{"id":1821,"date":"2012-12-03T07:43:37","date_gmt":"2012-12-03T12:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/?p=1821"},"modified":"2012-12-03T07:43:37","modified_gmt":"2012-12-03T12:43:37","slug":"nothing-succeeds-like-excess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/?p=1821","title":{"rendered":"Nothing Succeeds Like Excess &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Or, how I am now planning to add another piece to this (as yet untitled)\u00a0group for the Golden Textures exhibition.\u00a0 My submission proposal did mention 4-6 pieces.\u00a0\u00a0 For several reasons, including\u00a0 (a) a remark by visiting textile artist <a title=\"Regina Benson\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reginabenson.com\">Regina Benson<\/a>\u00a0last week\u00a0about\u00a0 &#8216;an odd number&#8217; and\u00a0 (2) that although I had set a date for photography friday last with time to spare\u00a0before my friend Suzie takes them with her to Australia later this month, I found I did need to postpone it, after all.\u00a0 And as\u00a0Eduardo won&#8217;t be\u00a0back in his studio till 10th Dcember that gave me\u00a0time\u00a0to seriously consider\u00a0adding\u00a0a fifth piece.<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/golden-textures-possible-fifth-quilt-web.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1824\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/?attachment_id=1824\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/golden-textures-possible-fifth-quilt-web.jpg?fit=450%2C391&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"450,391\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;COOLPIX S4300&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1354364992&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.6&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;320&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.04&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"golden textures possible fifth quilt web\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/golden-textures-possible-fifth-quilt-web.jpg?fit=300%2C260&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/golden-textures-possible-fifth-quilt-web.jpg?fit=450%2C391&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1824\" title=\"golden textures possible fifth quilt web\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/golden-textures-possible-fifth-quilt-web.jpg?resize=450%2C391&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/golden-textures-possible-fifth-quilt-web.jpg?w=450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/golden-textures-possible-fifth-quilt-web.jpg?resize=300%2C260&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So\u00a0a couple of days ago\u00a0I fiddled with a couple more sand ripple photos, chose one, cut a stencil and sprayed\u00a0it, final\u00a0dimensions not\u00a0yet determined.\u00a0 Yes, I know its crooked &#8211; I just quickly popped it up to confirm the effect &#8211; and gave myself\u00a0a green light to go ahead.\u00a0 \u00a0Gold stitchery and quilting start his morning.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><em>And, I now know I\u00a0will need to be particular about\u00a0the exact\u00a0order in which the four are to be\u00a0hung, because this placement\u00a0isn&#8217;t &#8216;it&#8217;\u00a0.\u00a0 <\/em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A friend who has already seen this photo commented how the designs make her think of bones \/ skeletons.\u00a0 It had occurred to me, too &#8211; and I am now thinking of the title with some possible inference&#8230;.. but despite a few things swirling round up top,\u00a0I haven&#8217;t started my usual list yet.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Or, how I am now planning to add another piece to this (as yet untitled)\u00a0group for the Golden Textures exhibition.\u00a0 My submission proposal did mention 4-6 pieces.\u00a0\u00a0 For several reasons, including\u00a0 (a) a remark by visiting textile artist Regina Benson\u00a0last week\u00a0about\u00a0 &#8216;an odd number&#8217; 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