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Post by bluemoth on Apr 2, 2016 14:44:00 GMT -8
I have been wanting to try some soft sculptures of insects. I can not find any how to videos on just insect soft sculptures on youtube or any web site. I am most interested in doing sculptures like Yumi Okita. But she is keeping her teqneaks well hidden- no how to video on how she makes them. Just found two videos showing her creations on youtube. Any one got soft sculpture experience that can lead me in the right direction on how to make sculptures like Yumi dos?
While I was searching also found metal sculptures by Edouard martinet: htt://www.boredpanda.com/steampunk-recycled-insect-sc
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2016 14:44:07 GMT -8
The sculptures are pretty interesting, never really seen anything like them before. Do you have a fabric store in your area? My best guess would be to go shop around and find cloth/fabric that matches what you have in mind. It looked like the artist used burlap on a few of them, and you would need dye to color the fabric as well. I imagine the wings are sewed on. For the fluffy bodies and legs maybe you could use pipe cleaners or something similar? I guess it depends on how much time you're willing to spend and the quality you're after.
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Post by tv on Apr 7, 2016 15:10:35 GMT -8
She very clearly has sewn a great deal (if not all) of those figures by hand. I would venture that she is the textile equivalent of a master painter, so it may be quite difficult to reproduce her works.
That said, you never know until you try.
Also, some of the bodies look like they might be something like combed wool or cotton that was bound together
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Post by bluemoth on Apr 10, 2016 12:46:36 GMT -8
I have been looking through the internet and found a few other folks that do moth or butterfly sculptures. The problem I am having here is how do they support the wing shape so it is hard and dos not bend. How do they attach the legs, antenna and wings to the body. Are they using some kind of wire armature for the body that is then covered? One other person free stiches on the sewing machean such amazing little moth pins that look very real. I do beleave Yumi dos most if not all of her sculptures by hand. I have plenty of patents so hand stiching is no problem. I also all ready found out that Yumi uses fake fur on her moth bodies. I will be experimenting with sticky back felt as wings for a small moth I will attempt. There are 3 fabric stores near me so plenty of options in that area.
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Post by tv on Apr 11, 2016 17:09:56 GMT -8
I would guess by looking that Yumi makes the wings out of several layers of thick material, so when they are sewn together they are rigid.
Good luck. You'll have to let us know how they turn out.
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