Als ich abends aus dem Gebäude raus trat, kam mir eine warme Brise entgegen. Die Luft trug sanfte Geruchsnoten von Blüten, von Wein und frischgebackenem Kuchen. Sie war voller Erinnerungen von einem fernen Sommer, am Ufer eines Sees mit Gelächter, Gesang und Gitarrenklang.
Die warme Athmosphäre trug mich weiter. Ein Schritt nach dem anderen und ich betrat die Nacht. Und samt dem Sommertraum wurde ich verführt... zu einem stillen, langen Weg... nach Hause.
Wednesday 17 April 2013
Sunday 7 April 2013
Clara Weather Charm
Hello everybody!
Have you heard of "Kuragehime" (meaning "Jellyfish Princess") by Higashimura Akiko?
It is a great manga that combines otaku with fashion and business-spirit in a very humorous way. The drawing style is also really good! If you like the genre slice of life, I really recommend reading this or watching the anime (which only shows the first part of the story, but is also very light and full of loughs).
This awesome manga served me as inspiration in making my first weather charm. And here it is:
my own interpretation of Clara, the jellyfish (also the mascot of "Kuragehime").
It is made out of some old pieces of white and pink cloth and the eyes and mouth are painted with fabric paint. There is also a trick of sewing the "neck" twice in order to get the head in the shape of a slightly squished sphere (an oblate spheroid) and the body as thin as possible right below the pink fabric.
Well, I don't know if this is what the author Higashimura Akiko had in mind when she thought Clara up, but this is the best I could do with my sewing skills.
Either way, the weather charm did actually make the latest days more sunny (although still a bit too cold for my taste).
Have nice and sunny spring days everyone!
Have you heard of "Kuragehime" (meaning "Jellyfish Princess") by Higashimura Akiko?
It is a great manga that combines otaku with fashion and business-spirit in a very humorous way. The drawing style is also really good! If you like the genre slice of life, I really recommend reading this or watching the anime (which only shows the first part of the story, but is also very light and full of loughs).
This awesome manga served me as inspiration in making my first weather charm. And here it is:
It is made out of some old pieces of white and pink cloth and the eyes and mouth are painted with fabric paint. There is also a trick of sewing the "neck" twice in order to get the head in the shape of a slightly squished sphere (an oblate spheroid) and the body as thin as possible right below the pink fabric.
Well, I don't know if this is what the author Higashimura Akiko had in mind when she thought Clara up, but this is the best I could do with my sewing skills.
Either way, the weather charm did actually make the latest days more sunny (although still a bit too cold for my taste).
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