Paige Gardner
@costumeartist.bsky.social
Costume Artist working in recycled materials. Devout Lalochezia practitioner. Progressive and a bitch about it.
The Madame Mantis costume is almost right. Photos from Dragon Con indicate she’d look better with the gold filigree carapace (insect anatomy) carried down through her legs. I’ve got a few months to thrift something that’ll work 😄👍
#cosplay #mantis #dragoncon #insect #costume #stainedglass
#cosplay #mantis #dragoncon #insect #costume #stainedglass
September 11, 2025 at 12:37 AM
The Madame Mantis costume is almost right. Photos from Dragon Con indicate she’d look better with the gold filigree carapace (insect anatomy) carried down through her legs. I’ve got a few months to thrift something that’ll work 😄👍
#cosplay #mantis #dragoncon #insect #costume #stainedglass
#cosplay #mantis #dragoncon #insect #costume #stainedglass
Inquisitor Oriza is a harder wear as I age, but damn what fun cosplay to inhabit.
#warhammer40k #dragoncon #cosplay #inquisitor
(Photo by Thomas Spanos, 2025)
#warhammer40k #dragoncon #cosplay #inquisitor
(Photo by Thomas Spanos, 2025)
September 11, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Inquisitor Oriza is a harder wear as I age, but damn what fun cosplay to inhabit.
#warhammer40k #dragoncon #cosplay #inquisitor
(Photo by Thomas Spanos, 2025)
#warhammer40k #dragoncon #cosplay #inquisitor
(Photo by Thomas Spanos, 2025)
September 11, 2025 at 12:19 AM
More before-during photos. Clint Coopersmith of Bham AL was the craftsman who took a chance w me on this project 😊🙌!
March 14, 2025 at 2:18 PM
More before-during photos. Clint Coopersmith of Bham AL was the craftsman who took a chance w me on this project 😊🙌!
Transforming our century-old pump organ into a usable desk gives us another 100 years with this beauty ❤️.
Irreparable as an instrument but important as family heirloom, making her an active part of our lives again with this update feels great! #pumporgan #antique #diy #renovation #transformation
Irreparable as an instrument but important as family heirloom, making her an active part of our lives again with this update feels great! #pumporgan #antique #diy #renovation #transformation
March 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Transforming our century-old pump organ into a usable desk gives us another 100 years with this beauty ❤️.
Irreparable as an instrument but important as family heirloom, making her an active part of our lives again with this update feels great! #pumporgan #antique #diy #renovation #transformation
Irreparable as an instrument but important as family heirloom, making her an active part of our lives again with this update feels great! #pumporgan #antique #diy #renovation #transformation
We are all pennies.
Marked with Liberty and E Pluribus Unum (Out of Many, One), a Penny is the individual American currency that all larger sums are built from. You can’t have a dollar without 100 pennies.
Pennies, altogether, are powerful.
We are all pennies.
#epluribusunum #penny
Marked with Liberty and E Pluribus Unum (Out of Many, One), a Penny is the individual American currency that all larger sums are built from. You can’t have a dollar without 100 pennies.
Pennies, altogether, are powerful.
We are all pennies.
#epluribusunum #penny
February 15, 2025 at 3:13 PM
We are all pennies.
Marked with Liberty and E Pluribus Unum (Out of Many, One), a Penny is the individual American currency that all larger sums are built from. You can’t have a dollar without 100 pennies.
Pennies, altogether, are powerful.
We are all pennies.
#epluribusunum #penny
Marked with Liberty and E Pluribus Unum (Out of Many, One), a Penny is the individual American currency that all larger sums are built from. You can’t have a dollar without 100 pennies.
Pennies, altogether, are powerful.
We are all pennies.
#epluribusunum #penny
Built over 30 days from a shower curtain, thrifted clothes and decor with sharp scissors, zip ties and fabric glue ‘Baba Divina’ wandered @wildwestcon.bsky.social in 2020. Photo by @melissawambolt.bsky.social #tarot #fortuneteller #costume #diy #cosplay #magic #headpiece #mask #tarotcard #skirt
February 11, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Built over 30 days from a shower curtain, thrifted clothes and decor with sharp scissors, zip ties and fabric glue ‘Baba Divina’ wandered @wildwestcon.bsky.social in 2020. Photo by @melissawambolt.bsky.social #tarot #fortuneteller #costume #diy #cosplay #magic #headpiece #mask #tarotcard #skirt
As a tech-clumsy old lady with an iPhone, I prob make things harder than they have to be, when trying to protect my privacy from Apple, Google and their ilk.
So anyway, I just went app-by-app in Settings to reduce access from Siri’s nosey ass. Learn elsewhere.
So anyway, I just went app-by-app in Settings to reduce access from Siri’s nosey ass. Learn elsewhere.
February 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
As a tech-clumsy old lady with an iPhone, I prob make things harder than they have to be, when trying to protect my privacy from Apple, Google and their ilk.
So anyway, I just went app-by-app in Settings to reduce access from Siri’s nosey ass. Learn elsewhere.
So anyway, I just went app-by-app in Settings to reduce access from Siri’s nosey ass. Learn elsewhere.
Santa got the surreal horror treatment in this thrift store masterpiece.
(Even background Santa is concerned 👀).
#thrift #art #christmas #horror #santa
(Even background Santa is concerned 👀).
#thrift #art #christmas #horror #santa
February 1, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Santa got the surreal horror treatment in this thrift store masterpiece.
(Even background Santa is concerned 👀).
#thrift #art #christmas #horror #santa
(Even background Santa is concerned 👀).
#thrift #art #christmas #horror #santa
Resistance was futile when John F. Goddamn Strangeway badgered me into throwing together Ackmena from the 1978 Star Wars Christmas Special. I did it for Bea Arthur. #starwars #Christmas #ackmena #cosplay #pestered #beaarthur #closetcosplay
@strangeway.bsky.social @brettkingsteam.bsky.social
@strangeway.bsky.social @brettkingsteam.bsky.social
January 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Resistance was futile when John F. Goddamn Strangeway badgered me into throwing together Ackmena from the 1978 Star Wars Christmas Special. I did it for Bea Arthur. #starwars #Christmas #ackmena #cosplay #pestered #beaarthur #closetcosplay
@strangeway.bsky.social @brettkingsteam.bsky.social
@strangeway.bsky.social @brettkingsteam.bsky.social
Yesterday, on my late mother’s bday, I found this photo in the organ project, tucked away in a compartment. This was her organ. She learned to play on it, and spent the following decades playing each next modern interaction of organ at various churches. This is the photo I’ll keep with organ desk😊❤️
January 24, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Yesterday, on my late mother’s bday, I found this photo in the organ project, tucked away in a compartment. This was her organ. She learned to play on it, and spent the following decades playing each next modern interaction of organ at various churches. This is the photo I’ll keep with organ desk😊❤️
Captured by @dimhorizonstudio.bsky.social under Sloss Furnace in scorching Alabama July temps. This is what heat exhaustion in a latex costume looks like. Exquisite art 😊🙌. Alas, the costume is no more.
#alien #hrgiger #aliens #cosplay #latex #costume #xenomorph
#alien #hrgiger #aliens #cosplay #latex #costume #xenomorph
January 22, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Captured by @dimhorizonstudio.bsky.social under Sloss Furnace in scorching Alabama July temps. This is what heat exhaustion in a latex costume looks like. Exquisite art 😊🙌. Alas, the costume is no more.
#alien #hrgiger #aliens #cosplay #latex #costume #xenomorph
#alien #hrgiger #aliens #cosplay #latex #costume #xenomorph
Can confirm. David McCallum’s turtleneck in Man from UNCLE was an awakening for me ❤️
January 22, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Can confirm. David McCallum’s turtleneck in Man from UNCLE was an awakening for me ❤️
‘Madame Mantis’ was an extra beta project in 2019. Test photo by Subversively, had amazing shadows on the ground. She’s been seriously reworked. I just need to take her out again. #cosplay #mantis #stainedglass #diy #costume @dragoncon
January 20, 2025 at 4:36 PM
‘Madame Mantis’ was an extra beta project in 2019. Test photo by Subversively, had amazing shadows on the ground. She’s been seriously reworked. I just need to take her out again. #cosplay #mantis #stainedglass #diy #costume @dragoncon
Absolute favorite video of Inquisitor Oriza by Legend of Micah @dragoncon.org
#warhammer40k #cosplay #sisterofbattle #costume #armor #gamesworkshop
#warhammer40k #cosplay #sisterofbattle #costume #armor #gamesworkshop
January 19, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Absolute favorite video of Inquisitor Oriza by Legend of Micah @dragoncon.org
#warhammer40k #cosplay #sisterofbattle #costume #armor #gamesworkshop
#warhammer40k #cosplay #sisterofbattle #costume #armor #gamesworkshop
Finally committed to reconfiguring our 1910 Weaver pump organ into a desk, transforming a family relic into functional furniture for daily use. Will share a link soon with the journey. Here’s a bouquet of reed stops that will remind us of her old life as she moves into her new one. #organ #desk
January 17, 2025 at 3:53 AM
😄 I read ‘sewer’ the wrong way.
My mind gifted me w a hand sewn Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle image. 😂
My mind gifted me w a hand sewn Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle image. 😂
December 31, 2024 at 4:15 PM
😄 I read ‘sewer’ the wrong way.
My mind gifted me w a hand sewn Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle image. 😂
My mind gifted me w a hand sewn Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle image. 😂
Thrifted this big, old doll and discovered that “Follow Me!” Eyes were a thing for a time. 😮 Her name is now Ebaybee. She’s my office mgr, sits on my desk with motivational ‘get to work’ quotes. CON: I can’t escape her gaze PRO: Judgy staring apparently ups my productivity. #vintagedoll #bossbaby
December 30, 2024 at 2:52 PM
Thrifted this big, old doll and discovered that “Follow Me!” Eyes were a thing for a time. 😮 Her name is now Ebaybee. She’s my office mgr, sits on my desk with motivational ‘get to work’ quotes. CON: I can’t escape her gaze PRO: Judgy staring apparently ups my productivity. #vintagedoll #bossbaby
Tried my hand at visible mending a son’s favorite pants. Telling myself it’s supposed to be messy 😂. Also, bees.🐝
#visiblemending #sewing #beginner #bees
#visiblemending #sewing #beginner #bees
December 23, 2024 at 12:56 AM
Tried my hand at visible mending a son’s favorite pants. Telling myself it’s supposed to be messy 😂. Also, bees.🐝
#visiblemending #sewing #beginner #bees
#visiblemending #sewing #beginner #bees
December 20, 2024 at 3:45 AM
More amazing folks at #Krampuslauf in Birmingham at #CahabaBrewingCompany - #krampus #yule #costume #masker
December 16, 2024 at 2:03 AM
More amazing folks at #Krampuslauf in Birmingham at #CahabaBrewingCompany - #krampus #yule #costume #masker
Some amazing presenters at #Krampuslauf in Birmingham at #CahabaBrewingCompany - #krampus #yule #costume #masker
December 16, 2024 at 2:01 AM
Some amazing presenters at #Krampuslauf in Birmingham at #CahabaBrewingCompany - #krampus #yule #costume #masker
What middle-aged woman wouldn’t welcome being wrangled into an ancient grail knight #cosplay from #indianajones #thelastcrusade - KittyBear @strangeway collected everything I wore to help me “Choose wisely”. Most @dragoncon fun ever. I only had to be old and irritated 😂 Thousand year old cake 👍
December 9, 2024 at 6:45 PM
What middle-aged woman wouldn’t welcome being wrangled into an ancient grail knight #cosplay from #indianajones #thelastcrusade - KittyBear @strangeway collected everything I wore to help me “Choose wisely”. Most @dragoncon fun ever. I only had to be old and irritated 😂 Thousand year old cake 👍