New Textile Brooches

Here are some photographs of three new brooches I have been working on. Each one uses slightly different approaches to adding surface detail and embellishment. I hope that you find them interesting.

Textile brooch finished with raised metallic hand embroidery

I was searching for a fresh way to create a focal point on the above brooch. My first attempts were not satisfying me so I tried some raised work in metallic thread. I will want to live with it for a little while before I decide how I feel about the effect but it is a little bit different.

Textile brooch finished with velvet appliqué

I love the way that velvet contrasts with other fabric surfaces. I have acquired a large range of coloured velvet materials and I am using them more and more on my jewellery pieces.

Textile brooch finished with appliqué and small glass beads

Just recently I have begun using appliqué in a slightly more “aggressive” manner. Normally, I rely on the shapes of the textile pieces themselves to generate movement in my work. With strongly contrasting appliqué I can generate other lines of movement that interact with the overall fabric shape.

Textile brooch finished with raised metallic hand embroidery

Raised metallic embroidery is topped with a small bead

Detail of the embroidery on the blue brooch

Back view of the blue brooch

Green and blue brooch with velvet appliqué

Textile brooch finished with velvet appliqué

Back view of the green and blue brooch

Textile brooch finished with appliqué and small glass beads

Orange brooch showing very small glass beads stitched on

Orange brooch with a pair of matching earrings

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