{"id":1110,"date":"2024-03-06T06:06:14","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T06:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.recreations.com.au\/?p=1110"},"modified":"2024-03-06T06:23:56","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T06:23:56","slug":"rainy-day-rush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recreations.subtleglitch.com.au\/?p=1110","title":{"rendered":"Rainy Day Dash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"756\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.recreations.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/7-red-756x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/recreations.subtleglitch.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/7-red-756x1024.jpg 756w, https:\/\/recreations.subtleglitch.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/7-red-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/recreations.subtleglitch.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/7-red-768x1040.jpg 768w, https:\/\/recreations.subtleglitch.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/7-red-1134x1536.jpg 1134w, https:\/\/recreations.subtleglitch.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/7-red-1512x2048.jpg 1512w, https:\/\/recreations.subtleglitch.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/7-red-scaled.jpg 1890w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve been playing with epoxy resin, experimenting with moulds, textures and effects. Much as I\u2019ve enjoyed mixing colours in it, crystal clear resin has inspired my latest picture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018Rainy Day Dash\u2019 is a 3D paper collage with wet weather effects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Gloss paint is used on the umbrellas for a wet look. &nbsp;<\/li><li>At the front, two layers of people are adhered to clear acrylic strips and placed over mirror paper so their reflections simulate walking on a wet path.<\/li><li>A thin wavy textured layer of resin was created and used to line the street to look like water.<\/li><li>Tiny resin raindrops were applied to the inside of the frame glass within the mat.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Click the photos below to see the stages of its creation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.recreations.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" src=\"https:\/\/www.recreations.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture1-1024x769.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1115\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.recreations.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.recreations.com.au\/?attachment_id=1115\" class=\"wp-image-1115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/recreations.subtleglitch.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture1-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/recreations.subtleglitch.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/recreations.subtleglitch.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture1-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/recreations.subtleglitch.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture1.jpg 1116w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"><em>Creating the paper street<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.recreations.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.recreations.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture-2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1112\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.recreations.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture-2.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.recreations.com.au\/?attachment_id=1112\" class=\"wp-image-1112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/recreations.subtleglitch.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/recreations.subtleglitch.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/recreations.subtleglitch.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/recreations.subtleglitch.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture-2-1536x1153.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/recreations.subtleglitch.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture-2-2048x1537.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Colouring reflections<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.recreations.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"767\" src=\"https:\/\/www.recreations.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture-3-1024x767.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1113\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.recreations.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture-3.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.recreations.com.au\/?attachment_id=1113\" class=\"wp-image-1113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/recreations.subtleglitch.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture-3-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/recreations.subtleglitch.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/recreations.subtleglitch.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture-3-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/recreations.subtleglitch.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture-3.jpg 1117w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Laying textured resin film<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.recreations.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"810\" height=\"627\" src=\"https:\/\/www.recreations.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture4.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1116\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.recreations.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture4.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.recreations.com.au\/?attachment_id=1116\" class=\"wp-image-1116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/recreations.subtleglitch.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture4.jpg 810w, https:\/\/recreations.subtleglitch.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture4-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/recreations.subtleglitch.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture4-768x594.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Adding people<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.recreations.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" src=\"https:\/\/www.recreations.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture5-1024x769.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1117\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.recreations.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture5.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.recreations.com.au\/?attachment_id=1117\" class=\"wp-image-1117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/recreations.subtleglitch.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture5-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/recreations.subtleglitch.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture5-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/recreations.subtleglitch.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture5-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/recreations.subtleglitch.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture5.jpg 1116w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">2 layers of walkers on mirror<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.recreations.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.recreations.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture-6-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1114\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.recreations.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture-6.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.recreations.com.au\/?attachment_id=1114\" class=\"wp-image-1114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/recreations.subtleglitch.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture-6-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/recreations.subtleglitch.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture-6-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/recreations.subtleglitch.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture-6-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/recreations.subtleglitch.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Picture-6.jpg 1116w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Creating raindrops<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.recreations.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Feature-picture.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.recreations.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Feature-picture-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/recreations.subtleglitch.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Feature-picture-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/recreations.subtleglitch.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Feature-picture-728x1024.jpg 728w, https:\/\/recreations.subtleglitch.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Feature-picture.jpg 748w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While each stage looked promising enough for me to continue, when the whole piece came together I was a little disappointed and think that I tried to do too much \u2013 it\u2019s a bit \u2018messy\u2019 (in my opinion). Usually I photograph the final work without glass to avoid reflection issues, which I&#8217;ve done for this last image , but obviously the glass in this piece forms a crucial part of it, so the final feature photo at the top doesn\u2019t really do it justice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve been playing with epoxy resin, experimenting with moulds, textures and effects. Much as I\u2019ve enjoyed mixing colours in it, crystal clear resin has inspired my latest picture. \u2018Rainy Day Dash\u2019 is a 3D paper collage with wet weather effects. Gloss paint is used on the umbrellas for a wet look. &nbsp; At the front, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/recreations.subtleglitch.com.au\/?p=1110\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Rainy Day Dash&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":""},"categories":[28,5],"tags":[53,51,52],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recreations.subtleglitch.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1110"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recreations.subtleglitch.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recreations.subtleglitch.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recreations.subtleglitch.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recreations.subtleglitch.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1110"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/recreations.subtleglitch.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1123,"href":"https:\/\/recreations.subtleglitch.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1110\/revisions\/1123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recreations.subtleglitch.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recreations.subtleglitch.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recreations.subtleglitch.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}