by Heather Luke | Jun 25, 2015
An elliptical or oval shape with a horizontal line at the bottom found inscribed on Egyptian tombs encircling the King or Queen’s name and pertinent symbols. In French a cartouche is a paper powder cartridge, thus named due to the similarity in shape. In...
by Heather Luke | Jun 25, 2015
The French inspired craft of covering cardboard with fabric using traditional book binding techniques, materials and tools to make boxes, trays, files, folders etc. Fabric can be applied with a light PVA glue or hand stitched. I first found a cartonnage tray and a...
by Heather Luke | Jun 25, 2015
Made in hand woven hemp, linen or jute, usually with typical woven stripes in indigo, madder or saffron by rural agricultural communities. Cart covers are about 2.5m square and make good tablecloths, curtaining and sofa covers–any damaged ones can be cut up for...
by Heather Luke | Jun 25, 2015
An early Irish embroidered needle lace, almost a crochet, typically worked with loops and relatively thick yarns. Handmade lace has been made in Carrickmacross since the1820s, the lace style inspired by Italian lace of the time. The technique is similar to applique,...
by Heather Luke | Jun 25, 2015
A length of carpet in widths suited to corridors and stair runs. All flooring, whether made by hand or machine, used to be woven on narrow looms of approx. 70 cm in width, which were then seamed to make larger carpeting. On on its own or with a border these becomes a...
