| GOLDWORK | Photos of my goldwork sampler in progress |  |
| The embroidered pieces below were part of the City &
Guilds Embroidery course, which I took from 1995-99. The designs are all based
on the small Romanesque church at Barfreston, Kent, England. Click on the thumbnails to see a larger image. |
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A computer-aided design, based on figures from the wheel-window. | |
| Photograph of the church of St. Nicholas at Barfreston. |  |
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Bleached cotton velvet. Wadded quilting. Added machining. |  |
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A carving of a music-maker? |
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Machine shadow work on transparent fabrics and silk,
overlaid on metallic net with hand stitching. |
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One of the carvings on the South Door of Barfreston Church. |
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Layers of printed, plain and patterned fabrics and velvet, cut back in stages. |
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A photograph of the wheel window on the East wall of Barfreston church. |
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A hat (project)..for a knight.... The hat itself is a re-blocked old felt hat. The vertical brim is embroidery on a cardboard base, with lots of machine-stitching, beads, cords, and metal. The hanging faces are based on the corbel-heads all around the church. |
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Layers of different fabrics stitched and cut back. |
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Stump work. Needle-lace, wire, leather. Both figures appear on the South Door of the church. |
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Printing with Ormoline and bronze powders on Procion dyed
twill. |
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Metal threads, or nué, gold leather, various metals
e.g scouring pad, watch parts, copper plate, copper wire. |
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This image is machine applique cut back. Filling stitches with various threads, leather, metal threads and sequin waste. |
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A funeral or coffin pall, 3m x 1.5m. Hand-dyed layers of fabric stitched and cut back, with embroidered letters giving the Latin text found in 1 Thess. 4:17. |  |
| A model of the Jewish High Priest, 5" high, sculpted from Fimo. |  |
