Jen G.'s Examples, Alberta Canada
but taken in New Zealand
by Jen G. (aka Magpie Jen or Laughing-Magpie), Raj and Emma
Fellowship Cloak and Mallorn-leaf Brooch
Cloak
The
cloak is essentially based on Vogue 7110 with a larger hood. The fabric is a
green/grey fake suede. It has a bit of a soft pile that ends up looking like
swirls and patches of slightly different colors. I don’t know what this
stuff actually is but it CHANGES COLOR! It really does. In the fabric store
it looked dark green, and when I started on the cloaks at home I
couldn’t find it… only a big pile of smoky grey fabric. It’s amazing stuff,
sometimes outside it looks green and under lights it looks grey and usually
in photos it looks grey, even if it was looking green at the time the photo
was taken. It has some strange name like ‘Savanna Fake Suede’. I’ve found it
two seasons in a row now at my local fabric store. I love it.
Brooch
It was made from copper and copper wire by my father, then enameled
by me in greens and silver and resined to a large safety pin.
We’ve had these cloaks since the premiere of Fellowship of the Ring in
Seattle, 2001, and wear them on all special LOTR related occasions. Check
them out in action during our trip to New Zealand (December 2002) on site in
Hobbiton, Amon Hen (yes – those are the very trees our heroes hid behind!
Check your DVDs J) and Emyn Muil.
