November 16, 2005
Glowing Embers
Glowing Embers. Silk chiffon and lace scarf by Catherine King, 2005. Photograph by Jerome du Bois. All rights reserved. Do not reproduce in any form.
by Jerome du Bois
In keeping with Phoenix Fashion Week, I present another hand-stitched creation from Catherine King.
"Glowing Embers" is a looong length --we put two worktables together-- of silk chiffon that Catherine dyed orange, and then sandwiched --hand-sewing, and picking up, every stitch-- between two equally long strips of black-rose lace. She then added black lace scallops and fringe at the ends.
I must say its magical; priestess vestments; [Pele's vestments, Catherine interjects;] it's got that touch. It's very thin, but looks spongy, and when you feel it, you expect it to be a little scratchy, with all the cross-hatched lace, but instead it feels . . . orange and spongy.
But nobody touches it except Catherine and I, though thousands will see it soon.
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