{"id":4418,"date":"2018-03-06T07:32:20","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T12:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bethemmott.com\/blog\/?p=4418"},"modified":"2018-03-06T07:33:30","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T12:33:30","slug":"time-takes-its-toll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bethemmott.com\/blog\/time-takes-its-toll\/","title":{"rendered":"Time Takes its Toll"},"content":{"rendered":"

Imperfect Gallery<\/a> had a exhibition “An All Women Show” and I wasn’t going to enter as I have a problem with being labeled a “Woman Artist” I am a woman and I am an artist but while each influences the other, I don’t feel they define each other. But as it got closer I decided to get over my self and enter as I really like supporting this small wonderful gallery that is doing so much for my neighborhood.
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\nI had dyed this camisole previously and had been thinking how to display it. It developed from my rusty dyeing for stitches project but while I really liked it it did not stand on its own. I liked the references to time and decay that the dyeing with metal gears gave and wanted to develop that theme. After applying it to a distressed canvas with bits from old linen formal napkins that had belonged to my grandmother, I added the clock gears and hands – they had belonged to my grandfather. These references to family history, for me, added to the sense of time and things lost.
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\nI got it just in the nick of time and was glad I entered.<\/p>\n

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“Time Takes its Toll”<\/p>\n

I’m pleased with how it turned out and would eventually like to show it along side pieces from my “Stitches, not Words”<\/a> project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Imperfect Gallery had a exhibition “An All Women Show” and I wasn’t going to enter as I have a problem with being labeled a “Woman Artist” I am a woman and I am an artist but while each influences the other, I don’t feel they define each other. But as it got closer I decided… Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[88,388,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-design","category-dyeing","category-fiber"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethemmott.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethemmott.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethemmott.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bethemmott.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bethemmott.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4418"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/bethemmott.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4430,"href":"https:\/\/bethemmott.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4418\/revisions\/4430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethemmott.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bethemmott.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bethemmott.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}