{"id":282,"date":"2014-07-08T16:37:32","date_gmt":"2014-07-08T16:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/?page_id=282"},"modified":"2014-11-23T04:31:52","modified_gmt":"2014-11-23T04:31:52","slug":"more-fun-with-srt-book-2-themes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/more-fun-with-srt-book-2-themes\/","title":{"rendered":"MORE Fun with SRT–Book #2 Themes"},"content":{"rendered":"

This new book\u00a0does not<\/strong><\/em> have all the ‘introduction to Split Ring Tatting Technique’ that Book One did.<\/p>\n

It\u00a0does<\/strong><\/em> have a chapter on how to create Split Rings and Take-Off-Rings by way of Needle Tatting Technique.<\/p>\n

The book actually has a couple of themes:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Fun with Color<\/em><\/strong>—Many of the designs use two (sometimes more) colors in one piece.<\/li>\n
  2. Tesselation<\/em><\/strong>—(you get a free math lesson in this book!)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    A tessellation<\/em><\/strong> is created when a shape is repeated over and over again covering a plane without any gaps or overlaps<\/em>. Another word for a tessellation is a tiling<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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    When you fit individual tiles together with no gaps or overlaps to fill a flat space like a ceiling, wall, or floor, you have a tiling or a tesselation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    A brick wall is a form of tesselation.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    Tesselation as Applied to Lacemaking\/Tatting<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    In the definition of Tesselation, there are ‘no gaps or overlaps’ in the formation of a pattern.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    This is directly contrary to lacemaking, where we have spaces (gaps) of ‘air\/nothing’ with thread around them to make a ‘lacy’ appearance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    Some of my SRT designs are true tesselations<\/em><\/strong>. But I have also manipulated the basic design elements to create ‘Lace-Tesselations’<\/em><\/strong>—possibly a new science\/form.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    My Lace-Tesselation<\/em><\/strong> Study started one day about 10-15 years ago when I looked down at the pants I was wearing at the time. They were a tiny houndstooth print. At that moment (when I should have been working<\/em>), I realized that I could recreate that pattern in tatting. This is what I called my Houndstooth design. From there I started noticing other patterns in things around me. I have been known to go up to strangers in coffee-shops and ask them if I could sketch the design on their purses. I pull out scrap pieces of paper from my purse to sketch in stores. It wasn’t until the last year that I knew that these design ideas had the name of tesselation. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    I have stated before, when I can’t have a tatting shuttle and thread in my hand (such as at work<\/em>) I fill my spare time with designing on graph paper. I have two Design Notebooks<\/em> with enough SRT designs to fill 4 60-page books!!! The problem I have is keeping up with tatting the models. It is something that I love to do….but at times it is a bit overwhelming, knowing how many pieces that are yet to be done.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    This new book\u00a0does not have all the ‘introduction to Split Ring Tatting Technique’ that Book One did. It\u00a0does have a chapter on how to create Split Rings and Take-Off-Rings by way of Needle Tatting Technique. The book actually has a couple of themes: Fun with Color—Many of the designs use two (sometimes more) colors in … Continue reading MORE Fun with SRT–Book #2 Themes<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-282","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":291,"href":"https:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/282\/revisions\/291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/survivalarchitecture.com\/shuttlesmithblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}