{"id":3368,"date":"2024-02-05T19:14:04","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T18:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radishthegreat.com\/blog\/?p=3368"},"modified":"2024-02-05T19:14:05","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T18:14:05","slug":"devils-den-1-in-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radishthegreat.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/05\/devils-den-1-in-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"Devil’s Den 1: In Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"
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WIP!
February 2024<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

A design that is loosely–very loosely, I played with a screenshot of a sketch in a Kindle book–based on a six-pointed star<\/a> that appeared in Wiltshire, UK in 1999, near a Neolithic monument called The Devil’s Den<\/a>. After weeks of thinking about colors, I fused a substrate together in February 2023.

I wanted to make this piece sleek, accurate, and sophisticated, as tribute to the geometric accuracy of the circle makers.

Six months later, all I had managed to accomplish was fraying the edges of the diamond shapes, and driving myself into a spiral of self-doubt and shame.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Frayed edges of shame.
January 2024<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Fast forward to January 2024. I have grown weary of the un-finished fused piece taunting me. There is not alternative: if it is to be finished, it must be distorted, deformed, and childish. That is what I am. I cannot be fixed. Embrace the failure.<\/p>\n\n\n

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So. Here we are.
January 2024<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

You have noticed the pale blue star is coming unfused from the background fabric (which I believe was purchased in Alaska in 2005…). An attempt was made to hold it down with a chain stitch. Note to self: you are bad at chain stitch. Embrace the failure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The center is finished.
January 2024<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I will say this: a wonky line of sequins looks erratic and childish, but stitching it is supremely relaxing, almost meditative. After an hour of stories<\/a>, progress can be seen. After a second hour, I have a dozen (potentially ill-fated) ideas for improving Devil’s Den 2.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Pointless close-up, because I love pointless close-ups.
January 2024<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

…as you have inferred from “In Progress”, there are still some steps to go before it is finished. It must sit for a bit, while I move other things out of the way. Sigh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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