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Custom Orca Vest For Corinna
I've been blessed with some fantastic custom orders this year. Here's one that I made for Corinna, a textile artist in Sacramento who loves the ocean. She wanted a vest that incorporated both keeping it cosmic, and keeping the ocean clean, and an orca (all three of these are right up my alley!). I love the black and starry fabric that I used for the orca -- they are, in my opinion, one of the most mystical and mysterious creatures on the planet. I try to utilize recycled, vintage and secondhand fabrics as much as possible, but sometimes I have to buy something new to complete a vision (like the starry fabric), The great thing about appliqué though is that...