Leather bustier with linen palazzo pants, paired with silk stole with fringe.
Bustier: Basket woven bustier
Artist: MJ LeBlanc
Description: Seamless basket woven leather strips, constructed into bustier with stretch silk backing and tonal exposed zipper opening.
Media used: Cut leather strips, 95% Silk 5% elastane satin, nylon zipper.
Techniques used: draping, basket weaving, machine sewing, hand stitching.
Total hours: 130 hours.
Pants: Beach Walked Pants
Artist: MJ LeBlanc
Description: high waisted palazzo pants with natural dip dye hem and back zip closure.
Media used: 60% Cotton 40% Linen plain weave, natural dye (black tea & red wine tannins)
Techniques used: pattern drafting, machine sewing, hand stitching, natural dip-dye.
Total hours: 20 hours.
Stole: Saint Shotts
Artist: Debbie Lee
Description: Raw silk stole embellished with a sea & land scape of hand felting and embroidery adorned with hand felted fringe.
Media used: 100% Raw silk, 100% merino wool, 100% raw wool, 100% cotton embroidery threads, natural dyes (unknown), acid dyes.
Techniques used: Wet felting, Needle felting, hand embroidery, hand wet felted wool fringes, wool locks, vat dying.
Total hours: 100 hours
Earrings: Triple Golden Goddess Earrings
Artist: Tania Scott
Description: The Goddess demands sweet jewelry – Arctic harvested seaweed circles chained together with shepherd earring hooks, dusted with gold mica and sealed with resin.
Media used: large seaweed leaf, gold jump rings, gold shepherd’s hooks, gold mica, two-part resin
Techniques used: Shaping, press and dry seaweed, hand painting, resin coating, hand metal work.
Total hours: 12 hours
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