{"id":13,"date":"2026-09-14T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elsewhereloungeandkitchen.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/14\/begin-with-the-material-in-your-hands\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T10:00:00","slug":"begin-with-the-material-in-your-hands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elsewhereloungeandkitchen.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/14\/begin-with-the-material-in-your-hands\/","title":{"rendered":"Begin with the material in your hands"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"lead-paragraph wp-block-paragraph\">Look at the surface, the edges, and what the piece might become.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A closer look<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Look at the surface, the edges, and what the piece might become. Look at the task and the materials before choosing the method. Use tools only with suitable instructions and the skills the work requires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A practical starting point<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Try a small, reversible arrangement or sketch. Record the question it answers and what you would change in another attempt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Keep the observation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Write a brief note about what you noticed, including the setting and what made the detail useful. Return to it later and decide whether it suggests another small step.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Look at the surface, the edges, and what the piece might become.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-workshop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elsewhereloungeandkitchen.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elsewhereloungeandkitchen.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elsewhereloungeandkitchen.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elsewhereloungeandkitchen.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elsewhereloungeandkitchen.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/elsewhereloungeandkitchen.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elsewhereloungeandkitchen.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elsewhereloungeandkitchen.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elsewhereloungeandkitchen.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elsewhereloungeandkitchen.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}