Gold Work

Today I got to learn an ancient technique that I didn't think id get the privilege to learn whilst interning at hand and lock.
I got to start my own gold work piece, learning with another intern we looked at the beginners guide book that is printed for the gold work weekend classes and set about starting our own piece.

So as will all designs once it is pricked and transferred to your fabric you want to get a gold or silver pen and lightly go over your design so that you can still see your design if it takes you a few weeks to do. 

The next stage was to then transfer the design to some black felt so that you can get the correct shapes for the inner sections. These bits will be 'padded' and so once the felt is cut out then you need to neatly stitch it onto your design.

My next part of the day was helping to prep materials for the New York courses in a few weeks time. Myself and another intern made new pin cushions for pricking out designs, there needed be on for each student.