The Geisha

In March 2000 I came across a tutorial for a geisha in a graphics program. I really liked the picture and went on to create my own version. Of course, that was not the end of it.

I sat down and drew the image on graph paper and then traced each part onto tissue paper.
Now I sorted my used stamp collection to be used as the 'fabric' for the kimono of the geisha. So if you look closely you can see 'US' and 'Swiss' and 'Canadian' stamps.
Once the glue was dry, I cut each piece out along the traced lines on the back.
In the next step I glued each piece onto another piece of tissue paper so that it now looked like the graphic.
To give the whole thing some dimension I glued the geisha onto black fun foam and then cut it out. For the hair I glued a piece of fun foam onto the tissue figure, glued 2 red painted tooth picks onto that and then a smaller circle of fun foam covered with black craft paper on top of that for the bun.
Next I sewed 4 5¼inch floppy disks together as 'canvas', sponge painted them and then glued on the geisha.
Well, I think it is a very unique creation.

The Stamp Geisha

Outline for you to use

Geisha Version 2

After creating the Stamp Geisha I have been contemplating working a quilted one. Well, it didn't quite turn out that way, but very close.
I cut out the pattern pieces and attached them to a round wooden cutting board that I had bought at a Dollar Store. I put peel and stick adhesive (comes in double sticky sheets) on the back of the fabric pieces and than removed the backing and exposed the second sticky side and positioned it on the cutting board.
The black dot above the geisha's hair is the whole in the cutting board to hang it up.
When all was done, I outlined the different pieces with fabric paint.

Geisha Version 3

Here again I used a cutting board.

Only this time I traced my design on the board, outlined it with a woodburning tool and then colored it with acryclic craft paint diluted with glazing medium and water to make it transparent. Then coated it with varnish.