#goldwork

[aprettyjewishyear]

Golden Pomegranate. designed by Margaret Cobleigh and embroidered by Mary Corbet.

[ladycels]

My first classwork! It was a lot of fun (and a little challenging) to get into all the couched japanese thread. I did some things good, and some things need work. but that's why I'm taking a class!

[vrcrafts]

Finished the goldwork ghost cape!

Goldwork hand embroidery on wool, also sewn by me.

[so-i-did-this-thing]

I'm learning to work with gold wire and silk embroidery thread in the most deranged way possible, which is stitching directly onto 21oz cotton duck.

[lionofchaeronea]

Gold solidus of the Roman emperor Constantius II (r. 337-361 CE), minted at Thessalonica between 351 and 355. On the obverse is the bust of Constantius, wearing a pearl diadem and a cuirass with drapery atop it. On the reverse is the inscription GLORIA REI PUBLICAE above the enthroned personifications of Rome and Constantinople. Following his elimination of his last remaining rivals in 355, Constantius would greatly expand the senate of Constantinople and elevate the city to an administrative status equal to Rome's, including the appointment of an urban prefect (praefectus urbi) to govern it.

Photo credit: Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. http://www.cngcoins.com

[ghw-archive]

British School, c. 1620.

[neylo]

Napoleonic Marshal uniform for the LARP purpose: WIP

Have some pictures from the first fitting of the uniform accessories.

It is handsewn, using the techniques that were used for the original (it doesn’t have so much detail though, it’s not that I’m the future official Michel Ney reenactor, lol)

I still need to get the belt sash and I have no idea if the additional goldwork threads will arrive on time - thank you very much postal services.

[ninithelgames]

Almost done with that little practice piece

[silverseraphina]

Dragonfly stitched on blue felt. Beadwork and Goldwork. Silver and gold wings. Took me a little while but I’m really happy with how it turned out!

[fibrecraft-woes]

I Learned the Ancient Art of Sewing with GOLD (and you can too!)

I cannot add another craft to my stack of unfinished projects. I cannot add another craft to my stack of unfinished projects. I cannot add another craft to my stack of...

[winteringart]

A WIP for my sewing class this semester.

You could call this Worm fanembroidery.

IMAGE ID: A photo of gold work and beetle wing embroidery on the back of a jacket. The gold wires form the shape of the Khepri symbol and the emblem is surrounded by a circle of Jewel beetle wings pointing out. The fabric is naturally dyed grey. END ID.

[ofmiceandwomen]

I’m very bad at social media but on the other hand I keep complaining that nobody cares about my creations and it’s like a vicious circle and I don’t know what to do with it.

Also, I have been experiencing a kind of a Tolkien burnout recently, and I feel particularly bad about it.

So, anyway… have my latest passion project - Autumn court waistcoat inspired by ACOTAR series. Maybe it will be a full Eris Vanserra cosplay although I don’t particularly love the series.

I have copied the pattern from 1760s waistcoat and I got inspired in the Napoleonic uniforms for the embroidery.

The waistcoat is made from synthetic silk brocade, embroidered with metal (I love the gold work and the oak leaves make me feel very heroic and empowered, lol).

The shirt is a classical 1700s shirt and my first attempt at historical sewing.

Is anyone interested in these irregular screams into the void?

[ladycels]

I can proudly say I finished my tiny goldwork project!

I lost passion for the style when I did Princess Peach. Not because I didn't enjoy it, but because she required so so much of it, and I got burnt out.

This was a nice little project to design and try and feature most of the techniques in. And to get back to basics and just practice.

Also it has all these delicious textures 😋

I'll be looking to ease it back into costume work, but definitely gonna be more careful of the scale I do.

#goldwork #goldworkembroidery #embroidery #handmade #handsewing

[vrcrafts]

This is still technically a wip as it needs to be sewn into a cape still, but the embroidery is done!

[so-i-did-this-thing]

I eventually want to weather this, but I wanted to share the 1:1 scale replica sledge harness I made for the 3rd Terror Stitching project!

This year, we chose Hickey's final monologue. I went with a sledge harness for this line, not just because of its relevance to both The Terror and the actual Franklin Expedition, but because it's also evocative of a beauty pageant sash, with the imperliastic "empire" imagined in silk satin stitch + gold work, a contrast to the reality of the natural empire that eventually consumes the crew.

On the technical side, I learned that goldwork, while fiddly, is not as intimidating as I had once thought! I used thin, very sharp needles, which slipped well through thr weave of the heavy canvas -- though it may look it, this did *not* tear up my fingers.

See the entire project here, everyone did an amazing job!

[lionofchaeronea]

Ancient Greek ring depicting a dancing maenad. Artist unknown; 3rd or 2nd cent. BCE (Hellenistic). Now in the Louvre. Photo credit:  © Marie-Lan Nguyen / Wikimedia Commons.