Heart of Gold


Katherine Parr, Henry’s sixth wife was a widow before and was actually in love with Jane Seymour’s brother when Henry decided he wanted her instead. However, from what I read of her, it seems she was a woman with a Heart of Gold, the sort who could bring out the best in every situation. She nursed Henry through his last years of ill health, helped to get his children, Mary and Elizabeth, reinstated, and became like a mother, at least to Elizabeth and Edward. After Henry’s death, she did marry Seymour, but died after the birth of their child. I was inspired by the dress, experimenting with gold sprayed laces, Imitation and real gold leather, embellishments and red polyester satin to evoke its look. A soldering iron was used to make marks that become words and motifs on the satin.