While I was attaching the hull, I was also looking at my references on Stumpwork, or Raised Work. The headache that had been looming all the way through to this point was, How Shall I Do The Mast? I tried to cover straws with thread or find narrow pieces of plastic or wood, and all [...]
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31 May 11
18 Jun 10
I know Janice suggested I should finish the Dreams of Amarna before getting wound up in The Golden Fleece, but I had a long train journey recently, and started idly thinking about the idea. So: Obviously, the scene to do is the one where Medea takes Jason into the grove where the Fleece is kept.. [...]
30 Mar 10
As I’ve already mentioned, almost every embroidery technique I have done has been learnt from a book, or just developed by guesswork based upon something I have read. In this case, I had been reading about 17th Century stumpwork, and had just returned from a half-business trip, half-holiday in New Zealand. And I had some [...]
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Tagged design elements, experiments, New Techniques, overdyed threads, raised work, Silk thread, stumpwork
Tagged design elements, experiments, New Techniques, overdyed threads, raised work, Silk thread, stumpwork
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