Computer is back up and running again. Just tell me where you would like me to send it.
> E says: Doh! I certainly would have been > interested. It sounds vaguely familiar, probably from commercials. Im in Canada, so Im not sure we have it. I'll keep my eyes open for it. This cold has hit me fast with an intensity that suggests the gods are punishing me for something as of yet undefined. ;-) Still haven't figured out the connection between the eye infection and the cold though. Seems to be a recent development; every time I get a cold, I get a minor general infection in my eye. > E says: Oh dear. Hope you get over it quickly! > (Have you tried Zicam? These definitely fall under the general heading of goldwork because they contain either passing or jap threads. Basically jap thread is a much heavier version of passing. It's a bigger pain to work with too for anything other than couching. Just plunging the ends through for couching is a pain, I wouldn't want to try and actually pass that stuff through fabric repeatedly. A good indication if something was likely to have been done with jap thread (which has existed forever) or purl is the date. I remember reading somewhere that purl wasn't invented until they would make a strong enough draw plate to make wires that thin. Jap thread is made with beaten gold cut into fine strips, thus doesn't need a draw plate. Memory, as foggy as it is, is ringing a date to something like post 1500. Draw plates have been around since the Roman times, so I'd have to retrack my path to confirm this memory on why there is a difference. > E says: I was afraid this would be the case. Drea > Leed has some pictures of > late 16thC/early 17thC coifs, several of which have > a type of goldwork, on > her site: > http://costume.dm.net/headwear/coifpics.html I'm binding a book for this very reason. :-) I could have just scribbled notes on a piece of paper but noooooo.. I have to go binding those papers just so I can cover it in goldwork! > stuff that screams "MAKE ME" at me whenever I see > it. If you are being particular, you're not likely to find any. But if say you are willing to accept non-european or ecclesiastic head wear, you are more likely to find something. I think there is a miter out there loaded with the stuff. I can't think offhand where at the moment. Thing is, back then, this was pure gold. When the church or whomever owned an item covered in this stuff was in a pinch, they would burn the object to render the gold from it. If you find one of these, share it with the rest of us, would you? ;-) Or a nice manual from 1518 on how to > do it. Hey, why not > dream big? If you take a wander into the roccoco period, you'll find sparkly bits that'll rock your world. :-) They are so shiny they are to the point of garish sometimes. Well, they were back then. They are often badly tarnished today. The underwear I saw at the Met covered in the stuff looks like black and brown embroidery because of the heavy tarnish all over the purls. It'll be exciting to reproduce those and see what they would have looked like when they were first made. > E says: Very interesting! That's certainly a lot > more than I would have > expected. Knots are period!! And I will feel better about > what the back of my work > looks like! You're quite welcome. :-) And yes I will. I'm sweating most of it out - I'm certainly sympathising with the ladies going through the Change at the moment! I swing between freezing and roasting. Blech. > E says: Very much! Thanks for the info and the > great ideas, and go drink > lots of liquids and get plenty of rest. =} Good Luck. Don't get *too* addicted. ;-) Kathy Ermine, a lion rampant tail nowed gules charged on the shoulder with a rose Or barbed, seeded, slipped and leaved vert ItÂ’s never too late to be who you might have been. -George Eliot For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it. -Ivan Panin __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
