{"id":4896,"date":"2026-09-07T18:59:49","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T18:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/steil.studio\/?p=4896"},"modified":"2026-10-19T19:01:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T19:01:58","slug":"the-beginning-remains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/steil.studio\/en\/het-begin-blijft\/","title":{"rendered":"the beginning remains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I created this piece four years ago. And it\u2019s still hanging in my own living room. And every day I smile back at her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This was one of the first portraits for which I created the design myself. Or at least, it was the first design I was happy with.<br>This work also marks the start of a new way of working. Previously, I mainly worked from sketches and ideas on paper. I have now switched to a digital approach to designing and drawing using Procreate, before translating these designs onto fabric.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m fascinated by her smile. Her self-assurance. The tiny gap between her teeth. There was something about it that felt alive.<br>And it still does.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Looking back now, I can see just how much my work has changed. The colours. The depth. The techniques I use.<br>But some works don\u2019t have to be perfect to be important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This piece marks a starting point. The moment when I discovered that I could draw with thread and paint with yarn. And that is why this piece is still hanging here. And why it will remain here.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vier jaar geleden maakte ik dit werk. En het hangt nog steeds in mijn eigen woonkamer. En elke dag lach ik terug naar haar. Dit was \u00e9\u00e9n van de eerste portretten waarvoor ik zelf het ontwerp maakte. Althans het eerste ontwerp waar ik tevreden over was.Dit werk is ook het begin van een nieuwe manier [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4897,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[105,75,107,76],"class_list":["post-4896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-art","tag-portret","tag-textiel","tag-textielkunst"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/steil.studio\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/steil.studio\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/steil.studio\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steil.studio\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steil.studio\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4896"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/steil.studio\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4898,"href":"https:\/\/steil.studio\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4896\/revisions\/4898"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steil.studio\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/steil.studio\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steil.studio\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steil.studio\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}