YouTube

I strike myself as a really awkward person. But despite that... I'm making YouTube vlogs and videos now! Mostly because it feels like a concise way of collecting and combining all aspects of my creating life, while being maybe expanding my horizons. Could be interesting. I dunno. The worst thing that will happen is I'll give up and quit. Best case scenario, I will make animated shorts for Knicker Misadventures and do crazy mini-videos themed around Grimm Fabrications hoods and such. I'm such an odd person...

Social Media and Updates

Good news, everyone! Grimm Fabrications is now on Twitter. I decided that it would be a good choice (for some reason), so now there I am. One who is interested can find me (and all things Grimm Fabrications) @GrimmWoods. Actual link or something.... GrimmWoods on Twitter. 

In other news... For those of you in Calgary and gearing up to check out the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo, be sure to check out a panel with SC Entertainment. On Friday April 26th at 5:30 pm, they will be in the Rotary House doing a discussion panel about themselves and how they have been able to make so many amazing things over the last 30 years. Specifically, making amazing things without money or support whatsoever from the outside world... and how you might be able to do the same thing (I pretty much just paraphrased what SC Entertainment posted). Now, on top of that pure awesomeness... I will be on that panel as well! I will be on the panel both as someone who has been an actor on SC Entertainment and someone who also makes art with little money and support. It should be an absolute delight, and I'm quite excited. So, if you're there and able to make it to the panel on Friday evening, be sure to! Who knows what you'll learn! In the mean time, go and check out SC Entertainment!

Medical Corset

I FOUND ONE!!

Okay, exciting day at Value Village. Greatest find of my life (very possibly. I've found a lot of great things... but this is something that I've been wanting for ages). This is a detail of one of the greatest things ever... A medical corset! They were used for posture and back problems, and I've always loved the asylum-esque look of them. The fan lacing, the snaps, the elastic, the clinical whiteness.... Glory be to the medical aesthetic and strange beauty of these things. I've come so close to buying one off of Etsy. They pop up every now and then, but they vary from $30 to $190. Affordable? Sometimes yes... but these corsets seldom come in small size. The smaller sizes are usually the most expensive, and are often not technically medical corsets. They have the fan lacing, but it's not quite the same. They are also often not white, which is the part I like. I'm not against the idea of bringing it in and making it smaller (especially since I've started making my own corsets and know how they should fit). But... I've never been a fan of the idea of altering something if it costs me a lot of money. However... When I find that something for $8 at a thrift store... All hands on board! I will alter that puppy! That's actually how I got my first few corsets. They were plastic-boned and too big. I altered them, and that was at a time when I wasn't good at sewing. I think that I should be able to do this! Here's what it looks like on, though...

 

It needs to be much, much, smaller... but I can't wait to do an asylum-themed photo shoot at some point. Gah it's MINE and it was such a steal! Win.