{"id":111,"date":"2012-03-23T10:51:32","date_gmt":"2012-03-23T14:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wpages\/?p=111"},"modified":"2012-08-01T01:20:13","modified_gmt":"2012-08-01T05:20:13","slug":"wren-voyage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/wren-voyage\/","title":{"rendered":"“Wren Voyage”"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Another colored pencil on mat board, 6cm x 6cm.<\/p>\n

Part of the once-hypothetical “Critters Lugging Stuff Around” series.<\/p>\n

Possibly not quite done, now I see it larger onscreen after the scan. Something about the bottom of the suitcase and the contrast by the suitcase handle.<\/p>\n

Hmm. Well, if I update this, I’ll note so here. If I remember!<\/p>\n

On stuff in my deviantArt prints so far<\/a>. Maybe more later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Another colored pencil on mat board, 6cm x 6cm. Part of the once-hypothetical “Critters Lugging Stuff Around” series. Possibly not quite done, now I see it larger onscreen after the scan. Something about the bottom of the suitcase and the contrast by the suitcase handle. Hmm. Well, if I update… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[28,29,20,33,32,30,31],"class_list":["post-111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","tag-birds","tag-colored-pencil","tag-critters","tag-luggage","tag-suitcase","tag-travel","tag-voyage"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phmexg-1N","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1239,"url":"https:\/\/www.metasilk.com\/wd\/vacation\/","url_meta":{"origin":111,"position":0},"title":"Vacation!","author":"Kir","date":"14 July 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Hello dear ones! 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