Back in August, I was on the road with the Voice of the Wetlands All-Stars, I snapped a few pics of Big Chief Monk Boudreaux sewing some of the patches for his new suit pretty much from the start, which is the initial sketch on canvas. Fast forward to this week in November, while visiting Monk this week I snapped a couple more of the same patch....a real good example of the detail and time it takes to sew new suits for all of the Mardi Gras Indians.....a true exhibition of the kind of patience and attention to detail foreign to most....and this is just one patch, Monk's suits are covered with 2 to 3 dozen.....I'll keep posting updates to this gallery over time till Mardi Gras Day to illustrate the evolution of Big Chief Monk Boudreaux's pretty pretty suit.......a truly amazing craft indeed.... More images and a musical slideshow can be seen at at http://www.nativeorleanian.org/monks_boudreauxs_new_suit
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