Tag: textile art
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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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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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Healing and Creating. Vintage Wrist Cuffs.
Yoka Having torn my leg muscle lately,I’ve been forced to slow down and rest up for 6 weeks so it will heal. Today, I’m sitting on the couch with a warm fire creating fabric wrist cuffs. My lounge room is a gorgeous mess of vintage scraps and odds and ends in boxes, bags and tins.…
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Pocket Art Series. Recycled Art. French Packaging.
POCKET ART SERIES Small one of a kind transportable patches of Abstraction ready to go…Compact pieces of art for people on the move. My pocket art pieces came about when I needed to transport artwork from country to country. They are small mixed media textile pieces connected to my love of abstraction textiles, text and…
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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…