{"id":1241,"date":"2022-05-23T13:45:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T11:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radishthegreat.com\/blog\/?p=1241"},"modified":"2022-11-03T13:36:08","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T12:36:08","slug":"fun-with-sequins-mini-brewers-flag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radishthegreat.com\/blog\/2022\/05\/23\/fun-with-sequins-mini-brewers-flag\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun With Sequins: Mini Brewers Flag"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I would love to say I used my house arrest<\/a> earlier this spring to its fullest, but if I’m honest I have to admit it was mostly trash TV and doom-scrolling (and Pasta alla Carbonara<\/em>). I didn’t even scribble in my serial-killer diaries<\/a>. Bad Radish. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I managed one project. It’s actually one I imagined during the Eternal And Unnecessary Lockdown, but I lacked the perfect yellow-gold sequins to instantiate. I brought some back from Iowa last November. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Voila!
March 2022<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

A bit of history: Long Ago, I became acquainted with Haitian folk art–and fascinated by the Drapo<\/em>, the sequined flags that honor the deities of Vodou<\/a>–at the Waterloo Center for the Arts<\/a> and the Milwaukee Art Museum<\/a>. I like the paintings and devotional objects, too, but the flags can be quilts: A front, a back, and a filling layer in between. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have made a few over the years with my own iconography. Art is theft<\/a>; no one culture owns “sewing shiny stuff to fabric” or “stitching textiles to honor someone\/thing”; I acknowledge the source of my inspiration. It just looks really cool, guys. I love the look, and my conscience is clear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Look how cool this is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And the sequins cover up the cat hair.<\/em>
April 2022<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

“This looks amazing, Radish! Why don’t you do this more often?”

Because I haven’t exercised my love of collecting data on trivial events<\/a> for several months, I took a Bad Handy Foto\u2122 at the beginning and end of several sessions to try to tease out how long this technique actually takes. Forever. It takes forever. And that’s why I don’t do this more often.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One hour of my life.
March 2022<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Until the next time I’m legally forbidden to leave the house for ten days!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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