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Cloaked in Moss
Published: 2007-06-10 06:27:27 +0000 UTC; Views: 37627; Favourites: 898; Downloads: 425
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EDIT #2: Holy crap!!! A DD!! Thank you so much! This totally just made my day. I am very highly honoured
EDIT: just resubmiting this because I wanted to show off the front as well.
I finally got some real photos taken of these!!! I'm sorry, they are just boring ones without models on a white background, but they show off the costume well.
This is the back of my Forest Guardian costume.
Photo by Josh Hines
Hand felted/dyed wool over cheesecloth with moss and leaves.
It took over 20 hours of very hard and wet work.
And no, its not a dress, its a vest/robe for a man.
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how much would you sell this for? just curious
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Umm, probably at least $500. Β It was a lot of work
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totally makes sense!! Man Id love to photograph it, are you gunna use it in any shoots ! Id love to see what you come up with.
I wish I could afford it, but keep me posted if its ever used in a shoot 
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I love that mossy look, extremely well done!!! It would fit my dryad costume just perfectly...
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so you used real moss? that's pretty cool!
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Wow, I need a cloak like that for my woodspirit costume!
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You have been featured here: [link]
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Ah godess, i would LOVE a dress like that for my dryad
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WOW....how much would something like this cost (as a gown)?
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there are no words to describe how i felt when i saw this. it's amazing.
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your hard work certainly paid off!
it's a beautiful design and the craftsmanship is astounding!
it's apparent you put love into this creation xD
spending 20 hours on it...
it's just amazing!
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...omg
that is beautiful
i want it
id wear it all the time
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Lovely work, the effort really shows. It's nice to see a forest theme using more than just forest colours. The textures here are what really make it for me!
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Wow, that's lovely! And such hard work.. Congrats on it!
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Love this. What are your rates for creating a custom piece?
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I'm not taking custom orders right now, but if you are still interested in a quote for future reference I can send you a note.
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I would be very interested, thank you.
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This is just fabulous... I would love love LOVE to have something like this to wear to FaerieWorlds!! 
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May I ask how you preserved this ?
I have tried using moss and leaves in my sculpture and have tried various preservatives, only to have the leaves and moss become brittle and fall away over time.
This is one of the best articles of clothing I have ever seen. I wish they sold clothes like this in stores instead of the poly cotton crap.
If I had the money, I would buy this and commission you to make all my clothes.
peace
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I'm not sure how it's doene here...but I've discovered that PVA glue is quite good for preserving leaves
if you dry them while pressing them you can then "mould" them to some extent when you cover them in glue...
quite a messy way though...
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Awesome job! I just wanted to let you know that I featured this in "Realms of Fantasy and Myth: Week 11 - Dryad", you can find it here: [link]
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you know, after 2 days of cleaning out my mom's man made pond and stream.....
it actually reminds me more of the algae in the stream, with the leaves in it, than moss. the algae is actually kinda pretty, till you touch it. but I am sure this feels A LOT nicer than algae....
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this is so amazing and inspiring. The vest/cloak is fabulous, the shaping is spectacular and I love the detail of it. Such beautiful work! Thanks so much for sharing!
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Beautiful cloak. It reminds me of an old fairytale about a girl called MossyCoat.
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WOW fantastic! I love the look and I would love to wear something that beautiful!
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I'd wear this! I'd LOVE a hood to go with it
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Featured in my journal today - [link] - hope that's ok.
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Oh my, I must consult you when I need stage outfits
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wow, that is utterly stunning. gorgeous colours and details. definitely deserved the DD
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pretty long actually. I just wore this thing the other day (about a year after it was made) and moss is still doing fine. It's all dried out, but the felt helps keep it together. though it does tend to shed a bit sometimes.
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I think it looks really cool, even without a model!
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dear can you tell me the secret how you made it really look like the plants which are on the floor of the forest *-*!!! you make me so in awe!!!
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