Ruff Process: Making a Ruff Setting Iron
I collaborated with a blacksmith in Hereford to make a replica ruff setting iron as seen in Janet Arnold’s Patterns…
Drawing Practice: Portrait of my Mum
During lockdown I practiced the traditional drawing technique by doing portraits of my Mum and Dad. I worked from life…
Ruff Process: Sewing the Collar
Oct 28, 2020
Ruff Process: Gathering
As you can see in the image above, on the original ruff the linen was gathered into tiny 3mm pleats…
Ruff Process: Hemming
The original garment was made from eight uneven sections of linen whip-stitched together into one long length. With over five…
Ruff Process: Scaling up the Pattern
Following on from the replica 16th century corset I made in 4th year, I decided this term to make an…
Study Plan
Semester 1 Materials: – Oil Paints – Old silk Curtains – Linen – Cotton thread Subject: – 16th century ruff…
