I’ve been sewing (and draping) for well over twenty years, some of which have been paid, commissioned pieces, some have been barter, but even more have just been for fun. Most have been costumes—predominately historical or historical-fantasy. This pirate costume is entirely made up, though it flies under the radar at a lot of quasi-historical
Wedding certificate, 2011. Pattern derived from Turkish tiles. The text is English, though with a script constructed to look like that from an Arabic manuscript. (I would not do such a thing nowadays, because it’s—to put it simply—disrespectful. Instead I’d use a script used for English and appropriate time period and feeling for the piece.)
The Fountain award scroll. Inspired by and based on the beginning of Psalm 51 of the Bosworth Psalter. (Spring, 2013.) The Bosworth Psalter is a mid–late 10th century English Psalter, characterized by large, interlaced, foliated initals nestled amid multicoloured, multi-hierarchy pages. There are also a few simpler pages with less-decorated initials and miniscule scripts, and
Queen of Hearts crown commissioned by a friend.
David Bowie, album cover for “Low”. Pastel on paper, 2001.
Papier-mâché, with hand-felted wool pad for the base.
A blue velvet TARDIS Christmas stocking. Unfortunately? No bigger on the inside.
An ongoing, neverending project. Cute, needlefelted bees make great companions, accessories, and bribes.
Completely fanciful Mongolian-esque felt and faux-fur hat, with elaborate metalwork decoration. Design on the side flaps is the Welsh dragon, because reasons.
