Brooches for charity

 

 

I make fabric brooches from left over pieces of lace and fabric. Most brooches have beads or buttons in the flower centre and a pin at the back.
Each brooch is a gift for anyone donating money to my friend Heleen Boonstoppel working as a nurse in Bangladesh in a hospital for the poorest of the poor.
Heleen has to support her work and doesn't receive income from the hospital.

Her blog is:http://heleeninbangladesh.blogspot.nl/

Look it up and follow her journey.

Theorem painting

This painting is done with oils on velvet and called "theorem" painting.
I had to cut different stencils and placed each stencil on the velvet and used my finger to rub a little oil paint onto the  fabric. Slowly the image is build up in layers.
This kind of painting was very popular in Victorian times.

Images from Italy; beautiful dresses in a window display, street art and angels in Assissi.
A visual feast and so much inspiration!!