{"id":404,"date":"2014-12-18T16:41:53","date_gmt":"2014-12-18T16:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smartrrs.co.uk\/?page_id=404"},"modified":"2019-03-22T16:55:28","modified_gmt":"2019-03-22T16:55:28","slug":"the-decision-pieces","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/paulmyersart.uk\/?page_id=404","title":{"rendered":"The Decision Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Development of the&nbsp;idea<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>ngg_shortcode_0_placeholderThe first inkling of this&nbsp;idea appeared one spring afternoon as I was sitting in a garden contemplating upon Life, perhaps the&nbsp;Universe and possibly anything&nbsp;else except making&nbsp;art.&nbsp;Something encouraged my hand to sketch a simple doodle upon an irrelevant newspaper that just happened to be on the table. By&nbsp;the following day,&nbsp;having sought out some&nbsp;coloured paper and a scalpel, the design begun to develop. Over the next weeks, a variety of models&nbsp;appeared&nbsp;which although not copied precisely,&nbsp;embodied the essence of the three larger pieces made over the following months.<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Decision One<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>ngg_shortcode_1_placeholderThis first work was&nbsp;visualised to be built on a stand this proving to be&nbsp;very appropriate&nbsp;as in my original&nbsp;work space, there was&nbsp;not enough height from which I could have suspended it.<\/p>\n<p>As with the other&nbsp;similar works, the structure is layers of&nbsp;flexible plywood that has been laminated over formers to create the finished shapes with the&nbsp;individual elements being joined together&nbsp;with small stainless steel connecting wires.<\/p>\n<p>This piece, being approximately 110(cm) H x 160 W x 90D and supported upon a&nbsp;180 high stand,&nbsp;is finished with&nbsp;high gloss enamel.<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Decision Two<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>ngg_shortcode_2_placeholderThis piece is somewhat more robust&nbsp;than the first both in its technical construction and&nbsp;in having much stronger lines in the design.<\/p>\n<p>It is&nbsp;approximately 120(cm) H x 110 W x 130D&nbsp;and is&nbsp;painted in a&nbsp;silk&nbsp;acrylic finish with each element being&nbsp;different colours on either surface.<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong>Decision Three<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>ngg_shortcode_3_placeholderThis piece, while still conveying the idea of much&nbsp;energy leaping around in conflicting&nbsp;directions, presents&nbsp;a very different feel to the previous items due to being in black and white rather than mixed colours.<\/p>\n<p>It is approximately 140H x 180W x 120D<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Development of the&nbsp;idea The first inkling of this&nbsp;idea appeared one spring afternoon as I was sitting in a garden contemplating upon Life, perhaps the&nbsp;Universe and possibly anything&nbsp;else except making&nbsp;art.&nbsp;Something encouraged my hand to sketch a simple doodle upon an irrelevant newspaper that just happened to be on the table. By&nbsp;the following day,&nbsp;having sought out some&nbsp;coloured [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":201,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-404","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulmyersart.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulmyersart.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulmyersart.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulmyersart.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulmyersart.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=404"}],"version-history":[{"count":88,"href":"https:\/\/paulmyersart.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1634,"href":"https:\/\/paulmyersart.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/404\/revisions\/1634"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paulmyersart.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paulmyersart.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}