Last August I began writing a book about my life. It is biographical in nature, but I don’t consider it a biography, because the focus of the book is not my journey as a creative individual, or anything else I am happily proud of accomplishing or doing. It is about the abuses I endured as a child through young adult, mostly from my immediate family, how those abuses affected me, and how I worked to recover from them and become a person I could be proud of.
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I literally cannot recommend this book enough. Since I first cracked open Weave the Liminal and started reading it, I have recommended it at every opportunity. I may have needed to finish reading it to write a honest review, but I didn’t need to finish it to know that it was a treasure for anyone
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Original sepia-toned steampunk still life ink painting, featuring a clock teapot and spilled teacup.
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This original artwork is impasto acrylic paint on canvas board, 3″x5″, featuring a steaming cup of tea and an open book in warm colors reminiscent of morning.
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I’m getting down to the wire for my section of Steampunk Projects from the Gaslamp Garage, and spent today speeding through making the corset to illustrate it. It’s more than half-way done.
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There are a number of exciting large-scale writing, sewing, and art projects I’m contemplating in the next couple years. Not all of them will happen, most of them will alter greatly before they happen, and as details become firm enough I’ll happily share them with you. Today, I am talking about a corset-making section I will be contributing to the book “Steampunk Projects from the Gaslamp Garage.”
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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 MoreA couple weeks ago a friend referenced me to Project Gutenberg, which is a catalog of free e-books, many of them originally published in the Victorian. The specific book my friend sent me to is Encyclopedia of Needlework by Thérèse de Dillmont, a very comprehensive text on all things needlework, including hand stitching, embroidery, crochet, Irish
Read MoreI received an email a few days ago asking me about how to lace a corset, and for reference materials suggestions. I am posting it here in case other people are interested in the answer as well. A corset lacing tutorial is something I have not gotten around to making, and I’m not sure when
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