{"id":6902,"date":"2019-05-16T19:00:20","date_gmt":"2019-05-17T02:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=6902"},"modified":"2019-05-18T12:52:32","modified_gmt":"2019-05-18T19:52:32","slug":"thoughts-words-in-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=6902","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts, Words\u2026 In Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today I cut 330 plus pieces of hardware cloth for my <i>Thoughts\/Words\u2026<\/i> piece. The extra pieces are to replace blocks that are not quite right. Sometimes when trimming a block it is possible to break the joint. A broken joint can result in shredded fiber and make it difficult to bind the block. Also, the wire is sharp and can cause wounds.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/ThoughtsWords_HardwareClothIMG_8338.jpg\" alt=\"Hardware Cloth\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My gloves don\u2019t appear too damaged.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/Gloves_IMG_8337.jpg\" alt=\"Gloves\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is how I had my hand taped. I kept adding tape when areas felt a bit stingy. The clear plastic tape on my palm is a horrible product. It gets sticky and leaves a sticky residue after it is removed.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/HandTaped_IMG_8331.jpg\" alt=\"Hand Taped\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The tools that I use to cut the hardware cloth and the removed tape.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/HandRemovedTape_IMG_8334.jpg\" alt=\"Removed Tape\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And a few blisters.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/20180518Hand_IMG_8356.jpg\" alt=\"Hand Blisters\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My palm tonight after a day working, making dinner, and washing dishes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/20190516HandEvening_IMG_8339.jpg\" alt=\"Hand This Evening\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Not as annoying as a month after hand surgery. Apparently, when you are told to work as much as you feel up to, they really mean an hour a day, not 6-8 hours per day.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/HandBlue20180726.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Hand\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The result was the inability to work for nearly two months. And certain activities are still challenging. Last week I had a steroid injection to break up the scar tissue. After the bruise and sting went away, my hand is behaving more like a healthy hand. <\/p>\n<p>I really should have spread out the repetitive cutting of hardware. Funny how when you get in the zone, you just keep working.<\/p>\n<p>So, tomorrow I will spend part of the day cutting and perforating 330 pieces of roofing felt. Maybe begin assembling the blocks.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"hrVisible\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I cut 330 plus pieces of hardware cloth for my Thoughts\/Words\u2026 piece. The extra pieces are to replace blocks that are not quite right. Sometimes when trimming a block it is possible to break the joint. A broken joint can result in shredded fiber and make it difficult to bind the block. Also, the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=6902\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Thoughts, Words\u2026 In Progress<\/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":[16,24,15,33,27,4,5,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-fiber","category-materials","category-miscellaneous","category-needlework","category-observations","category-processes","category-tools"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6902","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=6902"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6916,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6902\/revisions\/6916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}