Sōshinbori総身彫り

Sōshinbori

総身彫り

A donburi bodysuit, session by session.

Latest · Session 7 · The Left Leg BeginsI don't seem to have much luck with trains. I got to the station for the start of the left leg and found a load of cancellations, apparently a power failure somewhere between King's Cross and…

Both legs in the studio: the left drawn up in red stencil, the finished right leg beside it
Sessions
7
Hours
30
Since
March 2026
Entries
10

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Earlier

The finished right leg sleeve from the side: koi, waves and red chrysanthemums against the black background

Milestone · Session 6 ·

Right Leg Done!

Right leg sleeve · 4 hrs · 4 photographs

Looking down the right leg from the chair after day one, chrysanthemum outline and black below the knee

Session 2 ·

Background Shading, Day One

The line work healed beautifully. Clean, crisp, and every bit as good as I'd hoped. Which is probably why I got a little…

Right leg sleeve · 5 hrs · 5 photographs

Studio mirror selfie with the koi and chrysanthemum stencil freshly drawn onto the right leg in red

Session 1 ·

The Right Leg Begins

If you read the last post, you'll know how long I've been waiting for this day. Decades, really. So it won't surprise you that I…

Right leg sleeve · 5 hrs · 5 photographs

Thoughts ·

Calm Before the Storm

If you're reading this, you've stumbled upon my personal diary, the place where I'll be documenting the building of my Donburi Sōshinbori. Saying, no, even typing those words doesn't seem real, with the sense of…

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