Some time ago I made another art dress entitled The Swan. This one was made as a commission piece, you would have had to be quick to spot this one on Etsy, she was only up for a few hours.

The Swan - Art Dress Assemblage.

The Swan - Art Dress Assemblage.

Small 18cm long, 21cm wide, paper fabric assemblage.

One small three dimensional ballet style dress. Tailored and stitched together from old pleated book pages and white cotton remnants. White feathers and small beads decorate the dress with the edges being touched with silver leaf. The inside of the bodice is also covered in silver leaf.

I’ve made a dress with a similar title before but, this one is a slightly bigger, has a different underskirt and more beading.

Dress For A "Mid-Summer's Night Dream"

Now I think about it, this dress is similar mostly due to the colour.

Dress For A "Mid-Summer's Night Dream"

She is 18cm long, 23cm wide. Tailored and stitched together from old pleated book pages, and fabric remnants. Differing colored decorative glass and enameled beads glint and sparkle at the waist and bodice. A dreamy dress ready for a moon lit midnight ball.

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Art Dress Assemblage - What Katy Did

Art Dress Assemblage - What Katy Did

She’s been a while coming but here is the next in the series.

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The original photos of this dress are not as good as I had hoped so, I intend to take some new ones soon. Meanwhile I’ve posted this short video on Youtube.

Art Dress Assemblage - What Katy Did

Art Dress Assemblage - What Katy Did

I did say there was more than one so, here is What Katy Did – number 3.  I always try to post extra photos to back up those I use on Etsy but, on this occasion they all turned out being somewhat the same. I didn’t want to just have repeats of those Etsy photos so, here instead is a video of What Katy Did – number 3.

Of course you can always pop over to Etsy to see the photo set, click here

Art Dress Assemblage - Pale Blue Holly Butterfly

This little dress has kept me busy over the past couple of days.  Its one that I originally made way back in February last year. Wow! that seems like and age ago now.  Anyway, I had a visitor to my Etsy shop, who must have looked back over my “sold” items and was taken enough by the Pale Blue Holly Butterfly to ask me to make another.

Art Dress Assemblage - Pale Blue Holly Butterfly

So, here are the gallery pics and a short video.

Assemblage Art Dress 3D Bodice

Looking at my art dresses recently, I thought they might look better if the bodice more accuraltely reflected the contours of the human body.  After a few attempts I ended up making this piece, which I think is a move in the right direction.

Trying to get more body

I’ve put up the usual shots below but, I’m not sure if these pictures show that well, the difference between the bodice of this piece and my previous pieces.  Also my apologies if some of them are blurred.

(Tom chose the title of this blog)

A friend called round the other night, before I’d had time clear up my little photo shoot of the “Red Shoes” assemblage and, we got to talking about photos and how old our camera is.  Anyway, she brought out her HTC mobile phone and showed me what it could do, the results are amazing. The phone also has “apps” which you can use to edit the photos and filters and all sorts……….   I’ve included a gallery of the shots below, some of them are a little shaky but wow, I’m not too sure now if I want a new camera or a new mobile phone.