The book I have is called "Goldwork" by Search Press. It has some history in it and shows how to do each of the techniques for goldwork. I've heard that the Jane Lemon book is the best though.
Or nue' is the stitching of metal threads with a fine colored thread to make shaded or colored patterns. The gold threads cover the whole surface of the design and the spacing of the color stitching is varied to show more or less gold. Roscelin Well, I'm off to get packed to attend the Sewing Expo up in Puyallup, WA. -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "E House" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I don't waste anywhere near enough money on my sewing (HAH!) so now that I > work for my fabric instead of paying for it, I've decided to add on a nice, > stupidly expensive hobby: I want to get into goldwork! Specifically, the > sort that would be used for embellishing garments and headwear in the early > 16th century. But being me, I have to be as authentic as I can... and I > really have no idea where to start with the research. > > (The best website I've found so far for the type of goldwork I'm interested > in is this, even though she does the modern stuff: > http://www.berlinembroidery.com/bullions.htm > http://www.berlinembroidery.com/goldwork.htm ) > > Does anyone know of any good resources for learning about the authentic > stuff? Any suggestions for modern books that might help me with technique? > I started embroidering when I was 7 or 8, so I do have experience with that > angle of it, but I think a lot of that just doesn't translate. And it's not > the sort of thing where I'd want to spend tons of time experimenting blind, > because even the cheap version of the silly stuff is so expensive per yard. > > Andr is this what was called Or Nue'? > > -E House > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
