Patchwork and Embroidery work
starting with castoff clothing, Resurrected Jeans are patched where needed and then artfully decorated with hand embroidery.
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Resurrected Jeans on Etsy
at Saltys Pirate Den
All embroidery and patchwork on Resurrected Jeans is done by hand and is completely unique.
Patchwork
from wiki
Patchwork or "pieced work" is a form of needlework that involves sewing together pieces of fabric into a larger design. The larger design is usually based on repeat patterns built up with different colored shapes. These shapes are carefully measured and cut, straight-sided, basic geometric shapes making them easy to piece together. Precise joining makes for patchwork that lies flat without puckers.
When used to make a quilt, this larger patchwork or pieced design becomes the "top" of a three layered quilt, the middle layer being the batting, and the bottom layer the backing. To keep the batting from shifting a patchwork or pieced quilt is often quilted by hand or machine using a running stitch which can outline the individual shapes that mak...
Upcycle at Wikipedia
"Upcycling" is the process of converting waste materials or useless products into new materials or products of equal or better quality. The term was originally coined by William McDonough and Michael Braungart in their book Category: Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things - . The goal of upcycling is to prevent wasting potentially useful materials by making use of existing ones. This reduces the consumption of new raw materials when creating new products. Reducing the use of new raw materials can result in a reduction of energy usage, air pollution, water pollution and even greenhouse gas emissions.
Upcycling is the opposite of downcycling, which is the other half of the recycling process. Downcycling involves converting materials and products into new materials of lesser quality. Most recycling involves converting or extracting useful materials from a product and creating a different product or material.Wastes - Resource Conservation - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. "[http://www.epa.gov/osw/conserve/rrr/recycle.htm]". Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved 2009-12-03
For example, during the recycling process of plastics other than those used to create bottles, many different types of plastics are mixed together, resulting in a hybrid. This hybrid, marked by the chasing arrows symbol and the number 7, is used in the manufacturing of bottles and in plastic lumber applications.Wikipedia. resin identification code. Recycling, downcycling, and upcycling are considered to be a ?less bad? environmental approach.
In developing countries, where new raw materials are often expensive, upcycling is commonly practiced, largely due to impoverished conditions.
Upcycling has seen an increase in use due to its current marketability and the lowered cost of reused materials.Goldsmith, Belinda (2009-09-30). "Trash or treasure? Upcycling becomes growing green trend". Reuters. Retrieved 2009-12-02
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Lake County Cannery Vintage Green Bean Labels
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Some cool vintage 40s,50s,60s New Old Stock labels that never made it onto the cans of the Lake County Cannery in Upper Lake California, and didn't get tossed into the trash. They have been kicked around some the last 40 years, and many didn't make i...
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A Pair of Rusty Pears, steel yard art
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Nice pair of rusty steel bartlett pears originally made for our parade float in the Kelseyvile Pear Festival Parade, and now used as a gate decoration.
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susan boyle
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Susan Boyle sings 'I Dreamed a Dream' from Les Miserables for her Audition on Britain's Got Talent and Wows the World !
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the RustyDragon- a steampunk pirate ship -
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A view of the RustyDragon, a steampunk pirate ship we are building for SaltysPirateDen.com. We had at first desired to go traditional, but decided steampunk would be a Lot more Fun and use up more stuff already in stock. SteamPunk it Is !
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Steve Johnson, Pirate Artist
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Stephen N Johnson has over 35 years in the field of Architectural design, specializing in amusement parks and historic sailing vessels. At various times over the years he has been Designer, Draftsman, Museum Director, Master Ship Rigger and Project...
Embroidery
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Category: File - :Kazakh rug chain stitch embroidery.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Traditional embroidery in chain stitch on a Kazakh rug, contemporary.
Embroidery is the art or handicraft of decorating fabric or other materials with needle and thread or yarn. Embroidery may also incorporate other materials such as metal strips, pearls, beads, quills, and sequins.
A characteristic of embroidery is that the basic techniques or stitches of the earliest work?chain stitch, buttonhole or blanket stitch, running stitch, satin stitch, cross stitch?remain the fundamental techniques of hand embroidery today.
Machine embroidery, arising in the early stages of the Industrial Revolution, mimics hand embroidery, especially in the use of chain stitches, but the "satin stitch" and hemming stitches of machine work rely on the use of multiple threads and resemble hand work in their appearance, not their construction.














