{"id":8661,"date":"2021-04-27T13:55:08","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T03:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/?p=8661"},"modified":"2021-04-27T13:55:08","modified_gmt":"2021-04-27T03:55:08","slug":"getting-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/?p=8661","title":{"rendered":"getting close&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/melissacameron.net-blogcontent\/uploads\/2021\/04\/workshop-210427-600x337.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/melissacameron.net-blogcontentau\/uploads\/2021\/04\/workshop-210427-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/melissacameron.net-blogcontentau\/uploads\/2021\/04\/workshop-210427-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/melissacameron.net-blogcontentau\/uploads\/2021\/04\/workshop-210427-440x247.jpg 440w, https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/melissacameron.net-blogcontentau\/uploads\/2021\/04\/workshop-210427-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/melissacameron.net-blogcontentau\/uploads\/2021\/04\/workshop-210427-1536x862.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/melissacameron.net-blogcontentau\/uploads\/2021\/04\/workshop-210427-2048x1149.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/melissacameron.net-blogcontentau\/uploads\/2021\/04\/workshop-210427-1568x880.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>me about to fix the camera with documentary film-maker Mir Ng in the background<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/MelissaCameron-artist\" target=\"_blank\">Have you been checking in to the livestrea<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/MelissaCameron-artist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">m<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/MelissaCameron-artist\" target=\"_blank\">?<\/a> I know I have a dedicated fan or two (thank you for watching, sorry about all the noise..!) who look in, so I wanted to let y&#8217;all know that we&#8217;re getting close to the end. There&#8217;s about a week left of regular manufacturing before we switch to fine-tuning, then peeling off the back decals and some photography. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That will all take place in the studio (under your watchful gaze) as I have nowhere else big enough to take the full piece! And yes, Susannah and I have discussed hanging it off the balcony as a test, but ruled it out as we&#8217;re worried about the window below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But for the real tension, stay tuned for the episode where we have to get the complete 4m x 1.3 m hanging out of the building. That&#8217;s when the balcony, plastic tarp and ropes come in! Then we have to motor it over to the John Curtin Gallery; that&#8217;s going to be quite an event!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;re still a little way off moving it &#8211; I&#8217;m yet to source an enclosed truck &#8211; as my deadline is August. Don&#8217;t worry, I&#8217;ll be sure to give you a heads up \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you been checking in to the livestream? I know I have a dedicated fan or two (thank you for watching, sorry about all the noise..!) who look in, so I wanted to let y&#8217;all know that we&#8217;re getting close to the end. There&#8217;s about a week left of regular manufacturing before we switch to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122,137,107,138,109],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australia","category-dlgsci","category-jewellery","category-making","category-process"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8661"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8663,"href":"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8661\/revisions\/8663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}