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Shimmering Satins

Discipulus — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 19:49:24 +0000

The new year will discern two kinds of black polyester satin that have been awaiting their destined purposes for quite some years – the first a semi-elastic one, smooth like a baby-dragon’s bottom; the other exhibiting the finest of nerve-like structures – finally being adapted into their very own highly original pleating projects.

Days of Challenge

Discipulus — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 19:14:20 +0000

Day 2: finding a flawless layout.

Day 1: Redrawing all patterns.

Day 4: Interfacing the seams.

Day 3: Cutting the fabric.

No better than the first days into a project to show what impact seemingly aesthetic features can have upon construction; and such is the case for the golden trim-tape that is to be worked-in to overlay one side of the seams on the new cape design, shifting semblance in panel division to its own middle, calling for coherently adjusted versions of all pattern pieces, then to be laid out in perfect correspondence with the nap and shine characteristics of the raw silk, which after cutting, proves to be a very thin and loose weave, extraordinarily prone to deformation through pulling, requiring all seam allowances to become interfaced before handling.

Bound: Adding Interfacing

Discipulus — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 19:02:54 +0000

Having quality leather bring sturdiness and flexibility, the warmth produced by the body adds suppleness to the construction, allowing it to re-mold itself into a closer shape; a feature, no matter how interesting, one that also needs to be contained in order to prevent that repetitive movements could overstretch the leather.

Aurulent Glaze

Discipulus — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 20:08:33 +0000

A sequential juxtaposition of the textiles that were gathered to re-interpret the cathedral cape, shows both the coherence in semblance of old gold as well as the returning purple undercolor in body and inset linings.

Leathercraft

Discipulus — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 14:51:59 +0000

Conscientiously choosing a lorn corner of the full-grain to test out techniques through cutting and processing collar pieces and get a good feel of the wealthy material before commencing work on the larger structures.

Curious Conference

Discipulus — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 16:25:24 +0000

Three customary critters meeting on top of a resting bovine, straddling the well-furnished hide, seeking to diminish folds from its year-long confinement, on the advent of launching a large-scale leather project.

Buying Fabrics (lining)

Discipulus — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:57:51 +0000

Venturing back to the accredited market-space and meeting its lining specialist, trying to find an ideal shade of oldgold for doubling the new cape design in a textile with both natural mixture and transcendental gleam.

Multifarious Grain

Discipulus — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 19:12:30 +0000

In striving to make every garment a unique conception, I aim to never use the same fabric twice, meaning that to this point each of the crêpe-satins making up my shirts were commissioned from different suppliers in order to instantly bestow each design with a certain individuality, not just in color, but also in granularity, compound, weight, drop and texture; each and all significant factors that establish the eventuall outcome.

Black Mane

Discipulus — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 20:25:34 +0000

Displaying the textiles acquired for an exploratory construction that is set to hit production within the next few weeks, combining a gorgeous silver-shine long-pile black faux with a stretchy velours for lining, both frilly materials photographed in this picture occupied by the original couch-dragon, Herr Diesel himself.

Buying Fabric (wool)

Discipulus — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 20:13:00 +0000

Searching the right textile for fabricating the smallest garment that has to fit the two most contradistinctive secondary outfits, to end up with a wholly new woven instead of matching the earlierly made items.