Samantha Pope Creations

"The Gilded Cage"   Image - In - Tech - Styles photo by David Leane SALA (South Australian Living Artist Festival) August 1 - 15 2014 collaboration between Photography by David (David Leane, Artist) and Samantha Pope Creations. www.salainc.com.au Textiles and photography come together with Wearable art creations by Samantha Pope, creatively photographed by David Leane.  Imagine Textiles is a collaboration of two talented artists, each enhancing the others work in a perfect blending of  individuality. Wearable artwork 2:  Birdcage $80, Bustia $200 & C ollar $120 This piece was inspired by the intended models lovely boofy hair and the metallic gold dress she will be wearing the photo shoot. size 10, Jenny Banister, crinkled gold metallic tissue silk made around 1994 COLLAR  Vintage 1960 buttons purchased from Dianne K & used for the side closure of the collar. White lace and sequin leaves were dyed mauve using Ozpol dye

"Millefiori" Image - In - Tech - Styles photo by David Leane Collaborative Exhibition between Photographer David Leane & Textile Artist Samantha Pope August 1st - 15th 2014 South Australian Living Artist Festival (SALA) Wearable artwork 3:  Meaning thousand flowers in Italian this term is used for glass work and polymer clay work to describe multiple repeating flower patterns. For my interpretation I created silk Kimono leaves. Each petal is traced onto the wrong side of the silk fabric with a metallic pen. The petals are then stitched using freehand stitching which is easier to sew curved shapes than stitching with the feed dogs engaged and the normal presser foot.  The petals are cut out and turned through with tweezers. Soft toy filler is stuffed into each petal, padding out the shape. The veins are added with freehand machine bobbin work embroidery using a gold pearle crown thread. When sewing the veins onto the petals, I