Merydie Fjarlie

Merydie Fjarlie's artistic talents have spanned the gamut of milliner, couturier, jeweller and historic costumer, before adopting Goldwork as a medium for her artistic expressions. Her work can be seen at the Canadian Museum of History; the Canadian Aviation and Space Museum; Anne of Green Gables, PEI; Her spectacular goldwork sculpture, "The Bouquet of Rememberance and Celebration" resides with the Dutch Royal Family in The Hague. Her latest commission "The Fencible's Friend" can be seen at The Barracks Inn, Ancaster, Ontairio, Canada

A little education for you about what my art is about.
Goldwork or metal thread emboidery, has enriched the trappings of man from early Egyptian and Babylonian clothing to today's mititary uniforms.

Beaten gold, cut in narrow strips, formed the first of these precious metal threads to be used on textiles, and over the past thousand years has evolved through the gilded 'drawn' silver wire to the metallised fibres of today.

Goldwork, as you will see in my work, using the costly and traditional drawn wire 'threads', has been historically considered the height of all embroidery, but rarely has it been used for other than church vestments and hangings, or enhancing the clothing of the status minded wealthy of by-gone eras.


all of the threads used in these pieces are either:
2%gold gilt silver plate copper enamelled copper[colours]
with all of these metals there are approximately 600 different wire textures, sizes and types of 'threads' to chose in creating a design.
the designs are stitched on cotton or silk fabric and hand-made fusion silk