Showing posts with label reconstructed. Show all posts
Showing posts with label reconstructed. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Old Projects, New Post:
Reconstructed Basmati Rice Bag

My client found this bag of rice at Costco and after finishing it off thought it would make a great tote, she was right:

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Basmati Rice Tote January 2010

The bag itself is Burlap, lined in purple broadcloth with molded red zipper and finished on the sides with a red top-stitch. I also put a small pocket on the inside (not shown).

Friday, August 06, 2010

Old Projects, New Post:
Amilie's Dresses

I realize I haven't updated this blog in a while, so I thought I'd post some stuff I did a while ago. It's good to be so busy that you don't have time for blogging, but I'm finally making some time to make these things public and write a bit about what I'm doing. That being said, the next few posts will be a little retroactive in nature.

In this post are little dresses I made for my 1 year old niece, Amilie, last year.

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Yo Gabba Gabba inspired Foofa Dress July 2009

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Spiderman Dress made out of a reconstructed t-shirt December 2009


I am currently working on some NDA protected projects with a couple designers and continuing to take on-line orders on my Etsy store for custom made comic book and videogame inspired items. The Spiderman dress was originally a shirt I had for sale on the Etsy page, but because of copyright issues Marvel had me remove my listing. It's been hard trying to balance creating completely original items that are inspired by certain "intellectual properties", so far it's only been Marvel. I think I tread the fine line. In the face of it all I am still very inspired by the art I find in comic books, as will be seen in my upcoming Comic Book Chic Line; and strongly believe that no-one can translate videogame pieces into the 3 dimensional world like I do.

I'm still trying to figure out my place as a designer... in the meantime, I'm having a lot of fun experimenting with different ideas/methods and taking on freelance jobs. It is so gratifying to be able to help another designer put their ideas into motion, and there are very few things that compare to the feeling of seeing a project from inception to production. Hopefully I'll have pictures of my more private jobs when they're ready to be introduced to the market.

Wednesday, December 03, 2008

New Stuff

I haven't been able to update recently =( Super busy with orders, yay, here's stuff I did a couple months ago:

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Covered canvases and pillows for John Scott

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T-Shirt Reconstruction for Ji
More pictures by Charlie Chu

Anea Crib
Baby Crib Bumper for Anea

Anea Bassinet 2
Bassinet Liner

Anea Curtains
Also made matching curtains from this silk sheer, was supposed to get pictures of them installed from the client... but she never got around to it.

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Swags for Shana

Currently working on:
Custom men's jackets - Redline 99
Purse organizers - Tote All Bag
Cushions, umbrella cover - thomas-somero design
Crib Set - Jamie
Garment Samples - Candace

Just finished Princess Buttercup's wedding dress from The Princess Bride for a client. Will post pictures once I've got them. Watch out for some Original Sin at my etsy in the next week.

Sunday, September 28, 2008

Reconstructing Ashley

Shirt reconstruction for Ashley. All the finished items were once t-shirts. With the help of free printable patterns @ www.burdastyle.com I transformed her over sized tees to fun fashionable wears!

Ashley in Dilla Black
Ashley in "Dilla Black"

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Ashley in Dilla Black 2
After

Ashley in Dilla Black 3


Dilla White
Ashley in "Dilla White"

Dilla White Before
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Dilla White 2
After

Stussy Grafitti Purse & White Dilla
"Dilla White" and "Stussy Graffiti Purse"

Stussy Grafitti Shirt Before

Stussy Grafitti Shirt Before 2
Graffiti Shirt Before

Stussy Grafitti Purse 2
After

Stussy Grafitti Purse 3


Just finished huge order for Image Solutions, button holes and button placement for chef coats. That wasn't as fun as some of my other stuff, but made bank on the order =)Taking it slow for a couple weeks to get caught up with all my custom orders.

Bagged new clients: Tykecoon.com and Rami Kashou from last season's Project Runway. Still keeping busy, more pictures to come!!

Monday, December 10, 2007

Then there was after...

After pics of Nancy's dress, before pics in previous blog... go look. I bubbled the dress by cutting the lining about 6 inches shorter than the outer layer, then gathered it on elastic cut smaller than the actual width of the dress. I noticed lighter fabrics don't reflect the bubblyness as much as stiffer fabrics. Will try to do bubble skirt with different fabric next time.

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Sorry aboot the picture quality, I'm getting Photoshop CS3 right now so I can edit properly. Since my computer crashed I haven't had time to install my old programs.

Currently looking for model to collaborate with so I can start doing my own ACTUAL line of clothing. Need someone to work on TFP (trade for pics) basis.

In other awesomely good news, I doubled my profits last month and am attempting to do the same this month. I've got a few good prospects for the next week, one lady needs shirts designed for a promotional gig in Feb. and another needs linens done. More excited about the promo shirts than the linens... the word "linens" itself just denotes boringness. Uber cold in my workroom, heater on full and theres a terrible draft that comes in through my door. Anyone else having these problems?

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