Storefront
One of my favorite jobs. My business partner was friends with someone who owned a floral and gift shop. After we got to talking, they told me they had been wanting a new storefront for some time. I got to work right away. After many back and forths we finalized around the design you see before you. The original storefront was a pixilated, banded logo just on the door. In its replacement, I designed, produced, and installed the entire facelift to the storefront.
Pilgrimage
A collection of photos I took for a more interesting project of mine.
When I was running my vinyl printing shop, I thought of a way to promote my product indirectly through social media. These photos were my attempt. I staged it to look like this burnt VW bus was in the middle of nowhere, covered in stickers of Elon Musk smoking weed (stickers I made and sold online). I told the imaginary people online that I had stumbled across this anomaly during my last hiking foray into the mountains, in reality it was right outside my house. Remember kids, people would never get on the internet and lie.
To this day it is my most popular product I’ve made on Amazon, selling thousands of units. I’m not sure if these photos helped though.
Silver Dress
For my silver dress, I set out to make something that should be worn to accentuate jewelry and bring in the silhouette of the wearer. Seeing as my skin’s undertone is blue, I’ve grown fond of the color silver, which was my deciding factor for the fabric choice. This was another project where I just enjoyed the process, and really felt like I learned because I was motivating myself.
It was interesting sewing this because of the difference in materials. The black fabric was an elastic woven, while the silver was a foil-printed design over a black woven polyester. Still the form and structure came out as intended and I truly felt like I made something pretty.
Riot Gear Uniform
Riot Uniforms
My truest testament to willpower that I have under my name. My senior design project involved making a capstone collection. What better way to show my individuality than through uniforms. My logic was to make things repeatedly over and over in defiance to the expectation to create diversity. It was a crass joke to make on my final project in college for sure. I did feel enjoyment sewing something over and over again. Getting to see myself improve each time I laid a seam. That enjoyment taught me something of high value.
I can’t learn past what I don’t completely understand. I felt stupid most of college because everyone else just seemed faster when it came to them making most things. What I thought was stupid wasn’t stupid however, it was really my attempt at being thorough. I needed to know how to flawlessly execute every time, or my brain can’t confidently move on. If this project taught me a piece of how I learn, then the joke was all worth it on my end.
Blue Camouflage Overcoat
This was one of my favorite projects. I had such a strong image of the coat in my head bringing it to life brought me joy. I spent hours translating my idea into tangible seams, not knowing I was setting the standard for how art should make you feel being present at its inception.
The coat featured 5 inverted box pleats, two on the front, one on the back and each sleeve. I was going for drape. Although the use of zippers and findings could have been improved, I was overall pleased with the final product as it draped how I imagined it would.
Recycled Red Dress
Dress made from recycled parachute.
This one I was proud of. The best model, the coolest assignment, the worst fabric to work with. Featured in Colorado State University’s yearly fashion show, this was my answer to making a dress out of recycled parachute. During my lustrous emo phase I bought the brightest red Abercrombie and Fitch jacket to go with my eccentric taste. I used that jacket to make the body of this dress, so it holds a special place in my heart.
The design featured a cape sleeve that was held across the front right to left and attached with bungee hooking the two buttons. Attached to the back was a grouping of long strands of parachute fabric. The fabric was so light it would hang back as the model walked forward. Would not recommend fabric that blows away when you yell at it.
