Make and Mend ... Love Magnolia Pearl take on the tattered pantaloon

Working on the model

I love deconstructed clothing, working with the model and applying fabrics in a free flowing way. I made this garment some years ago from scraps of old jeans. I brought it out to show for an arts trail last year, and the reaction I got and then subsequent commission work really encouraged me to take this method of working a little further. 

I plan to make a jacket in a similar style, I love distressed fabrics, tears and fraying, so the trusty cheese grater will come into great use once more.

Samples - the key to creativity

A selection of samples that have been made along the way.

Above felt and vintage lace hand dyed and embroidered

 Silk Cocoon and silk waste hand dyed and embroidered

 Old linen, Venetian Plaster and stencils

 Image transfer  on old linen with venetian plaster and stencils - my latest work and I love it !

A Finished piece - hand dyed velvets, embroidery and beading

Arise your tangles sweet spring

Arise your tangles sweet spring

This piece is inspired by Spring and worked with threads, antique fabrics and embellishemnts, metals and melted plastics.
The title 'arise your tangles sweet spring' depicts the dead  dark tangled lost roots of winter slowly being overtaken by the rising of fresh new colour and growth that comes with spring, new birth, new hope, an excited promise of greater things to follow that come with the the magnificent strength of the full technicolour of summer.

Working with Velvets ~ The Blue Yonder

I love working with velvets and this piece was created for a competition that was all about touching the art. I have worked with my own hand dyed velvets, burned and coloured fabrics, metals and silk waste and cocoons to achieve varying degrees of colour and texture.

See the link below on how this piece came together.

http://twinklepinkpostit.blogspot.com/2007/01/at-last-project-finished.html

Historical Collage Work ~ Mixed Media

Luscious folds - Ribbon Work

Well I have not created this, though wish I had, it is from the 1920's. I felt I had to add it here as incentive to come up with something equally as luscious. Watch this space.