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Post by Miura Suzume on Dec 15, 2018 18:26:30 GMT -5
みんなさん、こんばんは! One of my favorite things about period presence in the SCA is not necessarily the lack of mundane items, but the methods by which mundane items are disguised. I've been searching for a way to disguise my cell phone in a manner that at least looks consistent with a Japanese persona. In particular, I have always adored phone and tablet cases that look like books. To that end, I am going to attempt to make a fukuro-toji four-hole book with a compartment carved into it for my phone to sit inside. I've yet to find much information on whether hako-chitsu folding boxes are pre-Edo period or not (the life, the blog, the saga...), but I love the way they look, so I may try to make one as well, as long as it doesn't increase the bulk too much. Below is a very rough mockup, created with some envelopes I dug out of the recycle bin. I'm definitely going to need thicker thread than what my mother has lying around in the sewing room. Maybe I'll steal some of my father's fake sinew and use that for the final version? Note to self: In future, when planning to display prototypes, use contrasting thread...
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2018 9:06:55 GMT -5
Below is a very rough mockup, created with some envelopes I dug out of the recycle bin. I'm definitely going to need thicker thread than what my mother has lying around in the sewing room. Maybe I'll steal some of my father's fake sinew and use that for the final version? Sinew would probably work, or lace weight yarn (which I have lots of because it's what I mostly use for kumihimo). Last time I was in Targét, they had some colorful hemp string in their tiny craft section which might also work.
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Post by Saionji Shonagon on Dec 18, 2018 12:49:52 GMT -5
Linen thread is frequently used for bookbinding, however, good old Coats & Clark Dual Duty is a heavy duty thread that works for all kinds of applications, and you can find it at any place that sells sewing supplies. I've used it for everything from tent repairs on down. www.makeitcoats.com/us/product/coats-dual-duty-xp-heavy-thread/
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Post by Miura Suzume on Dec 22, 2018 16:35:18 GMT -5
Thank you for the suggestions, both of you! I think if I start making more to hand out or donate as largesse, as I'm starting to think I might like to do, I'll use one of those options. For the time being, I used some thicker cotton embroidery floss we had lying around the house. I think I read somewhere that cotton and silk threads were used in period, but I can't find the source now to verify its quality, so... -shrugs- Paper for the covers! Holes punched WAY too close to the edges. Next time I'll be much smarter. This part sucked. I haven't quite mastered the art of making the paper threads yet--they're bulky and terrible and like to rip when I try to pull them through the holes. I'm going to need a fair bit more practice. Carved out all the center pages and glued the remnants of those pages together--the only parts that are still solid are the covers. Which I attached upside-down. I'd meant to have them run downwards in the fishscale pattern they were obviously intended to be. But the ogi-type fan print is definitely super period, right? Yes. Definitely. Next up: Trying to figure out how to make the box!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2018 22:05:31 GMT -5
I'd meant to have them run downwards in the fishscale pattern they were obviously intended to be. But the ogi-type fan print is definitely super period, right? Yes. Definitely. The term you are looking for is "Seigaiha" which means "blue sea waves", and yes, definitely period.
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