Category: textiles
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Château of Versailles and the beginning’s of something
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Walking through the hundreds of rooms at Château of Versailles, I couldn’t help but notice, the old, stuffy smell and the sound of squeaky, footsteps upon the ancient floors. So, I made a sound video and took close up shots of the wallpapers and other surfaces. I mainly had a fascination with the “over the…
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Chocolat Dream. Handmade Wrist Cuff. Antique French lace.
“CHOCOLAT DREAM” Genivieve packed the dressing table drawer with thin tissue and very gently put the delicate antique scrap laces from her grandmothers wedding gown in, then reached for the chocolate box. As the wife of a fine chocolatier in France, she knows, too much will falter her figure but she can’t resist the…
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Charlotte Eco-Friendly. Handmade. Vintage. Recycled. Textile Assemblage Necklace.
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in antique, antique jewelry, Art, Art for sale, assemblage, bone beads, Craft, Craft for sale, craft project, eco- friendly, French, French style, Handmade, handmade jewelry, Jenny Davis, jewelery, jewelry, reclaimed, recycled, recycled art, recycled jewelry, Recycling, Textile craft, textile necklace, textiles, victorian, vintage fabrics, vintage jewelry, wearable art, XmasCharlotte Eco-Friendly. Handmade. Vintage recycled textile necklace. A vintage textile assemblage necklace collaged from recycled, vintage and antique elements to create layers & textures in French style. Length -19 inches – 49 cm. ABOUT I created ” Charlotte”, from vintage cloth, hand – sewn and wrapped with vintage satin ribbons, crochet scraps…
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Crazy Rust Dyeing
Lately I’ve been experimenting with natural dyeing processes for fabrics and papers. I’m trying out rust dyeing at the moment. I want to build up a collection of natural and rust dyed fabrics and papers so when my next creative spurt comes around, I’ll have plenty to work with. Over the years I have collected…
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Fabric Dyeing. Textiles & Paper.
I’m so hooked on dyeing lately, so, here is my latest batch of cold water dyed fabrics and papers. I’ve had these dyes since the 70’s and they still worked really well. I was able to keep diluting the dye bath to get very subtle tints. I’ve also been doing a bit of experimenting with…