Meet Onyx, the cutest little noodle-man. This was a really fun (and extremely messy) experiment with getting gold leaf and scale structure onto fabric! For @tlh_on_main , a wonderful friend.
Mind blowing gold thread couching for this antique obi depicting a Chinese-styled dragon (seriously this couching must have taken ages to sew on considering what a pain in the ass couching is!).
This obi is paired with far quieter striped kimono with kanji spelling "rising dragon" (昇龍).