{"id":24531,"date":"2015-04-16T05:26:56","date_gmt":"2015-04-16T10:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=24531"},"modified":"2015-04-02T07:13:53","modified_gmt":"2015-04-02T12:13:53","slug":"crop-circle-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=24531","title":{"rendered":"Crop Circle Art"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/cropcircle-146x150.jpg\" alt=\"Crop Circle\" width=\"146\" height=\"150\" class=\"contentimg\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/laughingsquid.com\/a-set-of-crop-circle-towels-featuring-woven-designs-inspired-by-the-mysterious-formations\/\">Laughing Squid<\/a> recently posted about a Kickstarter for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/1237280080\/crop-circle-towel\">Crop Circle Towels<\/a>, featuring woven designs inspired by the &#8220;mysterious&#8221; formations.  I&#8217;m mentioning it here because I am dumb and it had never occurred to me to consider crop circles as a design element.  There will be a short pause whilst I slap my forehead really hard.<\/p>\n<p>Although some crop circles are just, y&#8217;know, circular, a lot of the more recent ones have intricate geometric designs.  They&#8217;d be lovely on a quilt, either appliqued as part of the pattern or outlined in quilted stitching.  A sampler of different formations would be a fun cross-stitch project, and they could also be used as stencils for painting walls or furniture.<\/p>\n<p>Doing an image search on &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=crop+circles&#038;source=lnms&#038;tbm=isch&#038;sa=X&#038;ei=ACgdVaqGOMOVNpmFgJAJ&#038;ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&#038;biw=1920&#038;bih=927\">crop circles<\/a>&#8221; brings up loads of photos that could be used as reference or inspiration.  I love <a href=\"http:\/\/api.ning.com\/files\/DMNc-KMuV*k7V4V2tqGPXyzPREhCiyKV9ZzxwjvL0PO5acwszp9mFHZczR-ti4HbMa04b3wW7W-dS04pEOJmQXVI*T*59MSI\/ccp2.jpg\">this<\/a> montage (from <a href=\"http:\/\/shatteringthematrix.com\/group\/cropcirclesinovation#.VR0paOGgS-0\">here<\/a>); wouldn&#8217;t that be a gorgeous quilt?<\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t have the CAD skills or graphic software to translate a photo into a pattern, search &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?biw=1920&#038;bih=927&#038;tbm=isch&#038;q=crop+circle+designs&#038;revid=591622005&#038;sa=X&#038;ei=DygdVc_9CsWiNvaEgIgG&#038;ved=0CCIQ1QIoAQ&#038;dpr=1\">crop circle designs<\/a>&#8221; for black-and-white drawings that can just be printed out and used directly.  (In doing that search, I also discovered that crop circle tattoos are a thing.  Huh.  Anyway, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tattoobite.com\/crop-circle-tattoo-design-on-arm\/\">this one<\/a> is pretty.)<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve got the ambition and space, you could also get back to the roots (so to speak) of the designs and plant a garden in one of the simpler patterns; you could use pebbles to create the lines between plants, or just intersperse plants of different colors.<\/p>\n<p>Even if you don&#8217;t believe that The Truth is Out There, these patterns are attractive in their own right and would be a fun way to add a little geometric weirdness to your surroundings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Laughing Squid recently posted about a Kickstarter for Crop Circle Towels, featuring woven designs inspired by the &#8220;mysterious&#8221; formations. I&#8217;m mentioning it here because I am dumb and it had never occurred to me to consider crop circles as a design element. There will be a short pause whilst I slap my forehead really hard. 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