Spent much of today watching linen folding magic. Napkin folding wizard Joan Sallas is back at Hampton Court Palace this weekend mending some of the display pieces, and my team have been supporting by teaching visitors some simple napkin folding. Watching Joan work is like watching magic happen 1/4 - ThreadSky

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tudorcook.bsky.social • 17 days ago

Spent much of today watching linen folding magic.
Napkin folding wizard Joan Sallas is back at Hampton Court Palace this weekend mending some of the display pieces, and my team have been supporting by teaching visitors some simple napkin folding.
Watching Joan work is like watching magic happen 1/4

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roby-zz-dahlia.bsky.social•17 days ago

You are so fortunate in being able to go to Hampton Court Palace. It's one of the many places I fell in love with on my trips to England. Part of my heart is still there.

starcrossed2018.bsky.social•17 days ago

OH! I recently had to cut - super-reluctantly - a few sentences and then even a footnote about this 😭 citing both Giegher and an article by Sallas... Amazing stuff.

tudorcook.bsky.social•17 days ago

While Joan is busy repairing and rebuilding some of the more spectacular shapes such as the napkin lobster, he's also rebuilding the lotus flower napkins that sit on display, and those are easy to teach visitors to make. 2/4

tudorcook.bsky.social•17 days ago

Visitors have turned their hands to lotus flower, roses, and a star/rose based on the tiny cut and folded paper items found at Sutton House https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/services/media/rare-17th-century-paper-cuttings-found-at-sutton-house
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tudorcook.bsky.social•17 days ago

Joan's work is based on interpretations of the instructions found in Mattia Giegher's 'Li Tre Trattati Di Messer' https://www.e-rara.ch/bau_1/content/zoom/5186881

Once you see the skimpy details he's worked from, you suddenly appreciate the magic that his hands are weaving. 4/4

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