{"id":1195,"date":"2017-09-20T22:41:50","date_gmt":"2017-09-21T04:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elizamyrie.com\/?page_id=1195"},"modified":"2025-11-29T13:23:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T19:23:48","slug":"diamond-diamond-graphite","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/elizamyrie.com\/?page_id=1195","title":{"rendered":"diamond, diamond, graphite"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][nor_gallery layout_id=&#8221;nor-5551a06cddb9c&#8221; images=&#8221;1318,1319,1320,1321,1322,1323,1324,1325,1326,1327,1328&#8243; captions=&#8221;&#8221; randomize=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text]<span class=\"s1\"><i>diamond, diamond, graphite, <\/i>2014<br \/>\npaper, graphite, vinyl<br \/>\ndimensions variable<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/elizamyrie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/gofigurezfold.pdf\"><em>go\/figure<\/em> essay<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><em>diamond, diamond, graphite<\/em> uses the 1967 discovery of a 601 carat diamond in Lesotho as the departure from which two materials: diamonds and graphite-both allotropes of carbon-are used to explore the allegorical possibilities of Ernestine Ramaboa, the diamonds discoverer. I make full page monochromes from a block of graphite that is being formed into a diamond structure in order to image Ramaboa and create a relationship between the material transferred onto the paper from the form and the final object in the process of its creation. <i>diamond, diamond, graphite <\/i>is both a sculptural artifact of my artistic labor and a vestige of the process that made it. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][nor_gallery layout_id=&#8221;nor-5551a06cddb9c&#8221; images=&#8221;1318,1319,1320,1321,1322,1323,1324,1325,1326,1327,1328&#8243; captions=&#8221;&#8221; randomize=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text]diamond, diamond, graphite, 2014 paper, graphite, vinyl dimensions variable go\/figure essay diamond, diamond, graphite uses the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1175,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1195","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elizamyrie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elizamyrie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elizamyrie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elizamyrie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elizamyrie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/elizamyrie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1195\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elizamyrie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elizamyrie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}