Straw into Gold Sample Documentation

Straw Into Gold Support Documentation

G1 This is a sketch of the pendant I saw in a Smithsonian magazine. The pendant was made of silver.

Sketch of a tsaru musubi knot. I copied these knots to get ideas. I do not know the translation of the names.

Double coin knots in a ring make up the renzoku awabi musabi knot.

The gold leaf I found to work with was over 30 years old. This quality is almost impossible to find now. Though the picture looks tarnished, the leaf is 22 karat gold.

I attempted to finger spin some of the leaf. It was so brittle I could only make and inch and waste much of the precious material.

I attempted to spin the leaf over a sewing thread core. As you can see, I only was able to make about 8 inches.


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	Sample of Line Linen used to create gold thread.
	Square knot (this one makes a flat cord) 1/2 square knot (this one makes a twisting cord) Phoenix tail knot
	G10 Tussah 3-ply
	G9 Tussah Singles