The Silk Route

Here it is!

The cover is the brown silk from the 100 mathematicians. It was lovely to be able to use all the little test scraps of tea-dyes silk and all those trials from the 100 mathematicians where the pen weight was too light. And of course my photographic record of how to do photgraphic screening. There are five sections bound with tapes made from the Theo fabric, and stitched with linen thread.

Each chapter heading has an opening page - here is a hand-made bobbin lace doiley dyed in tea, with lettering around it. It's the chapter about fabric and fabric dyeing. The left page is a trial bit of actual artwork from the 100 Mathematicians.

 I was asked to give an embroiderer's workshop on lettering and I did this experiment on one of my silk bits, so it made a nice intro. page for another chapter. On the left is the actual laser print tracing used for Theo's Wheel to make the photographic screen.

The stitches are each about 1mm and the letters are 6mm high. Where does she get the time you may ask?
Well, I embroidered it at A&E while waiting for my husband to be seen for an injury.
When the book comes back I'll try to remember to take a couple more photos of the inside to show you some of the more interesting pages. (We'll skip the boring saga)
The End.

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