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A Dress for Mum
Another piece exhibited with Thames Valley Contemporary Textiles. This time we were challenged to recycle or remake a garment inspired by a family member. I used a favourite family photograph of my mum and dad dressed up before going out for the evening. I stitched family photographs and negatives to create a patchwork.
The back of the dress was embellished with ghost-like photos transferred onto white fabrics using a heat press. Captured inside the dress is a letter typed on a manual typewriter giving my late mother an update on my life at that point.
My late mother was a seamstresss and I have fond childhood memories of her making tailors tacks on garments. I used these to secure the ripped up letter on the back of the dress.
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