{"id":17083,"date":"2023-06-30T15:18:10","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T19:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/?p=17083"},"modified":"2023-06-30T15:23:15","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T19:23:15","slug":"side-project-gnomes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/archives\/2023\/06\/side-project-gnomes\/","title":{"rendered":"Side Project- Gnomes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Maybe I should call them settling in projects. That&#8217;s what they feel like. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/6-30-gnomes-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17084\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/6-30-gnomes-1.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/6-30-gnomes-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/6-30-gnomes-1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/6-30-gnomes-1-400x300.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I bought these 4 gnomes many years ago (maybe 25?) in Paris and they came home with me in my carry-on. They lived in our front window, watching the world go by. I noticed how faded they were when I packed them up for the move. Once all our boxes arrived, I unpacked them and found my paints and brushes and got to work. Pictured above: 1 red hat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"856\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/6-30-gnomes-2-1-856x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17087\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/6-30-gnomes-2-1-856x1024.jpeg 856w, https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/6-30-gnomes-2-1-251x300.jpeg 251w, https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/6-30-gnomes-2-1-768x919.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/6-30-gnomes-2-1.jpeg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 856px) 100vw, 856px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It was harder that I was expecting- I am out of practice mixing paint colors!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"923\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/6-30-gnomes-3-1-923x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17088\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/6-30-gnomes-3-1-923x1024.jpeg 923w, https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/6-30-gnomes-3-1-270x300.jpeg 270w, https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/6-30-gnomes-3-1-768x852.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/6-30-gnomes-3-1.jpeg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 923px) 100vw, 923px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hats, shoes, skin tones painted. Of course I forgot to paint the ear on the one fellow that has them so had to go back later and try to match. As I said, out of practice with the color mixing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/6-30-gnomes-4-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17089\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/6-30-gnomes-4-768x1025.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/6-30-gnomes-4-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/6-30-gnomes-4.jpeg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>All Done!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/6-30-gnomes-1-1-1-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17092\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/6-30-gnomes-1-1-1-768x1025.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/6-30-gnomes-1-1-1-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/6-30-gnomes-1-1-1.jpeg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And now they are back in a new window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/6-30-gnomes-5-1-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17094\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/6-30-gnomes-5-1-768x1025.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/6-30-gnomes-5-1-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/6-30-gnomes-5-1.jpeg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/6-30-gnomes-6-1-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17095\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/6-30-gnomes-6-1-768x1025.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/6-30-gnomes-6-1-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/6-30-gnomes-6-1.jpeg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/archives\/2005\/11\/gnome-4-and-5\/\">When I made some Gnome dolls<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/archives\/2005\/11\/finished-gnome-2-and-3\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maybe I should call them settling in projects. That&#8217;s what they feel like. I bought these 4 gnomes many years ago (maybe 25?) in Paris and they came home with me in my carry-on. They lived in our front window, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/archives\/2023\/06\/side-project-gnomes\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17083"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17083"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17083\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17098,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17083\/revisions\/17098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}