Deborah Zibrik has just sent me fabulous photos of her finished Five Senses Double Casket to post. Over the moon with the results!
I had to zoom into the photos to look at the silver trim closer and realized immediately it wasn't a purchased trim but had been handmade by Deborah and so asked her the story behind it:
The needle lace trim was made with a crochet hook – was single crochet on either 3 or 7 stitches to get the needed width and then made as long as required. The sterling thread is a really high quality vintage metallic thread ( almost like a passing thread) purchased several years ago in Amsterdam. - DZ
Deborah sent me some of this luscious vintage thread to play with and it is just lovely and has a wonderful patina. I just love it when people add their own panashe to their caskets with layers of stories. I really recommend them being written down on the bottom of the casket or as a note in a secret drawer to preserve it for the future. Can you imagine a descendent or museum in the future finding that note to realize the personal story behind just the trim!
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| Inside the handmade vintage silver trim changes its design |
For my caskets I was in Venice this summer and visited the last hand gold beater. You can bet I purchased the gold I was watching and filming being made into leaf. I will use it to gild the feet of my casket and will have to put that story somewhere on the box. I have many stories of how the parts were made and the wonderful people involved. Gotta start writing more of them and sticking them in drawers.
If you are on the private class site (NING) there are several caskets being shown that are getting closer to competition and it is getting exciting to see them come together. Hopefully in the next year I can post a few of them.
Tricia
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