Crash Lab

My First Patternless Dress!

I pretty much never sew without a set pattern, so it was fun to be able to put the fabric up on the form and just see what comes out. Sometimes what comes out isn't great, but the class was 6 hours, plenty of time to McGyver a pleasant outcome. It's not great,BUT I do like 2 things about it.

#1 being this gigantic bow. I wish it was bigger, and took up the entire back view. Like an explosion. A bustle explosion.

And #2 being these drawn in ruffles. I drew layers in the front, and a ruffle that went around one half of the neckline. I want to Sharpie in ruffles on everything now. Since these were just temporary for the lab class, I put the whole thing together with pins. When I took it off to return the form, I had a strip of random marker ruffles. Somehow, I find that hilarious.

All in all, not great, but I think it has enough for my first "wing it" project. I can definitely say that I can do better, though.

3D Armor Model

My first 3D project this semester.

I'm looking forward to making the real thing, although I can see were I have some tweaking to do. The cups are too pointy. I'll flatten them out before I move onto the final material. In the bottom picture the bottom curve was still tucked under from being smushed in my bag. It's actually peplum, but that can be fixed by paying attention next time. The more pressing issue is that the back is more eye catching than the front. This is the first time I've turned a design into something real, even if I am using metal and plastic instead of fabric.

Belle Epoque or Party Like It's 1899

This one is my ABSOLUTE favorite. It's inspired by Alphonse Mucha, one of my favorite artists. I really love the Art Nouveau style.These are my favorite looks on the plate. I have NO IDEA why I put them in the background.
A backless sundress. A little safe, but it matched the set.

Sweet & Sour Chicks

Another purple one, it's not as 'pretty' as the first purple one but I love the horizontal pleats. I poured salt on the wet watercolor to get the texture on the fabric. It was an interesting experiment.

Evil Stepmother

Full Disclosure: this plate had 5 figures like all the rest, but I edited them out in favor of the ones I thought were best. It feels like it's missing something, though, like I picked a favorite child.

This is a pretty vague inspiration, but it's German fairy tales! It's all gingerbread houses and innocent kids about to be eaten by this witch:I also did not post an 1800s circus inspired plate. 'Twas for the best. I will also NEVER post a Lawrence of Arabia inspired plate. 'Suppose that look could come back though, complete with the sun dried, leathery man- skin sported by the protagonist.

Where's Henry's sixth wife?

My first time drawing real people on a plate! I took my ink pen/ watercolor thing and decided to do *shocking* actual patterns! I love patterns!And Faces! And Patterns Again!

Metropolis!

This is one I love because of what it taught me. I stopped painting in one color and doing the details in another. I dipped a pen in watercolor to do the lines, and had to get control over both the pen and the water flowing from the tip. It worked well with the metallic paint.

Also, this dress: