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This is the "tunneling" effect like in #2 ... Just with each layer twisted along the way.
Pretty simple...
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My 2nd machine. The Taylor Hobson circa 1954. Between the two machines milling, patternmaking and scaling will work. Getting your head around this is a whole new engineering discipline. I have developed a way of making patterns from digital images, creating alloy, then brass templates and then hand pantographing them onto components.
Each machine weighs in at more than 600kg.
I am sure it will work..the only thing lacking for me is time.
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karma chameleon boy George
Screen printed backpack and jacket.
Ultimo Tafe Sydney Fashion design studio
Camryn writes:
My friend was having to do an orchestral concert and they had to wear formal attire. She had nothing and is not a girly girl, and she is thinking of getting into corsets. I needed to brush up on my patternmaking skills. This is the result, a steampunk coat inspired by a pattern for an Evangeline Ghastly doll with a victorian corset-based middle.
She loved a lot of your designs but we thought the steampunk feathers went best, and she likes dragons so that's why there's one on the front bodice (I don't have a good shot of the front of the coat). I hope that the colours turned out ok because they were nothing like on the phone and I had to colour correct them (i.e. the purple of the taffeta was more plum, but was a deep mauve on the pic at first!).
My friend really loves it and it was a hit with the rest of the orchestra.
Butterick 4278- Copyright- 1970's
This loose fitting dress three inches below mid-knee and evening length has neckline flounce, elasticized waistline, side seam pockets and full length sleeves gathered at cap and into buttoned cuffs with continuous lap opening or sleeveless. Purchased belt.
Size of Pattern: 8
Bust: 31.5
Waist:24
Hip:33.5
Pattern Envelope: ripped along half of side seam, some small tears at top of envelope flap - yellowing due to age. still very readable
Pattern Instructions: Included
Pattern Pieces: UNCUT and FACTORY FOLDED
It worked! Another view of the mold and the latex former in dramatic lighting that might indicate the curve and smoothness of the mold. Very rewarding. Liquid clay casting slip will be poured into the void the latex made, allowed to sit for a time, then poured out. What is left clinging to the plaster becomes a small bowl.
The next thing to do is figure out a way to make add another vertical ring of clay to that widest oval to give the form a little more capacity to hold things, and also maybe more stability. A separate latex stretch with acrylic pieces I have that match the largest oval would do it.
I need to go back to designing taller pieces from several glued latex shapes, much in the way ductwork is done, or patternmaking for dresses. I think I will make several more casts from this exact latex tape-up to see if there is a limit. If not, I'll make maybe 6 molds, untape the clamp, remove the pillar, and liberate the latex for another form.
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I know it's a bit goofy. But I absolutely love love love the way the front looks and the sides look pretty cool also.
However, I feel like I might need another inch in the butt. Would it be weird to make the back piece an inch wider than the front piece?
pattern: so I took my (greatly adjusted) trace of the Wiksten tank pattern, added 2 inches in length from the longest point (and straightened out the edge), added 2 inches total to the width (1/2 per side seam) from about the natural waist down (starting about 5" above the original Wiksten hem). (the ruffle pulls the dress downward so it looks like I added more than 2" to the length but I really didn't.) then I combined that with the idea of the Gertie dress from the Cal Patch book and made what was at first a longer ruffle but I wound up giving it a 3" hem to make it the right length for me. I made my ruffle width roughly 1.5x the bottom tank circumference instead of her 1.25x after a conversation with my mom.
fabric: yet again some woven stretch cotton from Vogue. I oddly had a TON of this, about 3 yards total I think. I wonder what I intended it for!!! It's a bit heavy for this style possibly / something thinner or with more drape might make me feel like I had more room in the back? But I think I'll probably still be wearing this anyway. :)
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karma chameleon boy George
Screen printed backpack and jacket.
Ultimo Tafe Sydney Fashion design studio
Another "mirroring" from #6... The rest of the steps follow this till a nice smooth pattern emerges...
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karma chameleon boy George
Screen printed backpack and jacket.
Ultimo Tafe Sydney Fashion design studio
I wanted to try pattern origami for such a long time! 😄 it was a bit difficult to understand how it works, but in the end it's so easy I can't believe it! 😅
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In a drawer under my patternmaking table is the cut fabric that goes into the creche bags.
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