August 4, 2018

I’ve been a professional costume maker for more than 30 years. My hands have logged many hours at the sewing machine, wielding an iron, or pulling a needle. In order to maintain and sustain my hands for another 20 years of sewing, I’ve been implementing a variety of strategies to keep my hands in good […]
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June 11, 2018

Swirl is my informal performance group composed of my proteges and myself. For our spring performance at HaflAdira in Willow Glen, CA, we put together a set of coordinating costumes using a combination of existing costume pieces, faux assiut, and modern assiut. Here’s how these costumes came together. Pulling From the Closet Before we started […]
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