{"id":152,"date":"2014-05-23T12:00:50","date_gmt":"2014-05-23T18:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fredkaems.com\/?p=152"},"modified":"2014-05-24T12:30:15","modified_gmt":"2014-05-24T18:30:15","slug":"couple-of-mixed-media-pieces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fredkaems.com\/?p=152","title":{"rendered":"Couple of Mixed Media Pieces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are a couple of mixed media pieces that I made. Not sure how they work as a group, but these all came out of experimenting with a number of techniques.<\/p>\n<p>I really like what happened with this one.<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredkaems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Fred-Kaems-Cars.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"153\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/fredkaems.com\/?attachment_id=153\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredkaems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Fred-Kaems-Cars.jpg?fit=1888%2C1356&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1888,1356\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Fred Kaems Cars\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredkaems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Fred-Kaems-Cars.jpg?fit=584%2C419&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-153\" alt=\"Fred Kaems Cars\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredkaems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Fred-Kaems-Cars.jpg?resize=584%2C419&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"584\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredkaems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Fred-Kaems-Cars.jpg?w=1888&amp;ssl=1 1888w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredkaems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Fred-Kaems-Cars.jpg?resize=300%2C215&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredkaems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Fred-Kaems-Cars.jpg?resize=1024%2C735&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredkaems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Fred-Kaems-Cars.jpg?resize=417%2C300&amp;ssl=1 417w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredkaems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Fred-Kaems-Cars.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredkaems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Fred-Kaems-Cars.jpg?w=1752&amp;ssl=1 1752w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I like these too, it has been a long time since I painted anything small and realistic with a brush, so the bike was fun to paint.<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredkaems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Fred-Kaems-Ride-on.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"154\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/fredkaems.com\/?attachment_id=154\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredkaems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Fred-Kaems-Ride-on.jpg?fit=2048%2C3188&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2048,3188\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Fred Kaems Ride on\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredkaems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Fred-Kaems-Ride-on.jpg?fit=584%2C910&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-154\" alt=\"Fred Kaems Ride on\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredkaems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Fred-Kaems-Ride-on.jpg?resize=584%2C909&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"584\" height=\"909\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredkaems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Fred-Kaems-Ride-on.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredkaems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Fred-Kaems-Ride-on.jpg?resize=192%2C300&amp;ssl=1 192w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredkaems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Fred-Kaems-Ride-on.jpg?resize=657%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 657w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredkaems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Fred-Kaems-Ride-on.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredkaems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Fred-Kaems-Ride-on.jpg?w=1752&amp;ssl=1 1752w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are a couple of mixed media pieces that I made. Not sure how they work as a group, but these all came out of experimenting with a number of techniques. I really like what happened with this one. I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/fredkaems.com\/?p=152\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8qvRk-2s","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":211,"url":"https:\/\/fredkaems.com\/?p=211","url_meta":{"origin":152,"position":0},"title":"Carved Wax Pieces","author":"Fred","date":"May 28, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I am making some game pieces that I will be casting out of bronze. These pieces will be the tops of the finished pieces. Carved out of wax tools of the trade.","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredkaems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Roller-wax.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":165,"url":"https:\/\/fredkaems.com\/?p=165","url_meta":{"origin":152,"position":1},"title":"Universal Component","author":"Fred","date":"May 25, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I liked the look of metal and dark wood that I had with the Ranges ring, so when I had to make a few pieces that had a universal component that could be used in more then one way with metal, I decided to include wooden pieces. I don't consider\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredkaems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Universal-Component-wax2.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredkaems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Universal-Component-wax2.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredkaems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Universal-Component-wax2.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":220,"url":"https:\/\/fredkaems.com\/?p=220","url_meta":{"origin":152,"position":2},"title":"I have the game pieces\u2026","author":"Fred","date":"May 29, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I have the game pieces cast, now I just need to get them cleaned up, and put on a patina. I am stoked on how they look so far, and can't wait to have them done.","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredkaems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Game-pieces-in-prog.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredkaems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Game-pieces-in-prog.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredkaems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Game-pieces-in-prog.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":120,"url":"https:\/\/fredkaems.com\/?p=120","url_meta":{"origin":152,"position":3},"title":"Making a Belt Buckle","author":"Fred","date":"May 22, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I am making a belt buckle with copper and brass, I will be soldering posts onto the pieces and using tube rivets to elevate the different layers. I am starting by cutting templates to roller print into the metal and then constructing my pieces from there.","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredkaems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/paper-template.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredkaems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/paper-template.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredkaems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/paper-template.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":239,"url":"https:\/\/fredkaems.com\/?p=239","url_meta":{"origin":152,"position":4},"title":"Cast Bronze Game Pieces","author":"Fred","date":"August 10, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"These game pieces are the tools of the trade for the as of yet\u00a0 imaginary game \"King the City\" the graffiti monopoly game. each of these was cast from carved wax and plastic. I think that I was really able to capture the grit and grime of the city, including\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Metals&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Metals","link":"https:\/\/fredkaems.com\/?cat=17"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredkaems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Fred-Kaems-Marker.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredkaems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Fred-Kaems-Marker.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredkaems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Fred-Kaems-Marker.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredkaems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Fred-Kaems-Marker.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":102,"url":"https:\/\/fredkaems.com\/?p=102","url_meta":{"origin":152,"position":5},"title":"Cast Silver and Copper Pendants","author":"Fred","date":"May 22, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"This was my first time casting metal, and my first time soldering, so I had a lot to learn on this project. I used direct casting which is a fairly simple process to cast the silver components, I then soldered posts onto the silver pieces to elevate them from the\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredkaems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Fred-Kaems-pendants-2.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredkaems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Fred-Kaems-pendants-2.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredkaems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Fred-Kaems-pendants-2.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fredkaems.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fredkaems.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fredkaems.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fredkaems.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fredkaems.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=152"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/fredkaems.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":158,"href":"https:\/\/fredkaems.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152\/revisions\/158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fredkaems.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fredkaems.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fredkaems.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}