Acqua alta stories about historic textile workshops. About seaweed on the steps of the quays. The mussels stuck on the ropes of the Torcello Island jetty. The dots of memories of Venice that have made it the most desirable city for me.
Perhaps this is the most romantic plot I've created.
Two mini subjects: red seaweed from Album of Seaweed Pictures and shells from Mineral conchology of GB.
Materials and techniques.
Margilan silk, metallised Japanese ribbons, coral, porcelain, tulle, gimp. The excitement of diversity when opening a set.
Volumes, sculpting and techniques for working with lots of fittings.
What's included in the kit: -Base fabric is a dense, monochrome grey-beige Armani satin silk (not the one pictured). -Margellan silk. -Fatin. -Spiral glass beads. -Red and white natural coral. -Metallic archival beads. -Felt. -Silk fibres. -Bobby beads. -Assorted beads. Vintage; different sizes, shapes, shades and coatings. -Assortment of sequins, of different sizes, shapes, shades, and coatings. -Woolen and silk moulins. -Canel. -Vintage caning braid. -Japanese metallised lace. -Thread for sewing accessories. -Needles. -PDF file with instructions, diagrams, photos of the finished work and a link to the video material (macrophotography of all the techniques used). -Presentation for the lecture "Fabrics of Venice".