silk scarf studio

yesterday was day 2 at the studio. after finishing the body’s skeleton yesterday, i wrapped one leg with cheesecloth-mache (cheesecloth + watered down wood glue), which i anticipated covering the entire body with today, but when i gt to the studio and saw it dried, it just didnt feel like what i was looking for. plus, it simply used way too much glue. i switched to a different wrapping technique, same materials, but instead of soaking the cheesecloth and wrapping, i painted the glue onto the skeleton, wrapped the cheesecloth, then painted more glue over the top to stick it down.

it actually worked really well, as you can see from the first two photos. way less overall material was used, and i felt like i could get into tighter spots without having so much overlap.

for the next layer, im dying the fabric to more of a skin tone and hand stiching. i finished most of this process yesterday, and once i am done stitching i think we’re doing, another layer of glue colored to match the fabric… for cohesion and smoothness? this next bit will be ‘just trust it’, repeated over and over again, because right now this piece is giving ‘scary skin mask sewn together’ and i am trying to avoid that specific troupe, and anything body horror-esque.

she will come out sweet and delicate, i promise. thanx for staying up to date-

nov 25