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Most Original

By Tien Chiu | Published: May 19, 2012

Got back from the CNCH Fashion Show last night, with Autumn Splendor’s first ribbon in tow: “Most Original”!  I like that a lot, as that’s exactly how I want to live my life.  Not necessarily different for different’s sake (I think that’s kind of silly), but having lots of adventures, trying new things, and regularly [...]

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Convergence and devore experiments

By Tien Chiu | Published: March 21, 2012

Just got notice that Autumn Splendor was not accepted into the Convergence Fashion Show.  I’m mildly disappointed, but also relieved, since this neatly solves two of my problems: (1) I had no entry ready for Glamour, Glitter, Glitz, the Complex Weavers juried show coming up this summer, and (2) I am no longer “obliged” to [...]

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Presenting Autumn Splendor

By Tien Chiu | Published: February 13, 2012

From yesterday’s photo shoot: Photo credit goes to the very talented Joe Decker of Rockslide Photography.  (If you haven’t visited his website, you should – his nature photography is absolutely stunning.) Please also click in for the larger version of the leaves – Joe caught the color and delicacy of the embroidery perfectly, but it [...]

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Finished the leaves!

By Tien Chiu | Published: February 10, 2012

And I’m almost sorry I did, because they were such fun to make! Here is a pic of the coat, with the leaves pinned into place: I tried taking a closeup photo of the leaves, but it didn’t come out well – the iridescence got flattened out and the camera flash washed out the embroidered [...]

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The making of a leaf

By Tien Chiu | Published: February 7, 2012

I completed the orange and the brick red leaves today.  I thought I’d walk you through the steps in creating a leaf, to explain why a single little leaf takes nearly two hours to complete. I didn’t think of taking photos until I was halfway done, but here is a photo at the halfway point: [...]

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