Kimono on display through May 31 in Flagstaff The Kevlar® Kimono, in progress since fall of 2012, is now complete and will be on display in Flagstaff April 12 through May 31, 2014 at the Coconino Center for the Arts*. This seven-foot tall silk and Kevlar sculptural...
Almost complete The Kevlar garment is complete, the silk kimono is finished, and I’m just finishing up the silk overpanel with the collages attached. And just in time, too, as the finished work will be delivered to the Coconino Center for the Arts for its...
Silk kimono…check! Well, almost. (But it feels so good to say it.) Still have to hem the garment, but it needs to hang for a while so it’ll be even when I actually mark and sew the hem. I have to say, it’s gorgeous, though the snapshot doesn’t...
Kevlar undervest completed! The Kevlar® was actually fairly simple to sew with, aside from being kind of bulky, though it did fray like crazy. The fraying problem was solved by binding most of the seams. I used leftover snippets of the blue kimono fabric for those...
Collages in progress I’ve made about 60 of the collages that will cover the surface of the kimono now. As I work on these small pieces, I am thinking about the individual stories behind each collage. Some of you, I know. Some of the people on the collage just...
