{"id":1293,"date":"2024-01-10T21:08:30","date_gmt":"2024-01-10T21:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.charlotteigguldenart.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1293"},"modified":"2024-01-10T22:10:02","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T22:10:02","slug":"a-nutcracker-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.charlotteigguldenart.co.uk\/blog\/2024\/01\/10\/a-nutcracker-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"A Nutcracker Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I have always had a love for the whimsical nature of nutcrackers, these wooden toy soldiers from late 17th-century Germany with their bright colours. According to German tradition, they are symbols of good luck and will frighten away malevolent spirits. They originate in\u00a0Erzgebirge, or the Ore Mountains, a forested region known for  handmade wooden products, arts and craftsmanship. They were given as gifts and soon became associated with Christmas.<br><br>This is a glimpse of my work in progress artwork, painted in oil on linen as a Christmas gift.<br><br>Keep an eye out for the final painting!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"849\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.charlotteigguldenart.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PXL_20240101_222320671-849x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.charlotteigguldenart.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PXL_20240101_222320671-849x1024.jpg 849w, https:\/\/www.charlotteigguldenart.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PXL_20240101_222320671-249x300.jpg 249w, https:\/\/www.charlotteigguldenart.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PXL_20240101_222320671-768x926.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.charlotteigguldenart.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PXL_20240101_222320671-1274x1536.jpg 1274w, https:\/\/www.charlotteigguldenart.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PXL_20240101_222320671-1698x2048.jpg 1698w, https:\/\/www.charlotteigguldenart.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/PXL_20240101_222320671-1200x1447.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have always had a love for the whimsical nature of nutcrackers, these wooden toy soldiers from late 17th-century Germany with their bright colours. According to German tradition, they are symbols of good luck and will frighten away malevolent spirits. They originate in\u00a0Erzgebirge, or the Ore Mountains, a forested region known for handmade wooden products, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.charlotteigguldenart.co.uk\/blog\/2024\/01\/10\/a-nutcracker-christmas\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A Nutcracker Christmas&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.charlotteigguldenart.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1293"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.charlotteigguldenart.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.charlotteigguldenart.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.charlotteigguldenart.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.charlotteigguldenart.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1293"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.charlotteigguldenart.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1326,"href":"https:\/\/www.charlotteigguldenart.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1293\/revisions\/1326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.charlotteigguldenart.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.charlotteigguldenart.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.charlotteigguldenart.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}