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littlelostboyrufio:

Dear people of tumblr,
I would like your help wishing Ludo a happy birthday. This day a year ago he was born in a pound in Atlanta Georgia. He had moved across 4 different states and by the time I rescued him, he had lived in 4 shelters and 2 different pounds one of which had been shut down for dog fighting. I got ludo on a whim because my other pup had stopped eating, I wasn’t planning on buying a dog the day I got him but for some reason I couldn’t leave him. The day I got him he was to scared to climb the stairs of my apartment it took two of us to carry him, once he was inside he ran and hide in the kennel. I have now owned Ludo for 6months the big guy never stops smiling,he has never snapped at one person, he will greet any stranger, he sleeps by my door only to grumble if there is a unexpected knock on my door at 2am and he can now run up the stairs. I am not one to get emotional on tumblr or brag but I think this guy deserves all the love in the world for being just a nice little dude. So if you want wish Ludo happy birthday and he will send the love back.

Happy Birthday Big Guy!!! 

grimsperation:

Michele Caragher 

Embroidered details in Game of Thrones 

‘Michele Carragher is a London-based Hand Embroiderer and Illustrator who has been working in costume on film and television productions for over 15 years. She studied Fashion Design at The London College of Fashion, where the course incorporated design, pattern cutting, garment construction, embroidery, millinery and illustration. At the same time she attended a three year evening course in Saddlery at Cordwainers College learning skills in leatherwork.

After leaving college Michele worked in Textile Conservation, repairing and restoring historical textiles for private collectors and museums, specialising in hand embroidery. She then moved into a career in costume for film and television, initially working as a Costume Assistant/Maker on productions such as the BBC’s Our Mutual Friend, ITV’s David Copperfield and Mansfield Park. She soon gravitated towards the decoration and embellishment of costumes, using skills in hand embroidery and surface decoration, taking inspiration from the many historical textiles she had encountered working as a Textile Conservator. 

The first production that saw her undertake the role of a Principal Costume Embroiderer was for HBO’s 2005 Emmy Costume award-winning production of Elizabeth 1. Her most recent work has been on HBO’s 2012 Costume award-winning television series Game of Thrones, working on all three seasons.

As a Costume Embroiderer Michele specialises in hand embroidery and surface embellishment, using traditional hand embroidery techniques, smocking, beading and surface decoration. She works directly onto the completed garment or starts with motifs and textures on silk crepeline/organza, which are applied to the costume and then worked into once on the actual garment. She also works on existing machine embroidery designs that are not too dense, adding some hand stitching and beading to give a more authentic, hand-finished look.

Michele finds hand embroidery has more flexibility and diversity than that of embroidery created by machine, as there is a greater variety of thread choice and colours to use. It is also possible to work more easily on garments that are already constructed. However, machine embroidery in combination with hand work can be very useful when completing many repeats by creating light outlines or a less dense machine stitch, work can then be completed by hand and again can be carried out on a finished garment.

Michele is a highly creative Costume Embroiderer, producing original designs as well as working closely to a costume designer’s brief to create their desired look.’

Text and images from  http://www.michelecarragherembroidery.com

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steampunkgasoline:

Excentrique’s 2013 collection (x)

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palalife:

OMG

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dragonklaw82:

Gina Carano is a name a lot of people talk about when they talk about the possibility of Wonder Woman in a DC live action movie. I haven’t seen her acting (Fast and Furious 6, Haywire), but she is a former American Gladiator and an honest-to-God champion MMA fighter on top of being built like an Amazon goddess IRL. Good lord, can you even imagine? I’m going to see if any of her stuff is on Netflix. If she can act she’s fucking perfect.

Gina Carano is a name that my muscular lady googlin’ fingers know by heart.

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ornamentedbeing:

Hamda Al Fahim

Spring/Summer 2013

soullesshusk:

The Hands from Dynamic Figure Drawing by Burne Hogarth

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