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Chapter 6 – Simple Tassels
This chapter is exploring the various ways simple tassels can be made using a variety of threads and materials. Simple Tassels by Hand The three tassels on the right hand top of the page were used by...
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Chapter 7 – Simple Button Making
This chapter is an exploration of simple buttons that can be made from three dimensional cores Covered Cores The button on the top of the page are made by covering small cores such as pieces of foam,...
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Chapter 8 – Beads
The purpose of this chapter is to explore beads through the creation of a sampler. The beads collected include rocaille or seeds beads, bugle beads, pearl beads, shi-sha and paillettes or sequins. I...
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Chapter 9 – Design an Accessory
The purpose of this chapter is to create an accessory or brooch based on my spiral design ideas to coordinate with a specific garment. The garments that I choose were both Marcy Tilton’s designs for a...
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Chapter 10 – Make an Accessory
The assignment for this chapter is to make an accessory using the selected design. I used the concept of DNA with the designs that wrapped around a center pole or poles. My extra designs are shown on...
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Chapter 11 – A Full Working Design Sheet
The assignment for this chapter is to make a full working design sheet that shows the evolution of the brooch. The overall board is A2 in size. It is completed using two A3 sheets covering by a light...
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Chapter 12 – Resolved Sample
A resolved sample demonstrates some of the techniques in this module. I used the following photographs from an old farm as inspiration. I was particularly struck the airy feeling looking up from...
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Chapter 13 – Research Three Artists
For this chapter, I studied three artists: Jean Littlejohn, Zandra Rhodes, and J.J. Valaya. Jean Littlejohn works with Jan Beaney and together they form Double Trouble Enterprises. As I started moving...
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Module Three Documentation
Evaluation of the Assessment Piece The completed embroidered assessment piece for Module 3 is a broach based on the design topic of DNA spirals How do you feel about the resulting conclusion? I am...
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Extra Sample
The following is a piece that initially started as a resolved sample but changed over time into a personal piece. I started this piece as a response to the bombings in Mumbai. I work with many...
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