I’ve been busy working on the corded corset the past couple weeks, and am taking a breather to post the WIP photos here. It’s almost finished.
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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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There are many things that I am enjoying about having joined the SCA, and one of those things is the sharing of information on how to do crafty things. For the month of March, the focus of the weekly Arts & Science meetings in my local area has been weaving. The first two weeks were on inkle weaving, and the second two on basic card or tablet weaving. This month I designed and created two lengths of woven tape.
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During the past several months I’ve slowly been working on some medieval garb for myself and Diana. Each piece has taken me far longer to make than they would have before I became sick, but it’s felt damned nice to be creating things again, whatever the pace. I’ll post more photos of the garments as I am able to take worthy photos.
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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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I spent four hours this afternoon painting, finished the test portrait for Diana, and worked on two other paintings, a Celtic knotwork piece and a still life.
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Today’s minimalist painting is 9″x5.5″, watercolor on cold press watercolor paper. It features a minimalist parrot flying through a rainbow.
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This basic Wiccan longrobe is made from one piece of white dupioni silk for the body, trimmed with yellow cotton broadcloth for the hem and sleeves. The hood is made from yellow cotton, with a wide front edge of white silk that extends seamlessly down to trim the front of the neck opening. Sleeves are
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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. This was the first ribbon corset I ever made, back
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