Saturday, April 9, 2011
Friday, April 8, 2011
Historic Alameda Theater Curtain, Alameda, CA
Bottom, right side of the historic Art Deco curtain had been water damaged, and repaired with a mismatched piece of velvet | . |
Detail of 47 ft x 7 ft piece of velvet to be repair |
Bottom right velvet piece has been replaced, and stenciled, the pattern and colors were copied and matched from the intact left side of the curtain. |
Jim Luque, and his brother-in-law sewed the new piece of velvet on an industrial machine, and artist Beate Brühl. |
Hand cut stencils, 5ft x 4 ft, running 3 colors at the same time |
Backstage, new stenceling with hand matched colors, 2:00am |
Hanging of newly repaired curtain |
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