Playing with the Sparkle
I have been able to spend a good deal of time recently working on the gold thread embroidery and it is really beginning to make the piece come to life. While the polychrome embroidery is always impressive,
once the gold goes on a project, you realize that the piece was previously ‘flat’. There is nothing like that sparkle.
I almost finished the gold work on the collar recently and couldn’t help playing with the lace lengths that our friends had finished for the wings. Here you can see it curved around the edge where the lace will finally be applied in the finished waistcoat. Just breathtaking. This object won’t need any light to be shone on it. It will be a beacon of its own. And we haven’t added the small ‘oes’ on the embroidery yet! Another level of sparkle to go!
Tricia
September 5th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
Simply spectacular!
September 5th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
OMG it’s gorgeous! I want to come to some of the next session just so that I could see some of this in person because if it’s beautiful in a picture it must be amazing to see it ‘in real life’. Good luck getting all of the gold done — the braid looks fabulous!
September 6th, 2008 at 7:39 am
Just beautiful, and can’t wait to see it in person.
And all the sparkle reminds me of a quote I read once:
“Oh My God! You blinded my best horse!”
I think it is going to appy here
September 6th, 2008 at 5:15 pm
The realisation of a dream! Spectacular.
September 7th, 2008 at 6:49 am
Wonderful, simply wonderful.