“Fibula” is the Latin word meaning “clasp” or brooch. Modern safety pins evolved from the ancient fibula brooch. The leg bone fibula is named so because of its resemblance to the safety pin.
Pencil & white charcoal. October 2012.
TIL
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Hello friends (and followers who care!) I avoid other social media sites to a slightly suspicious degree so here I am with news from my life.
It’s enthusiastically Spring here on the coast which means I’m starting to feel a bit more energetic and make plans for the summer. I’ll be vending food (long story) at Luminosity Festival on Vancouver Island in July and looking into potentially creating an art installation/intentional space either there or at another festival. I’ll keep you posted.
I’m also moving at the end of June, it’ll be sad to leave the Unicorn Palace but I’ll be taking two of my lovely roomies with me down the highway to the Casa, another beautiful and slightly more isolated shared art house. It’s got a long and storied history of sheltering many of the visual and audio artists in the west-coastal creative community (for example, Bassnectar played some of his first shows in the living room). I’m at once daunted by the prospect of dismantling my studio/bedroom and excited to build a fresh one in my new space.
I recently acquired a new DSLR which is why my recent photos have been of a better quality, but I’m still learning how to use it which is why they’re still kind of shitty. Bear with me.
I’ve experienced a lot of personal(ity) changes in the past year or so, some intentionally through lots of hard work and some more unexpectedly. I’ve discovered that I love to sculpt and while it’s been my preferred medium lately I have been working on my drawing and painting skills as well. I like to think I’ve made some progress in creating myself as a person as well as art. The latter has been an integral part of the former, I think, and I’ve never been more grateful to be exactly who I am. Maybe that sounds a bit weird but those who know me and my situation well might understand what I mean. Progress, like I said.
Thanks for listening, I’m off to make more neat tings for you to look at. I hope you’re well.
Excellent day at the flea market. Made my daddy proud with the hagglin’ skills he taught me.
Mercy
2013
Polymer clay, cotton, glass pearls, glass beads, acrylic, imitation gold leaf.
Eyebox
2013
Recycled mint tin, polymer clay, glass pearls, acrylic, pearlescent makeup powder.
Actual art spam coming soon, but first look at one of my new favourite tools. They’re like the tiniest non-linty q-tips and they’re way more durable than they look. I use and reuse them constantly. Also they cost two dollars!
Tumeric root in my fridge
Michele Caragher
Embroidered details in Game of Thrones
‘Michele Carragher is a London-based Hand Embroiderer and Illustrator who has been working in costume on film and television productions for over 15 years. She studied Fashion Design at The London College of Fashion, where the course incorporated design, pattern cutting, garment construction, embroidery, millinery and illustration. At the same time she attended a three year evening course in Saddlery at Cordwainers College learning skills in leatherwork.
After leaving college Michele worked in Textile Conservation, repairing and restoring historical textiles for private collectors and museums, specialising in hand embroidery. She then moved into a career in costume for film and television, initially working as a Costume Assistant/Maker on productions such as the BBC’s Our Mutual Friend, ITV’s David Copperfield and Mansfield Park. She soon gravitated towards the decoration and embellishment of costumes, using skills in hand embroidery and surface decoration, taking inspiration from the many historical textiles she had encountered working as a Textile Conservator.
The first production that saw her undertake the role of a Principal Costume Embroiderer was for HBO’s 2005 Emmy Costume award-winning production of Elizabeth 1. Her most recent work has been on HBO’s 2012 Costume award-winning television series Game of Thrones, working on all three seasons.
As a Costume Embroiderer Michele specialises in hand embroidery and surface embellishment, using traditional hand embroidery techniques, smocking, beading and surface decoration. She works directly onto the completed garment or starts with motifs and textures on silk crepeline/organza, which are applied to the costume and then worked into once on the actual garment. She also works on existing machine embroidery designs that are not too dense, adding some hand stitching and beading to give a more authentic, hand-finished look.
Michele finds hand embroidery has more flexibility and diversity than that of embroidery created by machine, as there is a greater variety of thread choice and colours to use. It is also possible to work more easily on garments that are already constructed. However, machine embroidery in combination with hand work can be very useful when completing many repeats by creating light outlines or a less dense machine stitch, work can then be completed by hand and again can be carried out on a finished garment.
Michele is a highly creative Costume Embroiderer, producing original designs as well as working closely to a costume designer’s brief to create their desired look.’
Text and images from http://www.michelecarragherembroidery.com
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