The Embroiderer's Story

"This is the most complicated kit I have ever seen in all my years of business" That is how the conversation started today with ...

Not quite right, the brass was too soft and the chasing was too aggressive.  The edges deformed and the marks were too deep and thus didn...

So now off to get them made in brass.  We sent the CAD models to Shapeways and paid some expedited shipping to get them faster.  School was ...

So fast forward a few years and the landscape had changed a bit, there are more technologies in the hands of engineers and home-based makers...

The cuts of the shears can be seen on the edges of the pieces (Private Colleciton) The rest of the inkwell was a bit more complicated.  ...

Inkwell from a 17th century casket. The center hole allowed the quill to be dipped into the ink (Private Collection) In the 17th century...

One of the most fabulous things of an embroidered casket is its 'jewelry', that is the little bits that Casket in the  MET collec...