Fragments 01
Early 20th century linen embroidery, worn, torn and repaired with wooden, glass and crystal beads of every colour imaginable. Mounted on a contemporary brass torque designed by jeweler Marie-Paule Thuaud, it relives.
Fragments 02
Strings of palm bark strewn across a sea of black angora form the wings of a surreal butterfly whose fiery scarlet tones come alive in a burst of flight.
Fragments 03
Polished crystal and glass beads in shades of turquoise, midnight blue, and the colours of oceans and warm seas awaken century-old linen embroidery, worn, torn and now repaired.
Fragments 04
Inspired by the art of kintsugi, the Japanese art of repairing ceramics with gold, a dress worn, loved, gifted and torn is repaired to form a new jewel and memory.
Fragments 05
A six-hand work. Ink on textile by Marjo Korhonen-Sausse embroidered with glass, metal and crystal beads and mounted on a metal structure by Marie-Paule Thuaud. A wall jewel in the making.
Fragments 06
The fine and delicate wool of a hand-dyed scarf, worn, torn, repaired and restored with vintage lace. Embroidered, beaded and given new life with jewels, stones and glittered wax from another time. Preloved, reloved.
Fragments 07
Aztec blue and shades of coral, the empty forms of century-old linen embroidery repaired with ceramic, wooden, glass and crystal beads. The to and fro of the machine’s stitching soothes, restores and repairs the faded cloth, creating a new story to tell and be told, worn and displayed. Admired. Beads from here and far away, telling their stories, chanting their tales, reminding us of past lives.
Fragments 08
Like a frozen landscape of coloured crystal warmed by the soft intertwining yarns of winter, old fabrics are rekindled, repaired and united in a second life.
Fragments 09
Palm bark, glass and crystal beads create an autumn landscape enhanced and enlivened in shades of green.
Fragments 10
An old Chinese silk embroidery, ripped and torn, once loved as a cushion cover, is given new life, repaired, re-embroidered, beaded and cherished. The heron, restored to its former glory, stands majestically amid a cascade of vintage crystal and metal beads.
Fragments 11
A family relic, like the plastron of an Amazon warrior composed of the scales of a mock crocodile, is brightened and enlivened with crystal and little crescent-shaped beads in a myriad of pink and gold tones.
Fragments 12
Inspired by the Chinese cheongsam, beads flow across the imaginary rice fields of a distant land. Animals should never die for the sake of their fur. Here more than half a century old, the fur is exalted and glorified by glass and crystal beads with the intention of asking forgiveness.
Fragments 13
A six-hand work. Ink on textile by Marjo Korhonen-Sausse, embroidered with glass, metal and crystal beads and mounted on a metal structure by Marie-Paule Thuaud. A wall jewel in the making.
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