Projects: Glove projects!

[labricoleuse]

My students turned in their glove projects today for our first unit in Decorative Arts, and i'd like to share some of the results with you guys!



simple glove projects

Clockwise from top left: White ladies outseamed gloves with red machine-embroidered detail by Jacki Blakeney Armit. Cream and grey ladies outseamed gloves with ornamental stitchwork by Amanda Phillips. Grey ladies outseamed gloves with contrast stitching by Amy A. Page. White ladies outseamed gloves with applied rickrack trim by B. Daniel Weger. Navy mens inseamed gloves by Randy Handley.

The simple projects involved making a straightforward pair of gloves from an extant pattern, with slight alterations for fit purposes. Some students chose to embellish them but it was not required.

The complex projects required the students to take the basic form of a glove and add an extra element of challenge to its construction--unusual materials, embellishments, alterations of form, etc.



two complex glove projects

Left: Black inseamed deerhide ladies fighting gauntlets with removable washable linings by Jacki Blakeney Armit.
Right: Cream inseamed elkhide mens cavalry gauntlets with leaf decoration, replica of those worn by General Robert E. Lee, by B. Daniel Weger.


two more complex glove projects

Top: Black fitted elbow-length ladies evening gloves with jeweled white crepe "yo-yo" inserts by Amy A. Page.
Bottom: 1940s-inspired black fitted ladies evening gloves beaded lace inserts and swirl embroidery detail by Randy Handley.


complex glove project

This final pair are fitted inseamed ladies gloves dyed to match the wearer's skintone, embellished with mendhi design effects (created using a dye paste application process). These gloves were made by Amanda Phillips.


fighting gauntlet pattern

The above pattern, by Jacki Blakeney Armit, i wanted to share an image of; it's drastically different than the standard "dress glove" pattern, with seams moving around the hand to minimize seam allowance bulk in the palm and grip of the hand. Jacki is a fight choreographer and uses these types of gloves in weapons fighting, so a comfortable grip is of paramount importance.

I'm so proud of my students, they've all done such lovely work! Hope you have enjoyed seeing the fruits of their labor.

Comments

[customcosplay.livejournal.com]

The white gloves with the red stitching look very nicy done from what I can see in the photo. Gloves are some thing I love to loathe sewing...I always feel acomplished once they are done, but it is always a hassle sewing and fitting them.

[alisgray.livejournal.com]

those are beautiful projects. Love the henna design concept! and the ornamental red stitching on the pale gloves on top look just elegant.

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

My first thought on seeing the blue rickracked gloves was "how hideous" and then I paused and pictured some mod young Audrey Hepburn pulling them on in the driver's seat of a classic car and now they're kind of my favourite.

Er. Which is my way of saying I'd love to see them on some hands -- I think the way they fit and look in 3-D makes it.

[labricoleuse.livejournal.com]

It's funny, i think that the guy who made those gloves is on a personal mission to reclaim rickrack from its current hillbilly-apron-trim status. And, you're right on the money with your Hepburn imagery--he found a source image for them in a book on vintage accessories, a pair of 1950s gloves with exactly the rickrack placement above. If i get a chance to, i'll try to snap a picture of them being worn. He made them for his wife but i think they fit a couple of us in the shop fairly well, too.

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

KNEW it! My inner dramaturg just punched the air. :)

Does he rickrack other things? Because despite my love of those gloves, I'm having horrified visions of how one could seriously abuse it...

[labricoleuse.livejournal.com]

My inner dramaturg just punched the air.

This is my favorite mental image ever right now.

And yes, he rickracks anything upon which he can possibly justify the rickrackage. One might even say that at times, he rickwracks.

For example, in this post on period pattern projects (http://labricoleuse.livejournal.com/49470.html), you can spot his project in the center, the pistachio-colored Regency gown and matching spencer jacket trimmed in ball fringe, sweet Jesus, and rickrack S-braid. You will also note (though the glare of the flash obfuscates it) his supporting research image of an extant historical garment featuring both ball-fringe and S-braid ornamentation.

Wait til we get to the unit on parasols. I predict gobs of it, absolute gobs.

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

He rickwreaks? :D

If he gives you a parasol with gold braid fringe, don't listen to him -- it's really his gran's lampshade.

Other than historical accuracy, does he have some kind of demented reason for his admittedly skillful reclamation of tacky?

[labricoleuse.livejournal.com]

He rickwreaks?

Yes. It is his havocation. :D

And yes, i think once the director of our program made an offhand comment about rickrack being vile. She might have made mention of community theatre productions of Oklahoma! or perhaps even Paint Your Wagon chorus attire. So, i believe it's become a rickrunning joke.

Since the puns are as vile as the costumes i'm describing, i'll deploy the asshead icon.

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

It is his havocation.

*dies laughing*

I bow to a fellow punster.

How Oklahomely it all is.

[labricoleuse.livejournal.com]

How Oklahomely it all is.

Where the wind comes sweepin' down the homely plain.

Ah, if dramaturgy and costuming don't work out, we could work up a vaudeville comedy act, i suppose. :D

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain. :D

(MUSICAL UPSHIFT!)

I can tap dance, if you can sing...

[customcosplay.livejournal.com]

At least it isn't really wid rick rack...some how the wider the rick rack the harder it is to really pull it off with out having it all look like tacky kitchen curtains.

Super narrow rick rack can actually be kind of handy in a pinch if you can't find a narrow braid.

[copperbadge.livejournal.com]

I can't get the mental image out of my head of someone wearing a grass skirt made entirely of rick-rack.

My imagination is a scary place.