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Dream of the Endless

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SUBMITTED BY:

Josephine Bunce

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Other Credits

Photographs by Edge Bunce

Outline the story …

Once Upon a Time in 1916, the anthropomorphic personification of Dreams, Morpheus of the Endless was traveling through the war torn dreams of Man when he was suddenly entrapped by an evil occultist, Burgess.

Angry that he did not ensnare Death, he stripped Dream of his mantle and his vestiges, a bag of dreamsand, his helmet, and his dreamstone. Naked, Dream patiently waits in his prison plotting his revenge while the dreamrealm runs amok.

My entry is Neil Gaiman's The Sandman right before his entrapment in 1916.

Stories begin in dreams and end there, safe in Dream's Library,
All the stories we tell to others, all the ones we keep in our heart- silent, is told in dreams.
All of our make believes, all of our silent commentaries of the day's events,
all our wishes, all the could of's, would of's, and should of's - are stored in the Dreaming.
No story is ever truly dead, they live in dreams.

Life is the Story, We tell it by living it, Each of us starts with Once Upon a Time and when our story ends, we walk into the Dreaming.
For stories are never truly lost and they never die.
We are the Story and Stories live forever.

Outline the construction…

I was very excited to bring Sandman to life by focusing on a few key elements that are important to the character,
His cloak, the bag, the helm, and the gem I used a 1913-15 cloak pattern from Past Patterns that had the perfect collar I was looking for.

I planned to embroidered flames towards the bottom and settled on trying a reverse applique so it would look like the flames were coming from within. I choose a grey lavender fabric instead of red to represent the misty ethereal nature of dreams for the flames. I used a light weight wool poly blend that could be lined to hide the back of the embroidery. The lining was an opportunity to create an aspect of the heart of the Dreaming, Fiddler's Green. I wanted a warm, abstract, swirly garden and wanted to incorporate Gustave Klimt, Tree of Life and some of his abstract designs from that era. I used quilting blocks and piece the lining together, then hand sew the lining together except for the back because of the lovely drape of the cape.
The bag was from the same brocade as the flames, I smocked for the first time I was trying to mimic the wood beams from Shakespeare's Globe theatre.

The dreamstone was made out of resin and polymer clay, my first, and I turned it into a brooch for the cape and my helmet is made out of foam using two different patterns, a skull and a gasmask.

COMMENTS

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11 Comments

  1. Avatar Ingibjörg Ýr on March 11, 2021 at 10:50 pm

    This is whole outfit is amazing! The cape is so wonderful. I love how dark and imposing it is on the outside but so colourful and magical on the inside <3

  2. Avatar Jocelyn Lofstrom on March 12, 2021 at 1:49 am

    OMG, LOVE this! Well done!

  3. Avatar Amy Sakovich on March 13, 2021 at 1:23 am

    Wow! Such amazing detail!

  4. Avatar Manon L'Hostis on March 14, 2021 at 1:29 pm

    So many details! This looks so good❤

  5. Avatar Kristina on March 14, 2021 at 4:37 pm

    YES! YES! YES! This is wonderful!

  6. Avatar JAYE SUDAR on March 15, 2021 at 4:06 am

    Wow.

  7. Avatar Stephanie on March 16, 2021 at 4:15 pm

    I loved your picture and clicked immediately! I love that yours is more dark, it stood off the page. THEN THE PATCHWORK OMGGGGG AMAZING!!

  8. Avatar Suzanne Egan on March 23, 2021 at 5:33 am

    WOW! So many elements, all really well executed. Love the different elements and inspirations for the cloak and that the two sides have such different elements. Nicely done!

  9. Avatar AnnaCatherine Sendgikoski on March 26, 2021 at 8:59 pm

    This is impressive! I am in awe! So well done! Thank you!

  10. Avatar Emily on March 29, 2021 at 1:26 pm

    I love this!

  11. Avatar Kat Cuseo on March 30, 2021 at 3:34 am

    This is awesome! I love the fabric on the cloak!

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