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The Making of Soft Boy
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Hi everyone!
Wow another 2 years before my next journal update! I've been sew(!) busy outside of the internet, that I don't really have time to post many updates anymore.
However, I decided to give a small update for a new project I've been working on for the Ripley Unconventional Art Contest.
However, I decided to give a small update for a new project I've been working on for the Ripley Unconventional Art Contest.
I present to you: Soft Boy!
I will give a short summary on why I chose to make this piece of soft sculpture in the deviation itself, but here, I thought I would share the making process and what exactly I do on my machine to create items like this.
Firstly, I created a template by printing out various sheets of A4 paper and sticking them together like a jigsaw. I then traced over the lines using a Sharpie marker onto a large sheet of Reynold's Freezer Paper.
I ironed this paper onto my fabric underneath (which was a patchwork hodge-pogde of textures, fabrics and grey colours!)
Once the Freezer Paper was ironed on, I stitched all over the lines I'd just drawn. Sometimes for the trickier, rounded lines and letters I switched to a free-motion quilting foot. Once all of my lines had been sewn over, I carefully tore off the Freezer Paper, picking out paper stuck under stitches with a small pin.
Once all the paper was off, it was time to decorate with stitching! You can see on the left-hand side of the photo above, that I had my free-motion quilting foot on, and I had just finished embroidering the letters on the front of the sculpture. Once different parts of the embroidery were complete, I started working on the 3D buttons.
The 3D buttons were the trickiest part to this piece and all had to be sewn onto the main structure by hand. I originally wasn't going to venture into more 3-dimensional territory, but I wanted to replicate the original as accurately as I could, so I chose to invest a little more time in them.
Once these buttons were complete, I started work on the back of the unit, adding the battery compartment, buttons to replicate screws, and the cartridge slot. I then pinned it to the sides of the console and stitched it all together.
After all of sewing was complete, it was time for stuffing! This gigantic piece took over 1kg of stuffing to fill, and took me about an hour to fill and close. I was very pleased with the end result though!
Now, where is it going to live? Any takers? 
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No DA / Game of Thrones gallery London!
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Find me on these art related websites!
Find me on these old Zelda Fan Art websites as Ida Dragmire!
ICY BRIAN'S GANON'S TOWER NORTH CASTLE Hi everyone!
Gosh, it's been 2 years since my last journal update. A lot has happened since then!
As you may have guessed, I generally don't use deviantART very much anymore, and I'm more active over on other social media such as TUMBLR. and my personal FACEBOOK
I've tried to get using TWITTER a bit more too
As for other things, I have been extremely busy on other projects. Mainly for the past couple of years I've been concentrating on my Etsy store, which has really taken off. I have been doing personal commissions, and one or two events a year, usually somewhere local to me.
I've also done a few pieces for Nintendo of Europe for game promotions. They were Twilight Princess HD and Monster Hunter.
You can find pictures of these projects over on my tumblr here and here
My piece The Mockingbird was featured in the Game of Thrones gallery in London's Bethnal Green this month!
Isaac Hempstead-Wright, who plays Bran Stark, picked the winners and I was one of the 10 lucky ones! I won a copy of Season 6 on DVD as well as having my work displayed in the pop-up gallery.
You can see a few more gallery pictures over on my Tumblr here
It was a wonderful experience, one I won't be forgetting any time soon
As for other news, not much else has really been happening. My boyfriend and I have been together for almost a year and man how that time has flown by. I'm not quite sure where this year has gone, to be honest. It's all been a bit of a blur.
I took on some extra commissions over the summer as I bought him an extra special 40th birthday present back in May
He's a huuuuge Queen fan, and I saved up to buy him a replica Red Special guitar. (I think he was over the moon!)
Well, I think that about sums up what's been happening lately. Sorry again to all my followers for falling off the face of the earth again!
I'm taking a commission break over Christmas, so I'll try and be a little more active on here and have some down time too.
Let me know what you've all been up to! Do you still use DA nowadays or are you using different social media now too?
-Donna
Gosh, it's been 2 years since my last journal update. A lot has happened since then!
As you may have guessed, I generally don't use deviantART very much anymore, and I'm more active over on other social media such as TUMBLR. and my personal FACEBOOK
I've tried to get using TWITTER a bit more too
As for other things, I have been extremely busy on other projects. Mainly for the past couple of years I've been concentrating on my Etsy store, which has really taken off. I have been doing personal commissions, and one or two events a year, usually somewhere local to me.
I've also done a few pieces for Nintendo of Europe for game promotions. They were Twilight Princess HD and Monster Hunter.
You can find pictures of these projects over on my tumblr here and here
My piece The Mockingbird was featured in the Game of Thrones gallery in London's Bethnal Green this month!
Isaac Hempstead-Wright, who plays Bran Stark, picked the winners and I was one of the 10 lucky ones! I won a copy of Season 6 on DVD as well as having my work displayed in the pop-up gallery.
You can see a few more gallery pictures over on my Tumblr here
It was a wonderful experience, one I won't be forgetting any time soon
As for other news, not much else has really been happening. My boyfriend and I have been together for almost a year and man how that time has flown by. I'm not quite sure where this year has gone, to be honest. It's all been a bit of a blur.
I took on some extra commissions over the summer as I bought him an extra special 40th birthday present back in May
He's a huuuuge Queen fan, and I saved up to buy him a replica Red Special guitar. (I think he was over the moon!)
Well, I think that about sums up what's been happening lately. Sorry again to all my followers for falling off the face of the earth again!
I'm taking a commission break over Christmas, so I'll try and be a little more active on here and have some down time too.
Let me know what you've all been up to! Do you still use DA nowadays or are you using different social media now too?
-Donna
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Etsy shop now open!
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