The New Kid in Town

 Virgil is now a daddy of 6. There were 3 boys and 3 girls. All the girls being parti-colored Salt and Pepper, and the boys, one parti-color salt and pepper and two mini-Virgils. Since he is the papa, I got the pick of the litter. I have always found the smallest runts and most pathetic looking pups are quite simply the cutest. So, I picked the runt. :) They are all now 7 1/2 weeks old.

 We have yet to name her, since we are unsure if we will keep her or not (My parents say that we will avidly try to find a home for her, and if we cannot, we will keep her)

My mom looking all adorable :)

The First Haircut!

Virgil and his daughter

What would you name her if you could keep her? I like Josefine or Elsa.

Painting and Dyeing Fabrics Class

In one of my classes we are learning different techniques regarding changing fabrics colors/patterns/etc. I have so far, learned how to do:
            1) Hot Process Dyeing (and color matching)
            2) Stamp making
            3) Stencil making
            4) Screen Printing

Here are my finished projects

Who is your daddy?

 

 

The above image will be on a shirt very soon. I've wanted a shirt with this image on it since I was 14 and I can finally have it! YAY!!   I was able to freehand this by looking at a photo of Darth Vader by only drawing the negative space (what would eventually be white in the stamp). I believe it turned out pretty alright ;)

This is my stenciling. The original design was a Slipper Pattern from Peterson's Magazine, 1864. I repeated the pattern to make a pretty border. Here's the original image of the slipper image:

The latest thing I've done is screen printing. I decided to do another image from Peterson's Magazine. I chose a fashion plate, that I find gorgeous.

My version ended up being this:

Hopefully soon, it'll be on a shirt too! I really like this image.

My next project for the class is batiking. I found a really pretty batik wall hanging picture that I'm going to try to recreate. It should be done next week. We'll see how it turns out :)

Finished Boba Fett Helmet

a serious pic i suppose?

It's finally here! The finished Boba Fett helmet....I totally got an A on this project :)

And now....... process pics!
          *Before this pic was taken I had done the following to get it there:

                   1) Cut from foam 6 ovals, glued them together, finished carving to get the mold correct

2) Fiber-Glassed the whole thing with Aqua-Resin

                   3) Cut the cheek-indent things with a jigsaw (SCARY), inverted and reinserted them

   Et Voila!

I then finished the T with the jigsaw, added foam to the front and band around, added bendy-plywood to the sides, then rigged an old computer speaker to make the sight adjustable.

 Then added paint primer:

For the next step, I found the most amazing color of spray paint for the helm... Italian Olive Green. Next was the burgundy to the front

then the details! (my favorite part)   I specifically made it a 'pre-Empire Strikes Back' Boba Fett helm. There is no dent in the helmet, and not all of his battle scars are there, I wanted it that way :)

and now, my vanity shots:

Man-Pose

 and a cheesy smile!

...peace... 

 Sexy-Gun-Pose

Sorry for the Delay,

I have been without internet for quite some time (about a month) and we aren't exactly sure how long it will be until we get it back again. It seems I have a lot more thing to blog about when I don't have internet than when I do!

At the moment I don't have enough time to post anything but I'll give you a few pictures to give a taste of what's to come. Enjoy!

And there's a lot more where that came from!

Patterning and Props

I just reached the end of Winter Quarter and I'm now on Spring Break. I'm kind of sad because I really enjoyed my classes, but I get to share with you some of the things I did last quarter! YAY!

First off, I took a Apparel Patterning class. The goal of this class is to eventually be able to look at a picture and come up with accurate and sew-able patterns for any outfit. We learned how to drape and flat pattern. I'm so thankful to have formal instruction on these techniques. Our final project was to choose 2 of 4 dresses to pattern out and mock up in half scale. I chose these two:

Using a mix of draping and flat patterning, I was able to create these half-scale (think big doll sizes) dresses which are really cute:

I was pretty proud of myself since I managed to make these just by looking at the pictures. Unfortunately I had forgotten to put pockets on the 1952 dress :( I think it would have been much cuter with the pockets.

The other class is Theatre Props Techniques. Earlier I had made a Leather Mask, it was a really cool experience. The 2nd project was to be either Millinery, Felt Armor or a Fiber-Glass Helmet. The Millinery spots were taken within a few minutes :'(   so I decided to do a Star Wars Project, naturally. Now I'm working on a Boba Fett/Mandalorian Helmet (if you don't know what that is, click this link). Our instructor wasn't in for the first week, which spurred us all into lateness getting our helmets done. But because of this he told me to take an Incomplete so that I may finish it nicely. He didn't want me to rush and compromise the quality, as I was "doing very well" so far. So here is my progress:

 The helmet is made from Fiber-Glass and Aqua-Resin. I still have to cut out the rest of the T, paint and add some finishing trinkets to make it look it's best. I have 6 more weeks to finish it, so I'm excited to get it done!

SPRING AT LAST!

I cannot tell you how wonderful it is now that the cold has finally subsided. It's currently in the high 60's, which feels like a heat wave compared to the below-freezing temperatures we had not two weeks ago. At the moment you can wear whatever you want to and you'll be fine (unless you're naked of course). Because of the fabulous weather, my mom and I went into town for a few things, and came back with.....

CHICKIES!!!!

My mom's chickens are getting older, so they're aren't as productive in their egg laying. We purchased 8 chickies, 3 Silver Laced Wyandots, 2 Road Island Reds, and 3 Black Sex-Link Chickens. We're pretty excited. My mom wants to get some Bantams soon, but we have to wait until the farm stores get them in. I also took some pictures of our other animals today, since it was so nice. I hope you enjoy the pics! 

 Chickens!

Princess and Joel

Joel sniffin my camera

Emma being the sweet and adorable goat she is

Finished Leather Mask

I finally got some pictures of my leather mask I made for a prop's class I'm taking. The spirally thingies are millinery wire painted gold. If you want to see some of the process CLICK HERE