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Today in Labor History July 3, 1835: 2000 children, mostly Irish and female, went on strike at the silk mills of Paterson, N.J., for an 11-hour day and 6-day week. They were currently being forced to work 13 hours per day Monday through Saturday, and were regularly fined for minor disciplinary infractions. Solidarity by workers in neighboring cities, including financial support from New York and Newark, helped sustain the strike for two weeks. However, the bosses eventually won the strike, but did offer a compromise of a 69-hour work week. And strike leaders, and their families, were permanently barred from future employment in Paterson.

1/2 I need your feedback: I made some #talismans as #wearableArt: you can either frame them or wear them as a #brooch.
My idea: some #goodVibes #hope and #beauty for difficult times. Made by my real human hands, mainly with #silk rests from sarees (#recycling waste) and #slowStitching.
One place for #art said: Our clients are too conservative for it.

Can you imagine that people could like it or is my idea too crazy? (If it would be a "thing" I could sell online.)

Art is not always a grand plan. This piece was created purely as a test: I wanted to see what was possible with hand-made silk paper. And when I didn't feel like planning a new project for the animation at the cultural heritage centre, I simply embroidered moss onto it. People were crazy about the moss!
You don't have to be perfect, just start to experiment and play!
@textilearts @fiberarts @fibrearts

"Coming out"!
finally we can show the results of our collaboration with Fabian Boon!
this coat is made in commision for a dear friend of us who brought us together for this #Project1760

This coat had his #premiere at the #CarnavalofVenice ad a Casanova-themed party
#historicalclothing #crafts #ambacht #ambachtelijkvakmanschapnederland #ambachtinnederland #kleermaker #coupeur #brodeuse #goldworkembroidery #borduren #collaboration #silk #embroidery #1760s #project1760 #habitalafrancaise #handwerk

This week I'll be cutting out a dress and jacket, co-designed with the Mom of Groom, using the #satin #jacquard from her mother's #wedding dress and some lilac #silk her son - the groom - brought her years ago from a trip to Thailand.

So, #upcycling at it's best, reusing every morsel of this lovely ivory - and she's going to dye it to complement the lilac! And while it travelled the world, at this stage, it's become #deadstock as it is at least 5 years waiting to be made into something...

I'm cutting the pieces and handing them off to her to dye, then I'll get them back to begin the assembly...
#wip #customSewing #OttawaDesigner #sustainableSewing

Photo only shows some of the pieces as they are split amongst 3 segments of skirt .