{"id":43,"date":"2012-06-10T15:32:58","date_gmt":"2012-06-10T15:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shelaghboyle.com\/?page_id=43"},"modified":"2020-04-24T03:54:08","modified_gmt":"2020-04-24T03:54:08","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/shelaghboyle.com\/?page_id=43","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>I create my pictures using paint or enamel. I use vitreous enamel on copper to create different effects and textures to painting.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To make my enamel pictures I use sifting techniques to build up layers of enamel on a copper base. The piece is fired in a kiln after each layer and different effects can be created by altering the amount of enamel used and firing time.<\/p>\n<p>After building up background colours I use hand painting, in combination with Riso screens, to create images and texture.<\/p>\n<p>My inspiration for enamels and paintings comes from the colours and shapes of the landscape around me, especially certain parts of the Scottish countryside which I often visit.\u00a0 The seasons have a great influence on my art as the same place can look very different depending on the time of year.\u00a0 In particular, I love the contrasts created by light in winter. The blue\/grey of a Scottish sky just before it snows is one of my favourite colours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I create my pictures using paint or enamel. I use vitreous enamel on copper to create different effects and textures to painting. To make my enamel pictures I use sifting techniques to build up layers of enamel on a copper &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/shelaghboyle.com\/?page_id=43\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-43","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shelaghboyle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shelaghboyle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shelaghboyle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shelaghboyle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shelaghboyle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/shelaghboyle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":613,"href":"https:\/\/shelaghboyle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43\/revisions\/613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shelaghboyle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}