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I love how it seems like cosplay is essentially doing whatever the fuck it takes to get the costume how you want it. It doesn't set limits on the materials or techniques. A 100's of years old embroidery method, woodworking, and silicone molds can all be in one cosplay
Smocking AND bobbin lace. Swoon. My sister took 3 years to make the bobbin lace for an astonishing christening gown she made, learned from a Royal Needlework Guild teacher in London circa 1979. So heartwarming to see these techniques being used and celebrated
I knew a colonial (american revolution) reenactor who did bobbin lacing and tatting and it always fascinated me to watch her, even as a 12 - 15 year old boy. Some day I will have the courage to try it myself!
Absolutely love the give and take going on in this video and the amazing way everyone's eyes lit up at certain points of the conversation! That 'Aha' moment is what so many of us live for!
I always love seeing Adam with Cow Butt Crunchies; they are all cosplayers with different specialties but many similar experiences and they just have THE BEST conversations!
Its really uncommon to see interviews with female cosplayers where people actually ask intelligent questions about a craft they have obviously put thousands of hours into, but they are also really intelligent great speakers and dedicated to an artisan craft doing it themselves , much love and lots of respect
Two very different personality's, with very different talents. Coming together to produce some of the most detailed works of art. I could talk to you for hours about your skills and crafts. Thank you for sharing. Adam and the Tested team. Thanks for having these two fine artists, and please invite them again.
Love these two. Such a great chemistry between them. So talented. Not to take away from their skill, but the accents are amazing! Would love to see more with them. Listening to their learning experiences reminds me of my experiences writing code. Though, I look back at my old code and immediately want to rewrite it, lol. Also fully agree with the learning makes it fun. OMG, i need to stop editing this, but i've learned i should just take notes with these folks and not respond until the end. Love love these women! They're so beautiful!!!! This brightened my day so much! TY all so much!!!! wish i could give more thumbs up.
“Nothing grows in the comfort zone” - I think this phrase is very apropos to cosplaying, both with respect to artistic development and the actual wearing of these costumes haha. Awesome stuff.
I always heard it as, "The comfort zone is a beautiful place... but nothing grows there." I know it's the same thing in essence but I appreciate it my way since it feels more honest. Being comfortable is a fantastic situation to be in and you'll be happy to live there but you'll accomplish very little besides being comfortable.
@@rolandp.6133 You’re taking what was a glib comment way too seriously; and not only that, you’re completely wrong in your assumptions. There’s a wealth of scientific evidence that suggests that new experiences (i.e being outside of one’s comfort zone) enables one to learn and develop quicker and more efficiently (within that respective skillset). This is the guiding principle of neuroplasticity, where the whole morphology of your brain quite literally changes and adapts to new experiences. In other words, if you keep challenging your brain (within a specific skill), it will reorganise (and even create new) neural-pathways to make you better and more efficient at that skill.
I respectfully disagree. Too often we hear, “you have to leave your comfort zone.” But think about it, when was the last time you really grew? Was it when you felt unsafe (outside your comfort zone), or was it when you pushed your comfort zone but still felt safe enough to move forward? I maintain we do our best work at the very edge of our comfort zone. We are pushing our limitations and we are still in a place we feel safe enough to experiment and play.
@@rolandp.6133 If you had actually watched the video, then you would’ve realised that I was talking about the former and not the latter 0:55. But nah, you just wanted to argue for the same of arguing.
@@rolandp.6133 The point is that what humans find most comfortable is having our hierarchy of needs met. Living inside a safe warm/cool home, with decent food, plenty of things to drink, at least some companionship, and no requirement to exert ourselves beyond what's reasonable. Now, if you want to create something outside of the mundane, it usually, if not always, requires you to go outside where it's cold/hot, take a risk on ruining your dinner by trying new spices or ingredients, you risk pain and injury when learning a new physical skill, or rejection and/or heartache by trying to gain new companionship or romance. Anytime you risk something, you're being pushed out of what most people mean when they say "the comfort zone". Since most people don't find fear and anxiety comfortable. The majority of people don't consider failure or the chance of it pleasant. Pain, either physical or emotional, definitely is not comfortable. So, what are you gaining if you refuse to move outside of your comfort zone? Very little. Almost everything that brings joy comes with the risk of you being uncomfortable in some way. I'd never heard the term "hustle culture" before your comment but that sounds like a lame way to describe what's being said. It's not some gimmicky bullshit, it's just how humans interact with life. If you could, please give an example of something you feel is valued by most people and yet is obtainable without some discomfort? You say obtaining comfort is a human goal that we always strive towards and I agree. We seek comfort, and at no point did I imply that's not a good thing. It's great to exist inside of that comfort zone. (Hense why the expression that I heard that made the most sense to me is, "It's a beautiful place".) You just can't solely exist inside of it, then complain about how you want more out of life than just existing, but do nothing else to obtain it. If you can set up the pieces so that after 30 you can retire, live alone in your home, and just watch TV and surf the internet all day, have right at it. That sounds like bliss. If you do end up doing that, though, after your death, save for a dent in the couch cushion, you won't have much to show for it. You'll have impacted the world in zero new or interesting ways. Almost everyone who knew you would say, "They lived a sad and unfulfilled life". Though were you to do that and be happy, I won't judge you for it but I'm not everyone else. Most people don't feel that time you enjoyed wasting isn't wasted time, as I do. I just want to point out what you'll miss out on, staying exclusively in the comfort zone, though. No wife/husband, that requires effort and putting yourself out there. No kids, see above. No new artwork, you're not going to dig down into yourself deeply enough to pull out something interesting but, don't worry, even if it did exist you would never show it to anyone because it might not resonate with other people. No new crafting, that might make you exert yourself. No new scientific breakthroughs, that requires study of whichever discipline you choose and then patience, training, and constant success (if you want to remain comfortable with doing it). Also, everything you mentioned requires actions that come with risks and/or effort. (Save for maybe the family you were born into, not the one you create, but that is also the definition of comforting.) Therefore they all, again, require an expedition outside of your comfort zone to obtain.
I know folks in the SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism) who teach bobbin lace! I also learned lucet weaving in the SCA, which is a quite simple method of cord making. I adore how well traditional techniques can be utilized in modern activities, and all of your work is *delightful*!
This was such an interesting discussion; I fell into the Historical Costuming part of UA-cam in 2020 and love seeing where people blend historical with modern for techniques AND styles. Especially when then applied to Fantasy or SciFi; it really creates a depth that is hard to pin point until you know that's what's happened. Also, the discussion on helping new people when they ask questions speaks to my soul, I used to write crochet patterns and was on several forums for it. Last year, I realised I was exhausted from the repeated questions where people were just looking for shortcuts to learning or even making. So often the short answer was "mess around and find out", but I'd always try to be polite as I know I'd been there at one point, and often people are worried about wasting money, materials and/or time (or getting flack on the internet for doing it "wrong" :/ Good news, there isn't really a wrong way if it looks fine in the end). There were many times though that I felt like asking if they were only crafting for the end item, not for the joy of the process, since they were so focused on how to do it perfectly, quickly and once. So much of craft is try, try, try, try, until you understand the why, not just the how.
The comment about taking time to do it right reminds me of a favorite phrase - "The problem with doing it right the first time is that no one appreciates how difficult it was."
14:00 i think someone should donate a LARGE farm/piece of land/vertical building, to these guys to store, make, live, teach stuff. And just make them a creators tower, so they can sort and organize their craft for the rest of their lives 😄 Can you imagine a small city of creators with their own little skyscrapers or community village thing, all mismatched with different themes based on their personalities/craft etc lol
I don't really have words how wonderful their work is. As a truly amateur cosplayer, I am humbled by their skill. I can piece together a costume from Thrift stores or buy a ready made costume online, but that's it. I hope many are inspired by this to step up their cosplay game.
4:25 with a "to human translation" of a drawing to costume, thats so very true. There a huge degree of translation from unrealistic proportions to realistic proportions.
OMG your work is fantastic!!! I loved the trapunto embroidery (that 'stuffed' embroidery in the hoop), it's really nicely done, particularly how you've changed the alignment of the satin stitches to really highlight the shape! I love trapunto, I've done it on teddy bear paws to make the little toe-beans stick out! :) I know exactly what you mean about the 'spare room' with the craft storage. I have one of those, but it doesn't have a bed in it anymore (no room). My carers call it 'Spotlight' (the Aussie version of Michael's). It holds much of my craft and sewing stores, except my embroidery stores, which are in a big Ikea 4x4 cube shelf in the lounge (so I can access it easier). The smocking in the skirt on the piece with the red and gold is lovely. The thing I really love about lattice smocking is that it lends itself to shapes really well, particularly on sleeves. It just makes rounded parts so pretty. The last medieval costume I made for my daughter has a modified lattice smocking on the sleeve heads and it's so comfortable to wear (she tells me). I also love that you haven't hard-ironed it, so it has so much movement! Do you have/use a smocking machine? The cutwork embroidery is lovely. Also, I don't know whether people understand how difficult it is to line up machine embroidery you've removed from the machine to work on, and then put it back onto the machine to do more. I'm so jealous of you learning to work lace. It's one thing I want to do before I die. I'll get to it (hopefully). I'll be looking at your books, thanks for the interview, I hope Adam has you on more often. I'd love to see a collaboration between you three and watch you put a piece together from start to finish. :) I do have one question, though - Why do you not have a youtube channel???
Some suggestions for 'muslinning' mouldings: alganate or even a dehydrated clay slip. I've not had experience with alganate myself, but I have reused rehydrated, unfired slip clay.
What an absorbing discussion! Very infectious enthusiasm. I've always loved the costumes in productions such as the BBC's Pride & Pred', Babylon 5 and a bunch of others I can't recall only that I would coo to my wife and point at the telly . Thanks for having these fabulous women on to talk about this .
"So much of cosplay is being willing to reach out and try and do something that you've not done before and take the risk" this has been so true in my time cosplaying, every time i start a project i go "i have no idea how to do this but im gonna try anyways!" cosplay is all about learning and trying and learning more and trying again
I had been waiting for more of these to come out! I love when you guys talk, I would love for you 3 to make a podcast for RP crafters everywhere! Just talk and geek out about crafting processes and current projects for a half hour. Seriously, just a quick showing off of current projects, geeking out about your favorite part of the others project, and a short breakdown of a technique you're using is a huge help! I've recently found myself housing a couple high school aged relatives and I'm in my early 30. I just starting cosplaying myself and they are so interested (I love that my whole family is rich with geeks and hobbyists). Learning more from you made Halloween interesting and we want to go to a con (truthfully, we want to add custom geeky stuff to our everyday pieces too). We have learned so much from these videos, even just when you talk and give us ideas for a tool we didn't consider!😍
16:40 EEEEEE!! ITS HAPPENING! Adam brings creators and information sharing together so naturally! I look forward to the next few Years as Adam starts his journey into his foundation, i cant believe this was how it all started, and now we have the Savage Center of Creativity, ASCo was always good too but i dont think we could of had that amazing startrek like spark of creative community centers, with out the huge spaces and facilities Adam got so enthused about 😄art and knowledge for the sake of art and knowledge, i mean what better reason? I still reckon Adams the reason the automation boom took off so easily.
i spend 10 years on my project and i can say i Changed alot of the things i was making just to turn it into what i wanted. not what i wanted at the beginning. but what i wanted at the end. nice job.
Adam, I want to express my thanks to you and your crew for the effort and the work you put in, to deliver high-quality content to your channel. Thank you very much. Also I have discovered Blundstone shoes after watching the tour of your attic. I also just purchased one of your EDC bags. Thanks again for finding a quality partner in mafia. My question is I was recently I watching a video where you were grinding on something and you had a shield that covered your glasses and extend down to the bottom of your nose. It was not fogging up as you were breathing, can you provide the manufacturer of that shield? Thanks again for all you do.
These videos have been so interesting. I would love to see some of peoples reaction to entering the cave and seeing all your props and costumes when other creators visit, but I understand if being on camera might spoil those moments a bit.
It's funny, I don't Cosplay but I love watching Cosplay artists create or explain the creation of their costumes. Just something about the process that completely sucks me in. That's also my favorite part of watching behind the scene's footage of movies, when the Costumer starts showing off the concepts and creation of the costumes. Maybe I missed my calling. hmm
This is so inspiring! Unfortunately, I lack the patience to create something that takes longer than a month to create. So I mostly admire other peoples' works.
My experience is that macrame is lace made with bigger yarn. But I’m a knitter and a crochet nerd so it’s just tying your yarn up into knots artistically 😂 Edit so yes to both
Old world techniques are not just of interest to cosplayers. Get any group of Reenactors together no matter the period(s). Soon the only thing everyone is talking about is "Oh Wow! How did you do that".
23:23 OHHHH okay, yea seeing the underside changed how i see it now, its not even weaved, its a weird sewing technique. oh wow, okay. I've seen that inside pattern before on some scifi stuff.
I've been working on a Sweetums costume on and off for YEARS and the part that's kicking my butt is a mechanical solution for making his eyes go back and forth. I have a rough idea using pulleys and a turnable shaft, but honestly it has me at a standstill. Any pointers?
It may not be a cosplay channel, but maybe check out some videos on Puppet Nerd’s channel. I believe he’s done some mechanism videos in the past. If not on his channel there might be other puppeteering channels that show how to do something like that
I have to ask which book Cowboy Crunchies started with for bobbin lace. I’m very interested in starting but I don’t know which books are more beginner friendly level. I’ve seen needle lace patterns that looked interesting and have been working on a sample, I’ve knit some lace patterns but I want to make the tiny thread lace in long lines for my projects and yeah book recommendations would be appreciated. Awkward autistic fiber artist here. 😅
Too distracted by *their name* to watch without investigating... Turns out their first adopted cats were *Cowbutt* and *Crunchies.* Alas, now I can't get rid of the notion that it's a better term for what might be stuck around bovine tails than it is for a dynamic duo of legendary cosplayers. 🤫
Somehow it feels like the ladies might have tightened the corsets a little too tight, in their enthusiasm. But what a great team and awesome craftsmanship and design
Craft ,art , performance? All of the above ? I don't really get the cosplay culture ,at least how I hear Adam or others explain it . Mostly cause I think the self imposed torture stress of the convention deadline to have art work ready , unnerving to watch . Then you see in Adams examples of incognito walks . Drenched in middle age man sweat struggling to see through fogged glasses or having only one contact in . And all that walking . I mean he really needs to think about costumes like patch ohoulihan from Ben Stillers dodgeball .rip got to use a powered wheel chair in that one . Instead of walking Adam can ride n throw foam wrenched at people to dodge .😉🤣
Yeah, I think the word hobby diminishes one’s interest. It’s like the difference between the words job and profession. Perhaps we all need a better way to communicate our passions.
@@Voirreydirector the only difference between a hobby and a profession is of you're getting paid for it. Are these ladies getting paid? If so, they are professionals. To the 90% of cosplayers who aren't getting paid it's a hobby.
@@samjavitch8226 It is to them and not to you... do you think you have any claim on objectivity here? If you didn't think you were right and they are wrong you wouldn't have commented. You aren't in the majority, your average person wouldn't watch this because they have no interest making this video annoying to most of the population.
This is so lovely! Needlework is such a feminine world usually and it's really nice to see it treated like any other craft. You rarely see masculine men who own workshops geek out over clothing and sewing techniques. It makes it feel so universal
These costumes are really impressive. I do cosplay myself and have done a couple cosplays from scratch, but none are as ambitious or well executed as these. I just push the projects back for a year and then hastily pull them off in a week, lol.
My wife and I tried to do some things like this together but it was 15 years ago before videos like these were so easy to come by and before we had much exposure to the matierials these ladies and Adam use regularly, the HDPE foam and stuff like that. the materials we tried with were all wrong and never really amounted to much more than a mess in our crafting room. Watching these three start with nothing and produce such amazing things and then find out those amazing hairpieces are CARDSTOCK AND CHEAP PLASTIC WIGS and Readyboard and PAPER and common cloth and HOT GLUE and a hairdryer and such MUNDANE and SIMPLE supplies to get such AMZING creations just blows my mind!
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@@max54623 I do?
They are such incredible crafters! I love seeing cosplayers on this channel! So cool!
I love how it seems like cosplay is essentially doing whatever the fuck it takes to get the costume how you want it. It doesn't set limits on the materials or techniques. A 100's of years old embroidery method, woodworking, and silicone molds can all be in one cosplay
Smocking AND bobbin lace. Swoon. My sister took 3 years to make the bobbin lace for an astonishing christening gown she made, learned from a Royal Needlework Guild teacher in London circa 1979. So heartwarming to see these techniques being used and celebrated
I knew a colonial (american revolution) reenactor who did bobbin lacing and tatting and it always fascinated me to watch her, even as a 12 - 15 year old boy. Some day I will have the courage to try it myself!
"And this ... I think is upholstery?" - "Who cares what this is for, that's how we used it!" are such a cosplay mood
The concept of being able to visit Adam's Cave is just mind blowing. I'd freak more than a little bit getting to tour it with Adam.
he is slowly becoming the snl of makers lol
i like how these collab vids are half Adam Q&A, and half CC tutorials
Absolutely love the give and take going on in this video and the amazing way everyone's eyes lit up at certain points of the conversation! That 'Aha' moment is what so many of us live for!
I'm so happy you asked Regan and Kelly on your podcast, their work is inspiring!
Slow is smooth and smooth is fast, well said. Lots of great moments here, just a stellar celebration of these artists.
Forever inspired by Adam's genuine curiosity to learn and respect other makers, and poke at their talents and expertise.
I always love seeing Adam with Cow Butt Crunchies; they are all cosplayers with different specialties but many similar experiences and they just have THE BEST conversations!
Its really uncommon to see interviews with female cosplayers where people actually ask intelligent questions about a craft they have obviously put thousands of hours into, but they are also really intelligent great speakers and dedicated to an artisan craft doing it themselves , much love and lots of respect
It really isn't.
@@damascusraven calling women “females” was the first red flag for me xD
@@Nienna_Asyare To be fair, "female" seems like the most appropriate adjective to use here. (I can't really think of another one that works.)
@@sgbench "Women"
literally that's it lol
@@Nienna_Asyare "Women" isn't really an adjective
Two very different personality's, with very different talents. Coming together to produce some of the most detailed works of art. I could talk to you for hours about your skills and crafts. Thank you for sharing. Adam and the Tested team. Thanks for having these two fine artists, and please invite them again.
Love these two. Such a great chemistry between them. So talented. Not to take away from their skill, but the accents are amazing! Would love to see more with them. Listening to their learning experiences reminds me of my experiences writing code. Though, I look back at my old code and immediately want to rewrite it, lol. Also fully agree with the learning makes it fun. OMG, i need to stop editing this, but i've learned i should just take notes with these folks and not respond until the end. Love love these women! They're so beautiful!!!! This brightened my day so much! TY all so much!!!! wish i could give more thumbs up.
They have been married for 6 years.
“Nothing grows in the comfort zone” - I think this phrase is very apropos to cosplaying, both with respect to artistic development and the actual wearing of these costumes haha. Awesome stuff.
I always heard it as, "The comfort zone is a beautiful place... but nothing grows there." I know it's the same thing in essence but I appreciate it my way since it feels more honest. Being comfortable is a fantastic situation to be in and you'll be happy to live there but you'll accomplish very little besides being comfortable.
@@rolandp.6133 You’re taking what was a glib comment way too seriously; and not only that, you’re completely wrong in your assumptions. There’s a wealth of scientific evidence that suggests that new experiences (i.e being outside of one’s comfort zone) enables one to learn and develop quicker and more efficiently (within that respective skillset).
This is the guiding principle of neuroplasticity, where the whole morphology of your brain quite literally changes and adapts to new experiences. In other words, if you keep challenging your brain (within a specific skill), it will reorganise (and even create new) neural-pathways to make you better and more efficient at that skill.
I respectfully disagree. Too often we hear, “you have to leave your comfort zone.” But think about it, when was the last time you really grew? Was it when you felt unsafe (outside your comfort zone), or was it when you pushed your comfort zone but still felt safe enough to move forward? I maintain we do our best work at the very edge of our comfort zone. We are pushing our limitations and we are still in a place we feel safe enough to experiment and play.
@@rolandp.6133 If you had actually watched the video, then you would’ve realised that I was talking about the former and not the latter 0:55. But nah, you just wanted to argue for the same of arguing.
@@rolandp.6133 The point is that what humans find most comfortable is having our hierarchy of needs met. Living inside a safe warm/cool home, with decent food, plenty of things to drink, at least some companionship, and no requirement to exert ourselves beyond what's reasonable. Now, if you want to create something outside of the mundane, it usually, if not always, requires you to go outside where it's cold/hot, take a risk on ruining your dinner by trying new spices or ingredients, you risk pain and injury when learning a new physical skill, or rejection and/or heartache by trying to gain new companionship or romance. Anytime you risk something, you're being pushed out of what most people mean when they say "the comfort zone". Since most people don't find fear and anxiety comfortable. The majority of people don't consider failure or the chance of it pleasant. Pain, either physical or emotional, definitely is not comfortable. So, what are you gaining if you refuse to move outside of your comfort zone? Very little. Almost everything that brings joy comes with the risk of you being uncomfortable in some way.
I'd never heard the term "hustle culture" before your comment but that sounds like a lame way to describe what's being said. It's not some gimmicky bullshit, it's just how humans interact with life. If you could, please give an example of something you feel is valued by most people and yet is obtainable without some discomfort? You say obtaining comfort is a human goal that we always strive towards and I agree. We seek comfort, and at no point did I imply that's not a good thing. It's great to exist inside of that comfort zone. (Hense why the expression that I heard that made the most sense to me is, "It's a beautiful place".) You just can't solely exist inside of it, then complain about how you want more out of life than just existing, but do nothing else to obtain it. If you can set up the pieces so that after 30 you can retire, live alone in your home, and just watch TV and surf the internet all day, have right at it. That sounds like bliss.
If you do end up doing that, though, after your death, save for a dent in the couch cushion, you won't have much to show for it. You'll have impacted the world in zero new or interesting ways. Almost everyone who knew you would say, "They lived a sad and unfulfilled life". Though were you to do that and be happy, I won't judge you for it but I'm not everyone else. Most people don't feel that time you enjoyed wasting isn't wasted time, as I do. I just want to point out what you'll miss out on, staying exclusively in the comfort zone, though. No wife/husband, that requires effort and putting yourself out there. No kids, see above. No new artwork, you're not going to dig down into yourself deeply enough to pull out something interesting but, don't worry, even if it did exist you would never show it to anyone because it might not resonate with other people. No new crafting, that might make you exert yourself. No new scientific breakthroughs, that requires study of whichever discipline you choose and then patience, training, and constant success (if you want to remain comfortable with doing it). Also, everything you mentioned requires actions that come with risks and/or effort. (Save for maybe the family you were born into, not the one you create, but that is also the definition of comforting.) Therefore they all, again, require an expedition outside of your comfort zone to obtain.
I know folks in the SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism) who teach bobbin lace! I also learned lucet weaving in the SCA, which is a quite simple method of cord making. I adore how well traditional techniques can be utilized in modern activities, and all of your work is *delightful*!
Love their message of learning from mistakes to improve the process next time.
Their vibe has a bit of Bob Ross to it. Which I am totally here for.
I'm just going to say it I LOVE these two!!!!! They make me happy because they are so happy.
I could listen to Regan for hours. She has an "old" voice that just lends itself to imparting information.
They are so gorgeous and so talented. Incredible and amazing work and techniques. Please invite them again
What a gift the Cowbutt Crunchies are ❤️. Master Craftswomen and Artists that share their wisdom and joy. Thank you for a fascinating interview Adam.
This was such an interesting discussion; I fell into the Historical Costuming part of UA-cam in 2020 and love seeing where people blend historical with modern for techniques AND styles. Especially when then applied to Fantasy or SciFi; it really creates a depth that is hard to pin point until you know that's what's happened. Also, the discussion on helping new people when they ask questions speaks to my soul, I used to write crochet patterns and was on several forums for it. Last year, I realised I was exhausted from the repeated questions where people were just looking for shortcuts to learning or even making. So often the short answer was "mess around and find out", but I'd always try to be polite as I know I'd been there at one point, and often people are worried about wasting money, materials and/or time (or getting flack on the internet for doing it "wrong" :/ Good news, there isn't really a wrong way if it looks fine in the end). There were many times though that I felt like asking if they were only crafting for the end item, not for the joy of the process, since they were so focused on how to do it perfectly, quickly and once. So much of craft is try, try, try, try, until you understand the why, not just the how.
I love these two. They are so talented and interesting with what they make.
These two are amazing crafts women !!! I get tired hemming pants never mind hundreds of hours sewing. These costumes are incredible !!!!
This is amazing… I love how you can hear the joy and fun they have in their artwork and they are such a cute couple
Couple? Are you trying to ship them? Stop.
@@thomgizziz stop w the subtle homophobia
@@thomgizziz they’re literally married dude. Their wedding video is on UA-cam.
What, oh wait. Those are the same people! Fantasitc!!!
It's so satisfying to watch people nerd out over the suff they love. Or is it just me?
My God their costumes are INCREDIBLE!
Yaaaayyy!!! More CowbuttCrunchies! 🥳
These ladies are amazing. Their work is fantastic and I hope to see more from them both soon.
Every time I see these two, I'm just amazed at their work... and hearing about their process and what they've learned is a treat.
The comment about taking time to do it right reminds me of a favorite phrase - "The problem with doing it right the first time is that no one appreciates how difficult it was."
14:00 i think someone should donate a LARGE farm/piece of land/vertical building, to these guys to store, make, live, teach stuff. And just make them a creators tower, so they can sort and organize their craft for the rest of their lives 😄 Can you imagine a small city of creators with their own little skyscrapers or community village thing, all mismatched with different themes based on their personalities/craft etc lol
I don't really have words how wonderful their work is. As a truly amateur cosplayer, I am humbled by their skill. I can piece together a costume from Thrift stores or buy a ready made costume online, but that's it. I hope many are inspired by this to step up their cosplay game.
Great episode! More formatted like this, please!
Beautiful work! They make some amazing cosplay costumes.
Intelligent, thorough, and revelatory interview. I really enjoyed this episode, as all of them are uniquely complete. Thank you Cowbutt and Adam. 🤓
4:25 with a "to human translation" of a drawing to costume, thats so very true. There a huge degree of translation from unrealistic proportions to realistic proportions.
OMG your work is fantastic!!!
I loved the trapunto embroidery (that 'stuffed' embroidery in the hoop), it's really nicely done, particularly how you've changed the alignment of the satin stitches to really highlight the shape! I love trapunto, I've done it on teddy bear paws to make the little toe-beans stick out! :)
I know exactly what you mean about the 'spare room' with the craft storage. I have one of those, but it doesn't have a bed in it anymore (no room). My carers call it 'Spotlight' (the Aussie version of Michael's). It holds much of my craft and sewing stores, except my embroidery stores, which are in a big Ikea 4x4 cube shelf in the lounge (so I can access it easier).
The smocking in the skirt on the piece with the red and gold is lovely. The thing I really love about lattice smocking is that it lends itself to shapes really well, particularly on sleeves. It just makes rounded parts so pretty. The last medieval costume I made for my daughter has a modified lattice smocking on the sleeve heads and it's so comfortable to wear (she tells me). I also love that you haven't hard-ironed it, so it has so much movement! Do you have/use a smocking machine?
The cutwork embroidery is lovely. Also, I don't know whether people understand how difficult it is to line up machine embroidery you've removed from the machine to work on, and then put it back onto the machine to do more.
I'm so jealous of you learning to work lace. It's one thing I want to do before I die. I'll get to it (hopefully).
I'll be looking at your books, thanks for the interview, I hope Adam has you on more often. I'd love to see a collaboration between you three and watch you put a piece together from start to finish. :)
I do have one question, though - Why do you not have a youtube channel???
Some suggestions for 'muslinning' mouldings: alganate or even a dehydrated clay slip. I've not had experience with alganate myself, but I have reused rehydrated, unfired slip clay.
What an absorbing discussion! Very infectious enthusiasm. I've always loved the costumes in productions such as the BBC's Pride & Pred', Babylon 5 and a bunch of others I can't recall only that I would coo to my wife and point at the telly .
Thanks for having these fabulous women on to talk about this .
That red lining fabric at 12:44 reminds me of old theater curtains.
I love them sooo much!!
Awesome to see all 3 of them just combing over eachothers work
"So much of cosplay is being willing to reach out and try and do something that you've not done before and take the risk"
this has been so true in my time cosplaying, every time i start a project i go "i have no idea how to do this but im gonna try anyways!" cosplay is all about learning and trying and learning more and trying again
I had been waiting for more of these to come out! I love when you guys talk, I would love for you 3 to make a podcast for RP crafters everywhere! Just talk and geek out about crafting processes and current projects for a half hour. Seriously, just a quick showing off of current projects, geeking out about your favorite part of the others project, and a short breakdown of a technique you're using is a huge help!
I've recently found myself housing a couple high school aged relatives and I'm in my early 30. I just starting cosplaying myself and they are so interested (I love that my whole family is rich with geeks and hobbyists). Learning more from you made Halloween interesting and we want to go to a con (truthfully, we want to add custom geeky stuff to our everyday pieces too). We have learned so much from these videos, even just when you talk and give us ideas for a tool we didn't consider!😍
Holy crap those are phenomenal
16:40 EEEEEE!! ITS HAPPENING! Adam brings creators and information sharing together so naturally! I look forward to the next few Years as Adam starts his journey into his foundation, i cant believe this was how it all started, and now we have the Savage Center of Creativity, ASCo was always good too but i dont think we could of had that amazing startrek like spark of creative community centers, with out the huge spaces and facilities Adam got so enthused about 😄art and knowledge for the sake of art and knowledge, i mean what better reason? I still reckon Adams the reason the automation boom took off so easily.
I love the Studio Ghibli wigs! 😃
Gorgeous work girls!!!
i spend 10 years on my project and i can say i Changed alot of the things i was making just to turn it into what i wanted. not what i wanted at the beginning. but what i wanted at the end. nice job.
Adam, I want to express my thanks to you and your crew for the effort and the work you put in, to deliver high-quality content to your channel.
Thank you very much.
Also I have discovered Blundstone shoes after watching the tour of your attic. I also just purchased one of your EDC bags. Thanks again for finding a quality partner in mafia.
My question is I was recently I watching a video where you were grinding on something and you had a shield that covered your glasses and extend down to the bottom of your nose. It was not fogging up as you were breathing, can you provide the manufacturer of that shield?
Thanks again for all you do.
These videos have been so interesting.
I would love to see some of peoples reaction to entering the cave and seeing all your props and costumes when other creators visit, but I understand if being on camera might spoil those moments a bit.
Simply AMAZING!!!
They are so amazing and talented 🤩
Absolutely lovely costumes, great insight, and wonderful energy. The care put into things really shows.
It's funny, I don't Cosplay but I love watching Cosplay artists create or explain the creation of their costumes. Just something about the process that completely sucks me in. That's also my favorite part of watching behind the scene's footage of movies, when the Costumer starts showing off the concepts and creation of the costumes. Maybe I missed my calling. hmm
Superb artists
28:18 Cowbutt: do you have trouble tracking which stick is which? have you considered colour coding the sticks?
They are so inspiring! Keep up the great work.
12:00 - getting some strong Gankutsuou anime vibes off of that cloak (?).
Yesss go Regan and Scone!!!!
9:27 Should introduce them to the silicone armor person, with the 3D printed structures for making cheaper molds
More cowbutt crunchies, they both rock
13:00 CRUSHED VELVET wait.. velvet, or suede? its one of the two, cant tell which without touching it.
Brilliant work!
This is so inspiring! Unfortunately, I lack the patience to create something that takes longer than a month to create. So I mostly admire other peoples' works.
So lace is a variant of Macrame?? or is that the other way around??
My experience is that macrame is lace made with bigger yarn. But I’m a knitter and a crochet nerd so it’s just tying your yarn up into knots artistically 😂
Edit so yes to both
Really good inspired stuff!
Old world techniques are not just of interest to cosplayers. Get any group of Reenactors together no matter the period(s). Soon the only thing everyone is talking about is "Oh Wow! How did you do that".
this was an amazing interview, inspirational!
23:00 wait, im confused, is the basket weaving not the described technique? im confused
23:23 OHHHH okay, yea seeing the underside changed how i see it now, its not even weaved, its a weird sewing technique. oh wow, okay. I've seen that inside pattern before on some scifi stuff.
"This took me 6 Dungeons and Dragons sessions"
Yes! Omg shoot much Yes!
Great video adam sir
Beautiful ladies so gorgeous.
I've been working on a Sweetums costume on and off for YEARS and the part that's kicking my butt is a mechanical solution for making his eyes go back and forth. I have a rough idea using pulleys and a turnable shaft, but honestly it has me at a standstill. Any pointers?
It may not be a cosplay channel, but maybe check out some videos on Puppet Nerd’s channel. I believe he’s done some mechanism videos in the past. If not on his channel there might be other puppeteering channels that show how to do something like that
I have to ask which book Cowboy Crunchies started with for bobbin lace. I’m very interested in starting but I don’t know which books are more beginner friendly level. I’ve seen needle lace patterns that looked interesting and have been working on a sample, I’ve knit some lace patterns but I want to make the tiny thread lace in long lines for my projects and yeah book recommendations would be appreciated.
Awkward autistic fiber artist here. 😅
who's the artist that drew the witch costumes?
Too distracted by *their name* to watch without investigating...
Turns out their first adopted cats were *Cowbutt* and *Crunchies.*
Alas, now I can't get rid of the notion that it's a better term for what might be stuck around bovine tails than it is for a dynamic duo of legendary cosplayers.
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Somehow it feels like the ladies might have tightened the corsets a little too tight, in their enthusiasm. But what a great team and awesome craftsmanship and design
Can we make Dungeons and Dragons sessions an official unit of time?
Adam needs to react to the anime My Dress Up Darling.
SAVAGE...
Not knowing what you're doing, doesn't mean you're doing it wrong. - Me
Nerding is hard work. It should not be entered into lightly.
Cardboard and 3d print software
Craft ,art , performance?
All of the above ?
I don't really get the cosplay culture ,at least how I hear Adam or others explain it .
Mostly cause I think the self imposed torture stress of the convention deadline to have art work ready , unnerving to watch .
Then you see in Adams examples of incognito walks .
Drenched in middle age man sweat struggling to see through fogged glasses or having only one contact in .
And all that walking .
I mean he really needs to think about costumes like patch ohoulihan from Ben Stillers dodgeball .rip got to use a powered wheel chair in that one . Instead of walking Adam can ride n throw foam wrenched at people to dodge .😉🤣
All that talent and beauty and they call themselves "Cowbutt Crunchies"? I don't get it.
I believe the name comes from their cats.
Their first two adopted cats, apparently. Now i know the rest of the story. Good day.
Who cares? It's COSPLAY aka costume play why should it be serious and boring names only?
Cosplay is a hobby? Im not sure that's correct.
How is it not a hobby?
@@casperaaron5530 its so much more than a hobby. Closer to an addiction.
Yeah, I think the word hobby diminishes one’s interest. It’s like the difference between the words job and profession. Perhaps we all need a better way to communicate our passions.
@@Voirreydirector the only difference between a hobby and a profession is of you're getting paid for it. Are these ladies getting paid? If so, they are professionals.
To the 90% of cosplayers who aren't getting paid it's a hobby.
Weird tension going on .. just me ?
just you.
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Annoying 🙄 🤢🤮
to you maybe
@@samjavitch8226 It is to them and not to you... do you think you have any claim on objectivity here? If you didn't think you were right and they are wrong you wouldn't have commented. You aren't in the majority, your average person wouldn't watch this because they have no interest making this video annoying to most of the population.
This is so lovely! Needlework is such a feminine world usually and it's really nice to see it treated like any other craft. You rarely see masculine men who own workshops geek out over clothing and sewing techniques. It makes it feel so universal
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cosplay is gross
lol wut?
@@samjavitch8226 And anoter bad hot take by you... smh
These costumes are really impressive. I do cosplay myself and have done a couple cosplays from scratch, but none are as ambitious or well executed as these.
I just push the projects back for a year and then hastily pull them off in a week, lol.
My wife and I tried to do some things like this together but it was 15 years ago before videos like these were so easy to come by and before we had much exposure to the matierials these ladies and Adam use regularly, the HDPE foam and stuff like that. the materials we tried with were all wrong and never really amounted to much more than a mess in our crafting room. Watching these three start with nothing and produce such amazing things and then find out those amazing hairpieces are CARDSTOCK AND CHEAP PLASTIC WIGS and Readyboard and PAPER and common cloth and HOT GLUE and a hairdryer and such MUNDANE and SIMPLE supplies to get such AMZING creations just blows my mind!
Rawr🙏🏽🦖