Commission completed

The commission was finished couple days ago. There are three costumes of two designs. The first one was too short and the brocading process was too time consuming. I decide to discard the first one and re-do the weaving files. This time it is not brocade weave; but the result is almost the same. The best part is it goes faster. Three shuttles were used. the first and second shuttles go from selvage to selvage. Only the third weft needs to use small shuttles to fill each areas. The real brocade for this case needs four shuttles. One for the main ground and other three shuttles are for brocade area. main ground plus brocade areas become the whole picture. My non-traditional brocade is three weft compound weave actually. The third layer (weft) is broken to several areas not like other layers have complete images.

Two boat shuttles are used for weft one and two. The third pick is "brocade" part.

Boat shuttle will run from selvage to selvage

small shuttle is used for each brocade area

Under UV light

Finish fabric for character one

Finish fabric for character two

It is not so satisfying to me because the finish size is not correct. One is a bit longer; the other one is shorter. My work is done now. There are more works (cut and sew) needed before it is transformed into costumes. Once the images and vedio of these costume are received, will post them here.
This is a rewarding experience. There are lessons learned from this commission. I can weave brocade image with the right side up and found compound weave can has imcomplete layer.