Something I’ve been working on with a couple of my friends for quite some time now. We merged our interests in photography with craftiness at making things ( mainly Kevin and Christine’s craftiness) to produce a series of plush lens pillows. Ooh yes.
Sneak peeks of this project have been posted via my 365 every once in awhile. After a couple months of experimenting with various materials and refining the prototypes, it is at its final stage of production (by production, I mean sewing every single number, letter, and focus ring by hand.) Quite a bit of work, but the final product almost put tears in our eyes (and pins in Kevin’s finger).
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Here are a couple of snap shots on the making of each pillow:
Measured from the original lenses, we made a couple of templates to keep our pillows consistent in scale.
↑Christine’s classy like film SLRs.
We wanted to make sure everything’s just right. Even the fonts.
↑Kevin’s one of the kind “Canon” bracelete. Made by Liz – only place to find it is through here.
More templates.
100% handmade goodness. Stitch by stitch.
For the Nikon peeps out there:
↑The first set of prototypes.
The site dedicated to this will be up and running very soon.
For now: [Plushtography]
’til next time,
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