{"id":2393,"date":"2024-09-09T15:00:20","date_gmt":"2024-09-09T15:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/?page_id=2393"},"modified":"2024-10-30T20:35:23","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T20:35:23","slug":"many-years-sign-lettering","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/index.php\/many-years-sign-lettering\/","title":{"rendered":"Many Years Sign Lettering"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This lettering project is for the entrance column for a farm\/retreat center in Virginia. The block of marble is architectural salvage from a generous friend who donated it to me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"415\" src=\"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_5903.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2395\"\/><figcaption>The Preparatory Drawing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_6092.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2394\"\/><figcaption>First step: Preparing the surface of the block. I need to take off a couple of inches from the top.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_6127.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2398\"\/><figcaption>More removal&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_6281.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2432\"\/><figcaption>Bought some new carbide tool. And, more removal.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_6304.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2433\"\/><figcaption>Surface Prepared<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_6311.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2434\"\/><figcaption>Transferring the lettering design to the surface.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_6313.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2435\"\/><figcaption>Carving<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_6327.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2436\"\/><figcaption>More carving.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_6446.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2437\"\/><figcaption>Letters carved.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This lettering project is for the entrance column for a farm\/retreat center in Virginia. The block of marble is architectural salvage from a generous friend who donated it to me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2393"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2393"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2438,"href":"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2393\/revisions\/2438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.belfineart.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}