{"id":632,"date":"2024-02-14T16:08:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T16:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/?p=632"},"modified":"2025-09-24T12:40:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T12:40:34","slug":"revised-kneeler-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/?p=632","title":{"rendered":"Revised kneeler plan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I didn’t have the time or patience or remaining sanity to cross stitch the whole area required to re-upholster the kneeling stool. <\/span><\/div>\n
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So instead sourced some wool weave re-upholstery fabric with the closest colour match possible and sewed the cross stitch piece into a frame that covers the sides of the stool. <\/span><\/div>\n

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I found out in the quest for this fabric that the general shift to online selling has meant that haberdashers\/ re-upholstering specialists have very few front facing shops. But luckily I found a great family run business in Netherfield who were very helpful. <\/span><\/div>\n

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I bought braid to finish where the fabric meets the wood. <\/span><\/div>\n
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The scale of the cross stitch doesn’t really work for me which is a shame. But I wouldn’t have had the time to stitch a larger area.
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And it does serve it’s function as a robust, messaged, interactive piece that allows folk to kneel and connect with the portrait of the Nun.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Making this piece was an important step in defining my own visual language and gave me a lot of opportunity to reflect on my creative process. <\/span><\/div>\n

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Mainly because I was sat just stitching for fucking hours. <\/span><\/div>\n

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Lots of lessons. <\/span><\/div>\n

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Lots of frustration and anger.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Lots of healing.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Lots of gratitude.
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I am proud that I was diligent in my commitment to the project but also proactive and flexible, adapting my plans to fit the timeline without totally compromising what I was trying to do.<\/span><\/div>\n

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I am curious and excited to see how the audience reacts to both pieces.<\/span><\/div>\n

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I didn’t have the time or patience or remaining sanity to cross stitch the whole area required to re-upholster the kneeling stool.  So instead sourced some wool weave re-upholstery fabric with the closest colour match possible and sewed the cross stitch piece into a frame that covers the sides of the stool.  I found out […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=632"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":633,"href":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632\/revisions\/633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bethanhemus.art\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}