Plague Faire is soon upon us after a solitary Samhain (sow-win). Taking every precaution, the plague can be leveraged for levity this spooky season. To get myself into the Holiday spirit, I’ve finally decided to tackle the obvious; a plague-doctor covid mask. The beak came out bigger than I expected… Read More »Soft Plague Doctor Mask: Covid Edit
I’m in denial over the cancellation of much of my Renaissance Fair season. This consolatory accessory is a custom bottle holster to re-purpose glass kombucha bottles into faire-bound drink containers. Sewn from a thin and soft faux-leather, this was my second attempt at making such a holster. My first attempt… Read More »Pirate’s Bottle Holster
Making every effort to romanticize quarantine into a more bearable purgatory, I’ve sewn another apron. This one is a hallmark-style floral apron to go over the homesteading skirts that I am not wearing. Made from yet another remnant of vintage cotton that I scored at a thrift store long ago,… Read More »Floral Homestead Apron
Last bustle in this fabric, I promise!! I was going to be all done, but then I had leftover fabric, and everyone had a bustle to wear over their big skirts or pants except for me. So I just had to whip myself up a very simple bustle out of… Read More »Mini Tartan Bustle
Oh, how the year is flying by! I have another tartan garment to share, sewn for troupe use in our last performance, a Celtic Belly Dance fusion show. This piece was commissioned for a much taller dancer than I, so it doesn’t reach the ground when it’s worn by its… Read More »Celtic Bustle
Last week with the snow storm of the decade looming, bundled up in front of my computer, I decided to pick up my Wacom tablet and paint a picture digitally. I am not a very experienced digital painter. I’ve only completed a small handful of pieces on the computer before,… Read More »An Exorcise in Digital Painting
Hey Everyone, Long time no see. I have been busy getting ready for the Holidays, finishing up my holiday open houses, and of course, making some of my first large scale leather armor pieces. My Etsy shop is finally filling up with the sorts of impressive armor I aim to… Read More »Large Leather Armor
Hey! You know what’s cool and exciting? I am helping to design the costumes for CONNetic Dance’s upcoming production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream! CONNetic Dance is a ballet company based in Hartford, CT and their show this June is a steampunk rendition of the Shakespearean classic. The set designer… Read More »Costume Consultant for Connetic Dance!
As my frequent readers know, this past semester I took three independent studies which focused on the adornment and modification of the human body. One independent study was a psychology class, one was a makeup and wigcraft class, and the other was an art studio course. In this studio course… Read More »Body Modification Animation
Today I was a figure model for a freshman foundation drawing class here at the Hartford Art School. I was asked by one of my professors, who also teaches this drawing class, if I would be willing to model one of my more frilly costumes for her students to delineate… Read More »I was a figure model today