Faded, discolored, shattered, fragile, dilapidated – and I wanted one.

Faded, discolored, shattered, fragile, dilapidated – and I wanted one.

It was a faded, discolored, shattered, fragile, dilapidated dream dress. And I wanted one. I think it’s my favorite project to date, partly because of the epic timescale. I fell in love with it in 1996, and made it in 2013. Yep, seventeen years from initial inspiration to completion. That’s often how it goes.