Goldwork Mary Seaman October Meeting 2016

Our workshop this month on Gold Work was taken by one of our own members Mary Seaman. This technique requires precision and patience and is not for everyone but looks stunning when it has been done properly as you can see from Mary's samples and work pictured below.

Mary gave us a choice of either embroidering an ammonite or an initial and most of our members chose the ammonite. We were provided with a pattern which we had to transfer to our supported framed silk.
Members then applied the felt shapes one at a time and added the gold work or applied all the felt first.

 

Pattern transferred to silk and leather applied over the felt on the first chamber

 

Felt applied to the background

Leather applied over felt padding

 

 

 

One of our members  decided to have a go at embroidering a bee and here you can see the felt padding attached to the background.

Members took home their ammonite/initial to finish off at home with metallic leather and various gold threads. When they are finished they will look very rich and beautiful.
A big thank you to Mary for her preparation and patience in encouraging us to have a go at this unique style of embroidery.