Archive for July, 2012
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Tuesday, July 31st, 2012… to a friend of mine. An accordion-book with an appliqued lady, brushes, tape & crayons.
the growth-tower
Monday, July 30th, 2012Since it´s only a couple of days till launching-time, I´ll let you in on a secret: I´ve made a growth-chart. Or growth-tower Using the light-tower painting I made a couple of weeks ago, I´ve had it printed onto PVC with a centimeter-measure on the side. I´ve only printed a few, to see how people respond [...]
Lady of Orange
Sunday, July 29th, 2012The Lady of Orange, I belive is a real title in England. I´ve been listening to Englsih history lessons while making my ladies, albeit about a different subject than nobility… 10×10 cm (4×4 inches), hand-painted cotton, applique and freestyle machine embroidery.
Astrika, the aqua star
Saturday, July 28th, 2012Astrika, which means star in greek, if I´m not mistaken, is this lady´s name. 10×10 cm (4×4 inches) hand-painted cotton, applique and freestyle machine embroidery. With a touch of glitter
Lady Lime´s little sister
Friday, July 27th, 2012Lady Lime´s little sister is also appliqued, freestyle machine embroidered on hand-painted cotton. She´s only 10×10 cm (4×4 inches).
The Lady Lime chair
Thursday, July 26th, 2012The Lady Lime has gotten her glittery lime eyeshadow on, and she´s landed comfprtably on the seat of a chair. The chair is an old wooden antique, over a hundred years old, I think it´s oak. The seat is hand-painted cotton, with applique and freestyle machine embroidery. One of the legs were a bit loose, [...]
The Lady Lime
Wednesday, July 25th, 2012Work in progress. By tomorrow, when the glitter is dry, and she´s got some color in her face, she´ll be going to town
black torso
Wednesday, July 25th, 2012A while back I got two female torsos from a local fashion-shop. The owner was going to throw them away, and I asked if I could buy them. Lucky me, I got them for free! They are about to go on tour with me, helping me out at the market. But before doing that, they [...]
the spiral dress
Monday, July 23rd, 2012A new dress made this afternoon. It´s in a coal-grey, 100% cypro, which is a kind of polyester, but with a beautiful fall. Here shown without a belt, which it does define the body-shape a lot better. The design on the front is a little piece of velvet cloth. I made it years ago, trying [...]
steampunk book pendant
Sunday, July 22nd, 2012One more mini book in the necklace pendant series. This time black salmon-leather, with a lead raven´s head and an enameled “clock-wheel”.
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