Pink cotton eyelet fabric kimono, and pink cotton velvet corselet, both of which I sewed back in 2011 for an Asian-themed steampunk event.
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The top kimono is made from silver satin upholstery fabric, cut and constructed like a traditional kimono except for the body being a single piece of material. The painting was done by hand with black jaquard paint, watered down and applied with a sumi brush. The painting was done entirely freehand, following a dark-to-light, asymmetrical
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This is a wa-loli creation I am calling a ya-ta. The top is based on a traditional kimono, but with the top of the sleeve left open instead of the armpit. Also, instead of leaving the back side of the sleeve open, I left the front side of the sleeve open. All fabric edges are
Read MoreAfter a painfully unproductive week last week, I am sewing like crazy to get as much done as possible before Nova Albion. Thus, no photos. Sorry folks, but I’m not taking the time to prep them, and I don’t have a handy-dandy-super-speedy data phone through which to upload. I’ve been scything leather to make dark
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The silver satin kimono is sewn, but I have not yet painted it. Attached are some concept paintings in sumi on rice paper, rough styling ideas for the painting. In addition to painting it, I am also planning to make two underlayer kimono, and I’m hoping (fingers crossed that I’ll have time) to make a
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I started work last evening on a silver satin kimono, one of the costumes for the Nova Albion convention in March. I chose this material for my first attempt because I have a whole roll of it, little use for it, and it is a wonderful weight and flow for a kimono. When finished, I
Read MoreThe theme of this year’s Nova Albion Convention in Santa Clara, CA is Wild, Wild East. The costumes I am planning to make for myself and my friends are based on Japanese-European Victorian fashions, and real fashions of the Meiji period. This inspirational piece is posted to the FIDM Museum Blog, which is well worth
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This is a back-dated post for my archive project, where I am copying over every piece of art I have ever submitted to DeviantArt, with the original submission date or watermarked year stamp, so a complete archive of my work can be found on this website. ~20 hours of work Reference: https://www.deviantart.com/taicho/art/Kimono-19053048 by ~Taicho I sketched this out
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