{"id":538,"date":"2013-07-26T14:02:10","date_gmt":"2013-07-26T21:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alleyartstudio.com\/?p=538"},"modified":"2017-05-02T22:53:15","modified_gmt":"2017-05-02T22:53:15","slug":"slightly-off-kilter-the-blocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/?p=538","title":{"rendered":"Slightly Off Kilter: The Blocks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Blocks-in-Bucket-and-Stacked.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-530 aligncenter\" alt=\"Blocks in Bucket and Stacked\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Blocks-in-Bucket-and-Stacked-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Somewhere along the way in preparing for my upcoming show at Lunaria Gallery, <em><strong>Slightly Off Kilter<\/strong><\/em>, I had the idea to paint blocks in a style similar to a couple of the big pieces I was painting. And then I had the idea to paint little blocks, circles, and other wood tidbits, using the colors I was using in my paintings for the show. The result\u00a0was a series of colorful blocks designed for adults to stack and display. I made ten sets (one will be on display showing how they blocks can be mixed and matched). Each set comes in a clear bucket with a variety of shapes, sizes, and colors. Here&#8217;s a little photo chronology of the evolution of the <em><strong>SOK Blocks<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_1947-Copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-522 aligncenter\" alt=\"IMG_1947 - Copy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_1947-Copy-300x224.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_1948-Copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-523 aligncenter\" alt=\"IMG_1948 - Copy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_1948-Copy-300x224.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_1971-Copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-524 aligncenter\" alt=\"IMG_1971 - Copy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_1971-Copy-300x202.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_1972-Copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-525 aligncenter\" alt=\"IMG_1972 - Copy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_1972-Copy-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Painted-blocks-in-process-Copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-526 aligncenter\" alt=\"Painted blocks in process - Copy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Painted-blocks-in-process-Copy-300x224.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Block-Pieces-Together.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-528 aligncenter\" alt=\"Block Pieces Together\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Block-Pieces-Together-300x275.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"275\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/SOK-Blocks-Stacked-Outside-Copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-527 aligncenter\" alt=\"SOK Blocks Stacked Outside - Copy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/SOK-Blocks-Stacked-Outside-Copy-300x224.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Blocks-in-Stack.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-531 aligncenter\" alt=\"Blocks in Stack\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Blocks-in-Stack-300x278.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"278\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Blocks-in-Bucket-Copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-529 aligncenter\" alt=\"Blocks in Bucket - Copy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Blocks-in-Bucket-Copy-300x272.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"272\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The show, <em><strong>Slightly Off Kilter<\/strong><\/em>, opens Friday, August 2nd, with an artist reception from 7-9 pm; the show runs through September 2nd. Lunaria Gallery is located in downtown Silverton, Oregon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Dayna-and-Deborah-postcard.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-533 aligncenter\" alt=\"Print\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daynajcollins.com\/curele\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Dayna-and-Deborah-postcard-216x300.jpg\" width=\"216\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Somewhere along the way in preparing for my upcoming show at Lunaria Gallery, Slightly Off Kilter, I had the idea to paint blocks in a style similar to a couple of the big pieces I was painting. And then I had the idea to paint little blocks, circles, and other wood tidbits, using the colors &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/?p=538\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Slightly Off Kilter: The Blocks<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,6,36,39,40,1],"tags":[42,35,37,43,41],"class_list":["post-538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-shows","category-art-work","category-lunaria-gallery","category-slightly-off-kilter","category-slightly-off-kilter-blocks","category-uncategorized","tag-art-show","tag-art-work","tag-lunaria-gallery","tag-slightly-off-kilter","tag-slightly-off-kilter-blocks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=538"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8122,"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538\/revisions\/8122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daynacollinsblog.com\/curele\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}