{"id":8649,"date":"2022-04-17T12:01:41","date_gmt":"2022-04-17T19:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=8649"},"modified":"2022-04-17T12:01:41","modified_gmt":"2022-04-17T19:01:41","slug":"piece-in-progress-contemplate-something-beautiful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=8649","title":{"rendered":"Piece in Progress\u2013Contemplate Something Beautiful"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am working on a piece that has the code\u2013contemplate something beautiful. The code is based on a masonic cipher. Or the common Pigpen Cipher.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/Contemplate_IMG_4339.JPG\" alt=\"Contemplate something beautiful\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I upcycled some green painters\u2019 paper that was used as a template for a previous project. Made the blocks from tree wrap and cotton twine. Used safety pins and cotton thread to attach to the blocks to the background. Then used a solution of salt, peroxide, and white vinegar to age the metal. Unfortunately I used stainless washers for the twine icord at the top.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/Contemplate_IMG_2022-4-17-114607.jpg\" alt=\"Contemplate something beautiful\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This morning the piece still  wasn\u2019t dry so I placed it outside to finish drying. When I checked on it, I found that a spent Brugmansia flower had fallen onto it. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/Contemplate_IMG_4337.JPG\" alt=\"Contemplate something beautiful\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I think it looks beautiful as part of the piece. Will I keep it? Maybe\u2026<\/p>\n<hr class=\"hrVisible\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am working on a piece that has the code\u2013contemplate something beautiful. The code is based on a masonic cipher. Or the common Pigpen Cipher. I upcycled some green painters\u2019 paper that was used as a template for a previous project. Made the blocks from tree wrap and cotton twine. Used safety pins and cotton &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=8649\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Piece in Progress\u2013Contemplate Something Beautiful<\/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":[16,20,24,30,15,27,62,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-code","category-fiber","category-gardens","category-materials","category-needlework","category-patina","category-plants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8649","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=8649"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8655,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8649\/revisions\/8655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}