Pinup #023: Pinup dress in silver and pink with crinoline. 2019 Beard & Moustache Japanese chiyogami paper in silver

Japanese chiyogami paper in silver filigree on black stands in for black cotton adorned with a profusion of tiny silver and black glass beads

creating a sweetheart neckline

is made from a shimmery Japanese paper

silk ribbon

until I found this delightful (if slightly guilty-looking) specimen in the 1918 book ‘Wild Animals of North America: Intimate Studies of Big and Little Creatures of the Mammal Kingdom’

Pinup #023: Pinup dress in silver and pink with crinoline. 2019 Beard & Moustache Japanese chiyogami paper in silverThe dress is six inches tall, stitched by hand on 8x10 inch 100% cotton watercolour paper, which means that it will pop right into any commercial frame in that size, and be ready to hang on your wall. Materials: Korean and Japanese paper and cotton floss on cotton paper.