Wire-edge ribbon and Velvet leaves Collage with Butterfly

 

I've never met a French Poscard, that I didn't like!

Here's one of our fusible vintage post card images, ironed onto moss doupioni silk and then embellished.

I cut pieces of heavy netting from a wedding gown, and basted around the card.  Adding  1950's Japanese mother-of-pearl disks, tacked on top of the netting, creates movement in the collage. Then add a velvet butterfly to the silk fabric. The velvet butterflies are created from silk velvet using century-old German presses. I tinted the butterfly using a cosmetic sponge and stamp pad ink. Different inks layered, create vintage shades. Amethyst seed beads are stitched into the body of the butterfly.