Framed ‘Thimble’ (Remnant Four) - Made to Order

The tale of Beulah Dye’s lost thimble, block-printed in our Dorset workshop on a laundered and darned C19th hemp sack, with recessed, peasant-inspired patches. The work is beautifully floated within a handmade, glazed frame; the moulding, slip and mount are sprayed in fine layers of ‘Salon Drab Dead Flat’ (customers can specify their own colour). Accompanying the work is its backstory; conceived by Cameron, typed on paper and enveloped. It reads:

We all know thimbles are worn on the fingertip to protect the flesh from a needle wound. However, in and around the 19th Century, they were occasionally worn on the finger for a different purpose.