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Costumes and Designs.
 Dandelion Costume. |
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 Dandelion Costume. |
 Dandelion Sketch. |
 Ursula Costume. |
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 Ursula Costume.Here's a close up image of the costume once I had finished. The shell necklace is a real shell that I found on the beach and later painted to resemble the one from the movie. |
 Ursula Design.It started off with a huge desire to be Ursula for Halloween (as do most of my costume projects.) I developed the idea along with several other Ariel costume designs. I ended up adapting the shawl into gauntlets to keep things more elegant...I also wanted to shy away from things that could risk coming off as gaudy. |
 Ariel Design. |
 Ariel Costume.As of now this is the only shot I have of this dress. A photoshoot is much needed. On the left side (of the image) there is a deep pocket that extends the entire length of the skirt. |
 Mummy Costume. |
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 Mummy Costume.I refused to do the traditional "toilet paper" wrapped costume.So rather than toilet paper, I used gause! I dyed it with coffee to give it that old used feel and look, and then stitched it to a pair of leggings and a random shirt I had. Now I can wear it over and over! |
 Mummy Costume.I also made the boots that I'm wearing. They are sole-less, but so long as I don't stop on a sharp rock or puddles, I have no qualms. |
 Mummy Design. |
 Octopus Hood. |
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 Octopus Hood.The opening of the hood is about 14" across and then 41" from the top of the hood down to the tip of the longest tentacle. The tentacles range from sizes 12" to 18". |
 This is my Octopus hood. I originally made one for myself for funs-sake and it ended up being way more popular than I anticipated. So here it is! Up for commission. The one in the photo has already been sold, so each hood would be made to order especially for you. Just tell me what colour, and I'll see what I can do. [The material is entirely based on what I can find when I salvage around.] |
 The longer tentacles in the front are pockets, not really for entire hands to go stuffing inside, but more like for phones and knick knacks one might find while wandering about. Only 2 seams in this entire hood was machine stitched, the rest was hand stitched. Including the suckers on each of the 8 tentacles. [Each sucker has a various amount of french knots embroidered onto the surface for a bit of texture as well.] |
 Each tentacle also has a thin wire structure along the edges to allow for posability. There is also a thicker wire around the opening of the hood so it can be a little bit more free-standing [structure is nice too]. |
 The eyes are also handmade with a combination of handpainted image of an eye beneath a molded plastic eye shape and then placed them under a set of hand sewn eyelids. |
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 Elf Costume. |
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 Elf Costume.Christmas time! I made this one in a pinch, but I decided to dress as a Christmas elf for some of my Christmas shopping. |
 Elf Costume. |
 Elf Costume. |
 Elf Design. |
As I've mentioned before, I've been sewing majority of my life, which is a huge relief because now I can make all the silly costumes I should desire. In this gallery, I've collected several of the costumes and pieces that I've made thus far.
 EcoFAB 2015 |
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 This is a piece I designed for ecoFAB 2015 [a Trashion Fashion Show]. |
 The horns and back piece is made from pulped newspapers and coffee (for colour). |
 The material is that of some old drapes. |
 The skirt is made out of ironed down grocery bags. |
 The horns and back piece is made from pulped newspapers and coffee (for colour). |
 EcoFAB 2016 |
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 This is a piece I designed for ecoFAB 2016 [a Trashion Fashion Show]. |
 The back piece and antennae are made out of wire and newspapers. The dye is from beet juice. The wings are formed with wire and ironed packing tape. |
 The deep rich golden yellow was made using red onion skins as a dye. The lighter yellow to the side is from a dandelion dye bath. |
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