Shibori

Here are the magic workings of Shibori!

Shibori is the art of dying fabric like Japanese artisans.

I enjoyed folding and clamping the fabric to get this patterned look.

It was then dyed and/or discharged.

Xochiquetzal Finish!

She's finally finished!

Xochiquetzal, the goddess of women and craft.

Completed.

Embroidered, beaded, and finished off with a gold satin border.

Big thanks to Emily Crowley for helping me stretch it!

iPhone Poster

iPhone Poster

Complete.

Seven Deadly Sins - Ties

Seven Deadly Sin Project

Completed.

Bette Davis

A portrait of Bette Davis inspired by Coles Phillips' fade-away girl.

Process..

This is what I stare at for hours. I will post the finish soon.

Hats!

Never had a chance to post pictures of the finished products! Here they are!

Purple Dress!

Here are pictures of the dress!

Thanks a ton to Kirstin for taking these beautiful photos.

Xochiquetzal

My aztec goddess. Printing this up on fabric and I'm going to embroider and bead it! Yeah I am crazy!

For the meantime, enjoy this song!

Heavily influenced by Latin culture right now..

Prints & Patterns

Here's another snipit!

So much to do in so so so little time... D:

Suggest things. Tell me what to fix. I need and want all the help I can get.

Prints & Patterns

Some samplers from the book I am working on. Thanks Patrick Daly for helping me shoot photos!

Illustrator

Here's what I've been up to all semester long in my digital class:

redesign a bad logo:

design a munny:

design a clothing tag for a fake or existing company:

7 spot illustrations based on the seven deadly sins

There are obviously more to come after these.

Lady Gaga's new stylist.

Finally finished the dress!

Took me about two weeks on top of other homework to finish, but now it's finally done. Although, the final product is slightly different than these photos. The collar is looser/bigger and laid on the shoulders differently once I took the thread out, but still fabulous! Through this project I've learned to trust my instincts and to not always think so technical. There were probably many hours wasted trying to figure out the proper way to put together some of these pieces, but once I was tired of staring at it and not making any progress I just ripped it apart and had at it with my scissors. Overall it was a success and my sewing ability has improved!

I loved making this dress and I plan on making another with a different collar with all the left over organza! Hopefully I can get some really nice studio shots of it this week.

Now where's the next big party so I can wear this thing!?

(btw.. thanks Patrick Daly for making my banner)

Hagopian Rug Competition

At the last minute I decided to do the Hagopian Rug Contest and to my surprise I won 3rd place! The winners receive scholarship money and their rugs will be produced and displayed in the Student Show. The only reason I have crappy quality photos is because I honestly did not think I would place so I didn't even bother to scan them!

Prints & Patterns

Here is a quick concept t-shirt for one of my designs. Thanks Dave for modeling!