Dentelle Dorée – A Leather Wedding Anniversary
Recently my friend and neighbor, Amanda, told me that she was getting ready to celebrate her “leather anniversary”. I had heard of tradition of giving one’s spouse gifts made of specific materials depending on how many years the couple has been together, but I didn’t realize there was one wedding anniversary specifically for leather. Depending on which chart you follow,
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An Education in Couture Embroidery
Back in April, I was awarded an educational grant by the Greater Columbus Arts Council in order to study with one of the premier British embroidery firms, Hand & Lock. If you saw any of the news coverage of Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee, you will have seen images of their work. In addition to creating
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A Gilded Age Corset
I recently completed this commission for my client in Dubai. She had fallen in love with an extant corset in a private collection and requested that I try to reproduce it as closely as possible. The completed corset is made of black silk satin, silk embroidery, hand applied lace, and a historic reproduction busk closure
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Columbus Dispatch Article and Video
Allison Ward and Doral Chenoweth of The Columbus Dispatch visited the studio to discuss my work. Article available here: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/life_and_entertainment/2016/01/17/1-1-mercy-street-costumes-art-g4r15447n-1.html
Conversation with Broad & High TV Show
It was a pleasure to reconnect with the producers of Broad & High recently when they came out to my studio to talk about my recent commission for the PBS TV show Mercy Street.
Riddle Me THIS!
What has 32 bones, 34 eyes, 2 tails, and a purple and green skin? A Riddler-themed corset, of course! Inspired by the character the Riddler in the DC Comics Batman series, this is the third commission from a client of mine who lives in Kansas. She wanted this corset for a comic convention she is attending
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Wilde Hunt Corsetry in New PBS Series Mercy Street
Costume Designer Amy Andrews Harrell (Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Signs, Lincoln) recently reached out to me and requested that I create a historic, Civil War era corset for the new PBS drama series Mercy Street. The series will be directed by Ridley Scott (Blade Runner, Alien, Gladiator, Thelma and Louise) and is set to air along
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Vampire Queen Corset
My client Monica requested her corset be “Gothic in red and black leather”, so we chose the smoothest, satin finish black leather paired with red metallic leather. We added the details of metallic red leather piping and a black beaded Swarovski crystal jewel at the décolleté. I love how the metallic red leather really glows and
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Announcing The Wilde Hunt Ball
I have some very exciting news to pass along! In order to give everyone the maximum possible notice (and the maximum possible sewing time!), we’d like to announce that we are planning The Wilde Hunt Ball, a Victorian Ball organized by the Ohio Historic Costumers ! The target time period for The Wilde Hunt Ball is
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