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AMANDA WHITE

FABRIC FOLK KIT: Elizabeth Bennet

£28.00

AMANDA WHITE

FABRIC FOLK KIT: Elizabeth Bennet

£28.00

Product Name: FABRIC FOLK KIT: Elizabeth Bennet

Make your own Fabric Folk hanging decoration of Elizabeth Bennet from the novel Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen (1813):

Elizabeth Bennet is the protagonist in the 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. She is often referred to as Eliza or Lizzy by her friends and family. A gentlewoman who lives on her father's estate, Elizabeth is the second child in a family of five daughters who marries Mr Darcy. 

ABOUT: 

These charming Fabric Folk Kits are a collaboration between The Shop Floor Project and collage artist Amanda White. They celebrate figures throughout history.

SIZE: The finished dimensions are approx: 16.5 x 6cm

Each kit contains:

- A printed fabric folk panel

- Two sewing needles

- Thread and pins

- Length of ribbon for hanging

- Organic lambswool stuffing

- Instructions

- Story Card

You will also require scissors (not included)

PLEASE NOTE: This product is not a toy. It is designed as an adult craft project, and requires basic sewing skills. The kit contains sharp objects (pins and needles).


THE STORY

 

These charming Fabric Folk Kits are part of an ongoing collaboration between The Shop Floor Project and paper-cut artist Amanda White. Celebrating important figures throughout history the collection includes: Picasso, William Morris, Beatrix Potter, Caroline Herschel the astrologer, Charles Dickens, Emily Dickinson, Frida Kahlo, Marie Antoinette, Oscar Wilde, Queen Elizabeth I, Dido Belle, Mary Anning the fossil hunter, writers Virginia Woolf, Jane Austen and the Brontë sisters Anne, Charlotte and Emily. 


Amanda White’s celebrated collages of portraits and historical houses bring together her love of old buildings and literature. Trained as a theatre designer, each paper cut feels like a set design or sketch for a costume, each one drawing you into the scene and finding more, as you take in all the detail.