{"id":10525,"date":"2023-11-02T10:29:42","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T14:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/?p=10525"},"modified":"2023-11-02T10:29:42","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T14:29:42","slug":"leap-of-faith-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/leap-of-faith-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Leap of Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Mind<\/p>\n

I might have called this finished.<\/p>\n

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\"Mind<\/p>\n

But instead, I held my breath and lifted as much paint as I could outside a house shape that I had superimposed over the subject’s central features.<\/p>\n

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\"Mind<\/p>\n

It was my intention that by embroidering outside the house shape, the painted and stitched areas would stand apart from each other, yet still work together.<\/p>\n

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\"Mind<\/p>\n

The embroidery blurs details, such that texture becomes the overarching descriptor. It’s a quality I quite like – especially when paired with the untouched watercolor.<\/p>\n

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\"Mind

Mind Palace<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a92023 Elizabeth Fram, Watercolor, graphite and embroidery on paper, 5″H x 5″W<\/p><\/div>\n

Despite the variation, the finished product still reads as a whole and I’m very pleased with the added dimension the stitching contributes.\u00a0That’s not to say there aren’t a number of kinks still to work out. Taking this shot in artificial light emphasized the house shape to a degree that isn’t as easy to see in natural light. But that’s a puzzle for the next time around.
\nRegardless, the leap of faith was worth it.<\/p>\n

\u2737<\/span><\/h1>\n

It’s a new world out there – but check out the following and chalk one up for the little guy: artists fight back against AI<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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