Well, well, well, it really takes a long time for me to upload new pictures. I finished the Khaleesi cosplay (inspired by Game of Thrones) last year in October and I got back the pictures January this year. And it took only until December of the same year until you can see them on my [...]
The sixth and last dress from the editorial series "The Muse" is finished. Originally I planned to play with different shades of grey in the dress and corset. Unfortunately the grey fabrics didn't look good together. So I rummaged a bit in my clothing collection and found my white Steampunk corset. It's made from snow-white [...]
Two weeks ago on Saturday I attended a course for spinning yarn by hand. This means spinning and twisting threads from animal or plant fibers. The course instructor does not only know how to spin yarn, but she also knows a lot of other traditional handicraft. There's working with cloth and leather as well as [...]
Slowly but surely I am finishing the work for our editorial. The fifth dress is ready. This time it is less of a dress and more corset and jewelry though. I made a skirt with long train from apple green chiffon. Then I added green corset with many ruches (the design is inspired by Maya [...]
I'm still working on an editorial with photographer Mario Bertolini, makeup artist Tamara Ciullo and model Angela Asiana. We're photographing in old industrial areas (we've already been in an art deco and in a concrete factory). My dresses have flowing cuts and draped fabric. On top of the dresses you wear corsets to give them a clear silhouette. The two dresses [...]
My first big exhibition! :D During the last year I have been working on the calendar "Fascination Make-Up 2016" with an incredible and big team (12 models, 5 makeup artists, 3 designers, 2 hair stylists, 1 photographer). My clothes are in six of the twelve images. As soon as I am allowed to publish the [...]
Last December I did a photo shooting inspired by Lord of the Rings with a wonderful team. So we had our version of Galadriel ready for the release of the third Hobbit movie. But I always need some more time to publish pictures. So now slightly delayed here you have our Galadriel. We used my [...]
These pictures were made in May 2015 by the wonderful Irina Bodor. She wanted to do a photoshooting with a horse and with that I was convinced of the project. Apart from her making very beautiful pictures. The clothes are the same as for the Yennefer cosplay. A medieval blouse and skirt made from linen. [...]
Together with my neighbour the photographer (http://www.bertoliniphoto.at/), one of the make-up artists from Switzerland (http://getalook.ch/) and a wonderful model (http://www.angelaasiana.com/) we planned an editorial. I just invented the name "The Muse" since all of the dresses more or less have a Greek or Roman style. Everything had to go very fast, so I just bought [...]
Recently I made a customized Victorian jacket. Here it is in the shop: Arthemis astyanax – Victorian jacket The customer wanted the jacket completely black and with long sleeves. Changes like this are possible without a problem. In this case it didn't even cost more. And the size was made-to-measure of course. ;) I'm always looking [...]
Right now I'm being scheduled as a private seamstress for our sword figthing club more and more. ;) As a start I was commissioned with simple medieval coifs. Since they will be used in training historical correctness wasn't that important for now. My coifs are a padded version for wearing under a fencing mask. I [...]
Today there's only a short update. Right now I am getting a driving licence for motocycles and suddenly all evenings are gone for classes. There's only little time left for sewing or writing. And then there are all the birthdays in my family at once (I'm exagerrating only slightly). ;) But soon all of that [...]
This series of pictures originated at the beginning of 2014 in a botanical garden in Poland. Joanna is the model again. Her and the photographer Katarzyna Jaworska wanted to work together for a while back then. But Katarzyna is specialized on wedding photography and she wanted to stay in that subject area (later she photographed [...]
A friend of mine recently asked if she could use some of my pictures for a reading with an accompanying exhibition about Steampunk. For this I gladly obliged. Rebecca Wild read from her novel Das tickende Herz (The ticking heart). Afterwards the exhibition in the public library Fellbach was opened. There is a homepage with [...]
Some time ago I posted the dress for the Lady Loki cosplay. This weekend I made the diadem. After I tried mould powder and resin for Artemisia's armour, Loki's headdress was a good opportunity to try another new material. In theater and cosplay thermoplastic materials are used for example for armour, crowns or jewellry. Basically [...]
Makeup artist and photographer Nadia borrowed my Russian inspired green baroque gown for a fashion shooting in spring. This time I combined the dress with the matching kokoshnik (a traditional Russian headdress). The pictures were made in a beautiful Japanese garden. Nadia and her Model Katja were quite the tourist attraction. Photography, Retouch & MUA: Beautycare Nadia [...]
I'm still in the process of moving (our furniture is only arriving piece by piece...), but I think it's time to show a new project anyway. :) Joanna is a model specialized on cosplay and she wanted to have a dress for Tauriel from the Hobbit trilogy. I on the other hand wanted to add [...]
The date for moving to a new apartment is getting closer. I already packed the first boxes. But that doesn't stop me from continuing to sew. Ok, well maybe a little... But Leah's dress for the Loki and Leah cospay is ready. I don't really like to copy cosplays exactly. It is a bit unsatisfactory [...]
Today and yesterday I have been on a sword fighting seminar (which was really great), this is why it took some time, but now Artemisia's armour is finished. Last time I wrote about the breast armour and sword belt (made from fake leather) and about the golden spikes (made from mould powder and resin). Meanwhile [...]
Right now everyone seems to think that it would be great to order something from me RIGHT NOW. You know, shortly before I am moving to a new apartment. ;) But not that I'm complaining. I just need a lot longer for the unpaid projects. For example the Loki & Leah and the Artemisia costumes. [...]
Onward with Artemisia's armour. Mostly it consists of spikes and claws. But we all know that a proper villain can't have to many spikes for decoration. I looked for materials in our handicraft store. Actually Fimo (a kind of thermoplastic clay) would have been the best choice since it's rather flexible when dried. But no one [...]
Artemisia in 300: Rise of an Empire Additionally to the Loki & Leah cosplay I'm also working on Artemisia's armour. This lovely lady was portrayed by Eva Green in the movie 300: Rise of an Empire. And everything about her was just so delightfully evil. ;) Actually I wanted this to be a [...]
Loki and Leah (Earth-616) Lady Loki (Earth-616) Joanna persuaded me to to another cosplay outfit. This time Marvel Comic's Loki and Leah. But since I like Lady Loki a lot better, there will be a Loki in a classical gothic look and Leah with a medieval look. Right now I'm working [...]
This fashion shooting already took place in march 2014. I can never keep up with putting the pictures online. Here I tried a high-necked corset. The lacing in the back reaches all the way up to the neck. The blouse is a lined version of my basic pattern. And the pants are made from two [...]
For my mint green, knee-lenghth silk dress with very beautiful draping and plissé I decided that an underskirt would work really well with that dress. And a jacket would be useful as well since the dress only got narrow straps.
