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A couple months ago, my friend Rhawnie mentioned she would be playing Queen Titania at the new Fantasy Faire<\/a> in San Jose. She was designing her costume but couldn’t decide if she needed wings & if so, how to make them. Oh, this conversation was happening at a meadery over pints of hard cider, which may or may not have affected the outcome. Anyway, I piped up & said, hey, I’ve made a wings before! They’re easy & fun. Hey, I could totally make fairy wings for you! Titania totally should have wings. And thus, a new project was born.<\/p>\n

Decades previously, I’d learned wing-construction techniques at a GBACG workshop using wire to create closed-cell structures that evoke natural insect-wing patterns. I had a ton of heavy-gauge millinery wire in The Stash, so I used that. You use any heavy-gauge wire (& I have) — the thread-wrapping of millinery wire has pros & cons. You can paint it easily to match or coordinate or create interesting effects, but the thread also shreds a lot at joints & makes a mess. Painting bare wire is also possible, but a smidge more difficult.<\/p>\n

Using my fingers plus needle-nose pliers, I bent the wire into two large wing shapes with lots of short struts in between for strength & to create interest. I carefully avoided symmetry & any obvious patterns — I wanted a wild, organic look because I think that suits fairies. Rhawnie gave me the fabric she wanted for the wings — it was shimmery, sheer blue & green. So I painted the wire structures in blue so the “veins” would blend in.<\/p>\n

Then I used a ton of E-6000 glue to affix the fabric to the wire structure. I’ve used hot-glue in the past, & I’m not sure which one works best. Hot-glue can be brittle & the fabric can pop off the wire easily. But E-6000 really adheres best when clamped or, in this case, pressed down for a few minutes. Which is next to impossible to do on sheer fabric because the glue seeps through immediately & sticks to your fingers! Plus E-6000 needs to dry overnight, so I had to wait one night for the first side (blue fabric) to dry, then attach the other side (green fabric), & then do the same for the second wing because I wanted to make sure the first wing looked good in case I didn’t like it. Yeah, a lot of sitting around waiting for glue to dry! Oh & toxic fumes from E-6000. I think I might stick with hot-glue (no pun intended). It’s not like fairy wings are meant to last forever.<\/p>\n

Next up, attaching the two wings together. I wired 5 short metal corset bones into a small grid, then wired this to the center-back of the wings. The purpose of the boned grid was to give the wings a little bit of stability as they rest on the wearer’s back. If the two wings were wired directly together, they’d be super-floppy. I mean, these aren’t hugely solid anyway, but every little bit helps. Lastly, this grid is where I attached ribbons that tie around the wearer’s arms.<\/p>\n

To finish the wing edges, I singed the fabric all the way around with a lighter. Since the fabric is synthetic, it melted together in places & curled up in others, adding to the rough, organic look. And along the top edge of each wing, I sewed a scattering of blue, green, & gold glass beads to frame the fairy queen’s face (this might have been the part that took the longest to actually do, not counting glue-drying). The very last step was to spray the wings with silver microglitter paint all over for an ethereal touch.<\/p>\n

\"Denisens <\/a>
Denisens of the San Jose Fantasy Faire, photo by Christopher Erickson <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Eluding <\/a>
Eluding a fairy hunter (which makes one’s wings go topsy-turvy), photo by Christopher Erickson <\/div> <\/div>
\"Titania <\/a>
Titania hands out roses, photo by Kim Knight Dirato <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Ruling <\/a>
Ruling at the Fairy Court, photo by Christopher Erickson <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"The <\/a>
The Fairy Queen, full of mirth, photo by Kim Knight Dirato <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Rhawnie <\/a>
Rhawnie as Queen Titania, fairy wings by Trystan, photo by Kim Knight Dirato <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Finished <\/a>
Finished fairy wings – beaded detail <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Finished <\/a>
Finished fairy wings – beaded detail <\/div> <\/div>
\"Finished <\/a>
Finished fairy wings – beaded detail <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Finished <\/a>
Finished fairy wings <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Finished <\/a>
Finished fairy wings – back attachment <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Trystan <\/a>
Trystan wearing wings for a “test flight” <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Painted <\/a>
Painted blue “veins” for fairy wings <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Fairy <\/a>
Fairy wing wire structure <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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