I am about to embark on a project. A costume projects and while it in itself is not steampunk, I am sourcing a material for it that I thought you might be able to help me with
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You may find that using concealed elastic and hanging the springs under a little tension as purely decorative trim works much better than relying on the spring to cinch your garment.
This is a really good suggestion! The coils of springs move apart as the spring flexes, which means you can get hair and skin caught and pinched between the coils, which hurts A LOT. Unless you have a very firm fabric, preferably in multiple layers and tightly fitted to your body, between you and the spring, you run the risk of getting blood blisters just from wearing the garment. It doesn't take much room to get a good pinch of skin.
I recommend making decorative springs out of very soft (copper?) jewelry wire and letting the fabric and elastic take the strain of the actual wearing of the garment.
Coiling wire into springs is pretty easy, though! You just need a dowel, some wire, and a pair of pliers that can cut wire. It helps if you drill a hole in the dowel to hold the end of the wire, but it's not necessary. You just hold the wire in place and turn the dowel.
If you make fake springs, use transparent silicon rubber tube as an inner support. Any kind of contact will crush, bend or distort the mock-spring unless it is supported.
This is a really good suggestion! The coils of springs move apart as the spring flexes, which means you can get hair and skin caught and pinched between the coils, which hurts A LOT. Unless you have a very firm fabric, preferably in multiple layers and tightly fitted to your body, between you and the spring, you run the risk of getting blood blisters just from wearing the garment. It doesn't take much room to get a good pinch of skin.
I recommend making decorative springs out of very soft (copper?) jewelry wire and letting the fabric and elastic take the strain of the actual wearing of the garment.
Coiling wire into springs is pretty easy, though! You just need a dowel, some wire, and a pair of pliers that can cut wire. It helps if you drill a hole in the dowel to hold the end of the wire, but it's not necessary. You just hold the wire in place and turn the dowel.
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