Metal thread embroidery

I am looking into adding a third element to my designs in the form of metal thread embroidery, using gilt; tracing the pattern of the electroformed netting. As shown above, this thread is couched peral purl using gold cotton thread overtop of the pearl purl.

Detail of the metal thread

This piece is using a different technique where I have used the metal thread as a stitch; this required drawing the wire down to unravel it and again to thin it

Detail of the metal thread piece