Friday, 29 June 2018

My teabag art for today - the colorful Houses/shops in Burano, Italy, the home of italian lacemaking


This is my teabag art for today - the colorful houses/shops in Burano, Italy - the home of Italian Lace making.  We saw a demonstration of the centuries old way they make this lovely lace.  Each lady has a 9 year apprenticeship to become an expert at one particular stitch.  It is then passed to other ladies for them to add their design until the piece is finished.  This was a used teabag primed with clear gesso and painted with watercolor and gouache.  Details added with black permanent ink pen.

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