{"id":9060,"date":"2023-04-16T12:52:14","date_gmt":"2023-04-16T19:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=9060"},"modified":"2023-04-17T14:50:15","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T21:50:15","slug":"mono-print-code-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=9060","title":{"rendered":"Monoprint Code Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I was dinking around with monoprinting code. I tested transferring laser prints to a gel press. I have been looking for ways to make code that is less stressful on my hands. Embroidery is lovely and I love doing it, but the process has painful results for me.<\/p>\n<p>I cut the prints into code units. I didn\u2019t have many to work with, but I did have enough for my nephew\u2019s first and last name. He has been on my mind because he was born 4\/11\/73. He would have been 50 years old. When I said goodbye to him he was a mere 17 years old.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"centered\" src=\"\/images\/2023Rick01_IMG_1536.jpg\" alt=\"2023 Rick\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">I hung the piece next to a piece I made for my mother\u2019s memorial. And the first birthday piece I made for myself.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"centered\" src=\"\/images\/2023Rick02_IMG_1520.jpg\" alt=\"2023 Rick\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Birthday Memorial with Clip Hanger<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"centered\" src=\"\/images\/2023Rick03_IMG_1534.jpg\" alt=\"2023 Rick\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Clip Hanger is dated 11\/13\/23. My Nephew\u2019s Father\u2019s Birthday is 11\/13\/52<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"centered\" src=\"\/images\/2023Rick04_IMG_1521.jpg\" alt=\"2023 Rick\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Monoprint Code\u2013Long Verticals are Dashes; Short Horizontals are Dots; the components with affixed pieces are spacers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"centered\" src=\"\/images\/2023Rick05_IMG_1524.jpg\" alt=\"2023 Rick\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Birthday Memorial Date 50 Years<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Materials\u2013paper, paint, ink, clip.<\/p>\n<p>Scale\u201329&#8243; x 6&#8243; x .75&#8243;<\/p>\n<p>I like the result of the monoprint test much more than the simple embroidered piece that I also made.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"centered\" src=\"\/images\/Rick08_IMG_1374.jpg\" alt=\"2023 Rick\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">My Nephew\u2019s name and 50 Years embroidered on paper and affixed to a strip of tree wrap.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=9050\" >Previous Birthday Piece post<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Birthday Piece was relocated. I do enjoy filling narrow spaces.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class='centered' src=\"\/images\/2023Rick_IMG_1537.jpg\" alt=\"2023 Rick\" \/><\/p>\n<hr class=\"hrVisible\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I was dinking around with monoprinting code. I tested transferring laser prints to a gel press. I have been looking for ways to make code that is less stressful on my hands. Embroidery is lovely and I love doing it, but the process has painful results for me. I cut the prints into code &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=9060\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Monoprint Code Test<\/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":[20,75,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-code","category-monoprint","category-rituals-and-traditions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9060","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=9060"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9060\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9082,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9060\/revisions\/9082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}