A finished corset hides the messy bit

The finished photograph rarely shows the cutting, fitting or adjusting. It also doesn't show the decisions that didn't work. A handmade corset has to look right in a photograph, but it also has to exist off-camera. Fabric behaves differently when someone moves. A seam that looks tidy flat on a table may not sit the same way on a body. That is why workshop images are worth keeping. They explain the work better than a perfect final shot. If you're photographing something handmade, turn the camera around occasionally. The table is part of the story.