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La Bricoleuse ([personal profile] labricoleuse) wrote2015-10-09 01:31 pm

Decorative Arts class: gloves and period accessories!

I've been lax at sharing student projects, probably due to having taken up Instagram, but hopefully this post will remedy that a bit. This semester's graduate crafts course is Decorative Arts, but what that tends to mean is a catch-all for craft topics that don't fit neatly into one of my other three classes (Millinery, Dyeing/Surface Design, Masks/Armor). So far, we've made it through two projects--gloves and period accessories. Check them out!




Top: ultrasuede gloves with beaded trim by first year grad Erin Torkelson
Bottom: burgundy leather gloves (replica of antique pair) by second year grad Emily Plonski


Left: blue knit gloves by second year grad Max Hilsabeck
Top right: crepe knit gloves by first year grad Robin Ankerich
Bottom right: rick-rack inset gloves by first year grad Erin Torkelson


Top: royal leather gloves with cutwork by first year grad Robin Ankerich
Bottom: coral leather gloves with cutwork and ruffly by first year grad Michelle Bentley



Sequin lace fan by second year grad Max Hilsabeck


Beaded reticule by first year grad Michelle Bentley


second year grad Emily Plonski designed the frame for this velvet reticule and had it 3D printed by the makerspace at the Kenan Science Library here at UNC. This purse is now featured in a display at the library on using 3D fabrication technologies across arts and science disciplines.



First year grad Erin Torkelson designed the rigid base for a gambling purse and had it 3D printed by the makerspace at the Kenan Science Library here at UNC. She then ombre-dyed the print to get the blue halo at the bottom shown here.

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Then, she created a crochet pattern and made this sweet gambling purse!

[identity profile] ladycelia.livejournal.com 2015-10-09 05:34 pm (UTC)(link)
These are great. Are they drafting their own glove patterns from scratch or do they have blocks to work from?

[identity profile] labricoleuse.livejournal.com 2015-10-09 05:52 pm (UTC)(link)
They work from historical research and a number of different patterns i share with them for slopers. So some draft from scratch, some alter historical patterns, etc.

[identity profile] ladycelia.livejournal.com 2015-10-09 05:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks. I've got some glove slopers from years ago, but I've always been kind of intimidated by gloves. I need to just get off my duff and try them out.

[identity profile] labricoleuse.livejournal.com 2015-10-09 06:19 pm (UTC)(link)
They are definitely weird, but yeah, actually making them is how you get your head around them. I like the book "How to Make Gloves" by Eunice Close. It's OOP but you can find it in libraries and used to be on vintagesewing.info.

[identity profile] ladycelia.livejournal.com 2015-10-10 05:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks for the tip.