The corset is made from olive silk shantung, with a coutil strength layer. The boning is predominantly ¼" spiral steels, with flat steels at center front and center back. Basket weaving as corset embellishment was something I had been wanting to try ever since seeing a co-worker make-up a woven leather goodie for a client. While reading Norse myths I had the realization that this was the perfect opportunity! In almost all of the Lady Loki incarnations she has some kind of geometric decoration on her bust or torso. Jorgumand, also known as The World Serpent and one of Loki's children, is so large he can wrap himself around the world and bite his own tail. In this way all of the strips woven into the corset become the serpentine body of Jorgumand.

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