{"id":8911,"date":"2023-01-12T16:34:05","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T00:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=8911"},"modified":"2023-01-12T16:34:05","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T00:34:05","slug":"always-test-new-materials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=8911","title":{"rendered":"Always Test New Materials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Or something unexpected could happening.<\/p>\n<p>I have been rusting paper, mostly newsprint packing paper with nice results.<\/p>\n<p>This is a detail of a piece of rusted paper with embroidered code.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/IndelibleMarkDetail_IMG_9677.jpg\" alt=\"Indelible Mark Detail\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The result of a piece of newsprint laid on top of wet rusty nails and weighted with a brick.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/Rust_IMG_9698.jpg\" alt=\"Rust\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A wallpiece in progress that is in the process of rusting.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"centered\" src=\"\/images\/WallpieceinProgress_IMG_9710.jpg\" alt=\"Wallpiece in Progress\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Brown packing paper, safety pins, embroidery cotton, and a strip of drop cloth.<br \/>\nSolution of peroxide and sodium was used to rust the safety pins.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Newsprint with a solution of peroxide and sodium.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/Newsprint_IMG_9705.jpg\" alt=\"Newsprint Rust\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The unexpected result\u2013I was planning to make a couple of pieces similar to the Indelible Mark detail.<\/p>\n<p>I cut and folded paper from a drawing pad that I picked up at Five Below.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/DrawingPad_IMG_9697.jpg\" alt=\"Drawing Pad\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I was expecting lovely rust and this is what happened\u2013<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/Purple_IMG_9679.jpg\" alt=\"Purple\" \/><\/p>\n<p>White paper wrapped around newsprint\u2013<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/WhiteAroundNewsprint_IMG_9708.jpg\" alt=\"White Paper Around Newsprint\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Immediately thought the sizing in the paper was the reason for the peculiar rust color.<\/p>\n<p>When I applied peroxide and sodium to a scrap of the white paper, this is what happened\u2013<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/WhitePaperTest_IMG_9685.jpg\" alt=\"White Paper Test\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lesson Learned\u2013Always, always test new materials.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"hrVisible\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Or something unexpected could happening. I have been rusting paper, mostly newsprint packing paper with nice results. This is a detail of a piece of rusted paper with embroidered code. The result of a piece of newsprint laid on top of wet rusty nails and weighted with a brick. A wallpiece in progress that is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=8911\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Always Test New Materials<\/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":[16,20,24,15,27,62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-code","category-fiber","category-materials","category-needlework","category-patina"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8911","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=8911"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8917,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8911\/revisions\/8917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}