A Little Tease

Almost there to completion. A little more blood and sweat is all.

Beginnings

Here is a part of the sketch for the hip bone piece in our line! It’s coming together in studio right now, come to the show to see the finished look.

Shibori dyeing!

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dyeing my shibori fabric!

Hoop skirt!

So after several trial and error attempts with boning to create the hoop effect, I finally found the perfect solution with steel wire from the hardware store! Here is a sneak peak of the hoop skirt…

Working the machine!

Hello! So right now i’m working on the fourth outfit that is inspired by epithelial tissue.  Here are some pics (taken by Jorge Gonzalez) from my time with the knitting machine. We have become good friends

breakthrough

my 5th outfit has been giving me some serious trouble but i had a breakthrough today. who knew mosquito netting would be the perfect fabric to create my finale look?

Weaving Away!

Shibori Weaving!

The fun part: Weaving shibori fabric for my collection!

Life (or lack thereof) in studio

Studio is like home. I spend more time there than in my actual house. I have food, tea, fuzzy slippers, blankets, a change of clothes, toothbrush, shoes (you can see them under my table) etc. You get the point. We used to have an airmattress. That wasn’t well received. Now I have my yoga mat. [...]

My new Sleeve

Ok so I now officially have a favorite sleeve in my collection… Weird I know but just roll with it. So here’s just a peak at what it looks like… Also this is a black and white photo… since i decided not to share any more colors

Dungeon

In the dungeon- I mean, studio- as usual. Hand-stitching the night away.