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I have an ETSY SHOP!! www.psybermoon.etsy.comI live in Bristol with my man Thang and our 3 cats Clarence Mole and Tiberius mEOw!
I found my love of dance music in the late 90's having had previous love affairs with indie, rock, soul and funk music which I still love, I finally felt I'd come home in the dance scene. I became immersed in the underground Techno scene in Bristol and moved around parties allowing myself to be drawn into whatever I liked the sound of and collecting some amazing friends along the way. I eventually stumbled across psy-trance being played in a chillout at a techno party and a new day dawned.
I have an office job that pays the mortgage. Otherwise I like to create, I make clothing and costumes, bags and belts in fact if it will go through the machine I'll make it.
Over the past few years I have moved from standard clothing to costume design and creation and have worked with 2 dance troupes creating dance costumes for club and festival use. I worked with imps costumed dancers for 2 years between Feb 03- Oct 04 repairing, altering and assisting with creation of costumes, it was a steep learning curve of sewing experience for which I am grateful.
I now work with Sirenz dancers ( www.sirenz.co.uk ). Their first gig was in October 2004 at Twisted Toadstool in Bristol. This was the first outing of the original 6 flame themed costumes that we created, we have since designed and made a further 2 flame costumes. Initially a fairly small concern we have expanded and are now a large group who have differing dancing styles and performance ability, because of this we are always learning and growing! :)
During summer 06 we created 8 brand new Tribal themed costumes that were ready in time for the Glade Festival. We were lucky enough to be invited to dance by the Glades' entertainment crew and it was a fantastic experience, the girls were invited back in 2007 and despite the muddyness stomped on and added to an already brilliant party!
The Sirenz are a lovely group of people, who created a look that was bright and loud, stompy and different to any other performance group, long may they continue to do so!
Check out this little video of us at Tribe of Frog, Sirenz Video I am dancing in the opening clip with Michelle :)
I also take on custom sewing jobs for others and over the past couple of years have been involved with stilt walkers, and LARPers, as well as producing outfits for people with imaginations who want something unique. This year I made my first 2 wedding dresses last year one a more traditional corset and skirt the other a medieval handfasting dress. I am happy to discuss any ideas you have this year. Please check out my other myspace account psyber_moon for any creative enquiries.
I also attend silversmithing class and I hope to continue with this next year and perhaps sell some of my work to existing customers and maybe even create to order someday.
I'm here to connect with existing friends,meet some new ones and to try and learn about new music and hopefully link with other costumiers to get tips and share ideas! :)
Smiles, sunshine and peace everybody
Em oO
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