Class: Parasol presentations!
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labricoleuseMy Decorative Arts class presented their parasol projects today and i have some lovely photos to share.
This fully-lined 8-panel cotton-canopy parasol by undergraduate Lily Peiffer
was inspired by Asian paper parasol designs.
Note the braided cord closure harness.
First-year MFA candidate Samantha Coles made this 7-panel ruffled parasol,
using a 19th-century frame, and both figured cotton and moire fabrics.
It is fully lined in the red moire.
Detail view of moire lining.
First-year MFA candidate Kaitlin Fara Smith created this fully-lined
8-panel cotton-canopy kaleidoscope-effect parasol.
Full view of same
Detail view of the spike finial, which Kaitlin made from stained, turned wood
and finished with an upholstery nail for protecting the tip.
This fully-lined 10-panel mushroom-canopy ruffled parasol
was made from crosswoven silk taffeta by second-year MFA candidate Shanna Parks,
after a research image from a Victorian fashion magazine.
The canopy is trimmed in velvet ribbon, and prior to assembly,
Shanna completely restored the antique frame, which features a hand-carved handle of
wood and horn and brass spike finial.
Closeup of brass finial.
I'm so proud of all my students! Such amazing, lovely work on these!
And, i guess i'd be remiss in promotion if i didn't note that if you'd like to learn to make parasols like these, buy my book, which is (as far as i've been able to find) the only extant resource on the subject.
This fully-lined 8-panel cotton-canopy parasol by undergraduate Lily Peiffer
was inspired by Asian paper parasol designs.
Note the braided cord closure harness.
First-year MFA candidate Samantha Coles made this 7-panel ruffled parasol,
using a 19th-century frame, and both figured cotton and moire fabrics.
It is fully lined in the red moire.
Detail view of moire lining.
First-year MFA candidate Kaitlin Fara Smith created this fully-lined
8-panel cotton-canopy kaleidoscope-effect parasol.
Full view of same
Detail view of the spike finial, which Kaitlin made from stained, turned wood
and finished with an upholstery nail for protecting the tip.
This fully-lined 10-panel mushroom-canopy ruffled parasol
was made from crosswoven silk taffeta by second-year MFA candidate Shanna Parks,
after a research image from a Victorian fashion magazine.
The canopy is trimmed in velvet ribbon, and prior to assembly,
Shanna completely restored the antique frame, which features a hand-carved handle of
wood and horn and brass spike finial.
Closeup of brass finial.
I'm so proud of all my students! Such amazing, lovely work on these!
And, i guess i'd be remiss in promotion if i didn't note that if you'd like to learn to make parasols like these, buy my book, which is (as far as i've been able to find) the only extant resource on the subject.
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Re: parasol frames
Date: 2010-08-20 11:21 am (UTC)No one i've found sells really good quality parasol frames. The ones from costume and wedding places are all fairly flimsy. You can buy good-quality modern umbrella frames and make new canopies, and switch out the handles if you like. For the theatres for whom i do parasols, i shop antique frames on eBay or flea markets--usually the ones with rotted canopies can be easily fixed.
The book explains how to repair broken frames in a variety of ways, too. It doesn't explain how to make the frame from scratch, because nobody really sells all the components separately. However, using the book as a reference, my students have rebuilt old frames to the point of replacing all the ribs and switching out handles, so it's not beyond therealm of possibility to do major overhauls on them!