Stephen Towns, “The March to Jerusalem” (2018), natural and synthetic fabric, nylon tulle, polyester and cotton thread, metallic thread, crystal glass beads, acrylic paint, acrylic fiber medium, resin ...

Shattering is a common problem with historic silks. "Metal salts were often used in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to impart a desirable “rustle” to silk used in dressmaking and to ...