013 the man who loved actors<\/a>
\nDay for Night<\/a><\/p>\n

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The following quote from Fran\u00e7ois Truffaut\u2019s film Day for Night comes to mind when thinking about the Penny piece. \u201cMaking a film is like a stagecoach ride in the old west. When you start, you are hoping for a pleasant trip. By the halfway point, you just hope to survive.” I have been living with … Continue reading See a Penny\u2026 I will finish this piece?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,24,8,15,27,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-fiber","category-films","category-materials","category-needlework","category-processes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2924"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2955,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2924\/revisions\/2955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}