Taeliac Studio

02/06/2020

“Did you know you are being ripped off by Wish.com?” This is a message I receive every day from the amazing Fireflies that follow and support Firefly Path.

05/02/2014

For anyone who's ever wondered just what you can do with makeup - how you can change into a character just with some swipes of a brush - you need to see this.

While it probably took quite a while to apply (and years to master!) it truly is astounding what you can become!

This was a practice make up that I did on myself for my MAC master class from 2009. For the class I had one hour to make myself up . I practiced numerous tim...

11/19/2013

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Things I love about Japan: kotatsu. A heated table (literally an oven heating coil bolted to the bottom of a table) with a removable top, so you can slide a big blanket under it. The table is then...

04/26/2013

Another corset that I’ve been working on in my free time. This one has a lot of hand embroidery on it, because I was rather bored and thought it might be fun to try. I was right - it is fun, but it is...

04/25/2013

Today’s harrowing adventure in Japan: signing up for a discount card at the local craft store - Craft Heart Tokai One thing anyone coming to Japan, even for a short trip, should know is how to write...

04/05/2013

If you have been following all of my Japan posts over on my Tumblr ://saminjapanland.tumblr.com/ you may be wondering where the recent pictures are...

Well, here's a preview of some of them from a hanami celebration we attended at the end of March where a ton of local students of traditional Japanese dance performed, ages 3 and up!

Keep a watch over there, or on our Flickr page ://www.flickr.com/photos/sam-in-japan/ if you're interested in seeing what we've been up to in Japan!

03/07/2013

Something stumbled upon this afternoon while watching NHK - the art of Kagayuzen dyeing for kimono, and applications to new textiles.

Thought costumers and artists who follow us here might be interested in stuffs like this - would you like us to keep sharing art and costuming links we stumble upon?

NHK WORLD is the international broadcasting service of NHK.

01/07/2013

Typical. There was a con just a few miles away and we missed it.

Sean is away at the MAGFest 2013, and once again has left Vinnk behind. What he doesn't realize is that every year at the same time as MAGFest is Vinnk-Con! ...

11/05/2012

Samantha has been posting the photos from our trip to Beppu this past weekend! Here's the first batch:

My images from the Beppu Sentoumyou festival (1,000 candles, I believe). We arrived early and were able to get some good shots before the sun went down, and then many, many more of the handmade lanterns and art displays around the park.

09/28/2012

It's nearly that time! Tae and I will be moving to Southern Japan in about 2-3 weeks, for a period of 18 months. Sadly the leatherworking gear is way too big and bulky to bring, which means all production on those items will cease until we return.

I'm happyt to announce that we'll be shifting gears back to our line of corsetry made from vintage kimono silk, instead! We've made a few in the past, but it was limited by the availability of the vintage kimono we could find.

Here's one of our favorites: http://www.taeliacstudio.com/tsv6/index.php?page=picture&sub=5&cos=324&pic=1615

08/14/2012

This is the work-in-progress album for our newest personal cosplay: Jace Beleren, a Planeswalker from the Magic: the Gathering collectible card game.