It’s been longer than I had hoped since finishing the apron dress, and I still have not managed to take nice photos of it and the underdress for my portfolio, but while at Talon Crescent War I did manage to have a friend take a quick picture of me in the outfit.
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My apron dress is based on the large apron dress fragments found in Haithabu harbor (Hedeby), made in linen, with decorative seam embroidery and darts.
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Teaser photo and some detailed images of the viking garb I have been working on. Hand stitched and embroidered serk, apron dress, and apron.
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14th Century linen front lacing kirtle. French seams where assembled on a sewing machine; hand-worked seams along neck, front opening, inside sleeve, and hem; hand-worked eyelets; and the dress has deep medieval armholes.
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This past weekend I was able to take some more photos of the Red and Yellow Tunic Dress with Angel Sleeves, which I was particularly happy about since I have added herringbone embroidery along all the edges. Not only does it add a nice decorative element, but it will save me a lot of trouble when laundering by keeping the edges nice and crisp and preventing the two sides from getting out of alignment! The red side is entirely edged with yellow floss, and the yellow side is entirely edged with red floss. I used modern poly DMC embroidery floss for ease, price, and durability in the washing machine.
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Mid-14th century linen front lace kirtle. It has french seams; hand-worked seams along neck, front opening, and inside sleeve; and hand-worked eyelets.
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This ensemble is a blue herringbone Elizabethan renaissance Irish dress, reenactment style. The chemise is an Irish style liene, and she is wearing a single underskirt. I drafted and created this piece in 2000, but took these pictures in February of 2013.
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Six new minimalist impasto acrylic paintings on wrapped canvas, all in steampunk memes, which will be for sale at Clockwork Alchemy, 2012.
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Steampunk artwork, created by first drawing with dip pen and ink, and then shading it using a wash of the same ink. A steampunk woman is getting ready, but she seems to have forgotten her shoes…
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Original sepia tone ink drawing and wash of a steampunk woman getting ready, but she seems to have forgotten her shoes.
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