I started my journey into making and collecting lifesize replica of sci-fi props and costuming in 2009. It started with a Tie Fighter pilot, then a stormtrooper, then Vader. What was supposed to be “just one costume” has ended with building well over 100 costumes so far for myself and others.

Currently I have over 40 costumes officially registered in the 501st and a personal goal to have at least one registered costume in each detachment ( short of two at this point) . Through the process I had to learn what it means to be a “maker”; the techniques behind the crafts involved. I had to use all the knowledge I had from my creative work in the field of graphic design and extrapolate into the world of making ; along the way researching and becoming more “familiar” with fashion, fabrics, colour and materials. It also put me on the forefront of such drastic change and “revolution” in the community through the advances of 3D printing, the rise of 4K imagery and the role of social media in transforming the community in our search for visual accuracy – what is means and how complex of a concept this is.

Eventually that journey into my passion also led me to a new profession, using everything I had learned from my previous work in design, academia and business, I ended up launching a community project that has now become an integral part of my every day.

This is a journal from way back when to today depicting the different aspects of this journey I am on: the making of props, the events, commentaries and much more…