{"id":2621,"date":"2010-02-08T16:15:49","date_gmt":"2010-02-08T21:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/?p=2621"},"modified":"2010-02-08T16:15:49","modified_gmt":"2010-02-08T21:15:49","slug":"in-cotton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/archives\/2010\/02\/in-cotton\/","title":{"rendered":"in cotton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>a couple of things-<\/p>\n<p>a nice interview with me here at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.handeyemagazine.com\/content\/art-doll\">Hand\/Eye<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/archives\/2010\/01\/first-meet-up\/\">Meet-up<\/a> this Wednesday at Starbucks in Davis Sq., Somerville, MA. Starts about 10 am.<\/p>\n<p>And, I made 2 more fish. I wanted to try the pattern in cotton fabrics- this one has repro barkcloth for its body, a corduroy head and the fins and tails are made from cotton knits.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/fish7.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2622\" title=\"fish7\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/fish7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"449\" height=\"253\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This one is made from quilt type fabrics- all woven cottons.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/fish8.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2623\" title=\"fish8\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/fish8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"285\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve gotten started on organizing the pattern and I want to make it as accessible to as many people as possible. I am trying the design out in cotton because it it so much more available then wool. And, some people find the thickness and stretchiness of the recycled wool to be a challenge to work with. Is there anything else I should be exploring? If you were going to make a fish, what would you want to make it out of?<\/p>\n<p>Cotton vs wool-<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/compare.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2625\" title=\"compare\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/compare.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"449\" height=\"337\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The pile is getting big!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/pile.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2624\" title=\"pile\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/pile.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"449\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>a couple of things- a nice interview with me here at Hand\/Eye. Meet-up this Wednesday at Starbucks in Davis Sq., Somerville, MA. Starts about 10 am. And, I made 2 more fish. I wanted to try the pattern in cotton &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/archives\/2010\/02\/in-cotton\/\">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":[5,7],"tags":[46],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2621"}],"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=2621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2621\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}