Production Design
Make-up, Costumes, Sets, Props, Lighting, Sound, Video Editing, Animation, Special Effects, and more.
“If you can dream it, we can build it”.
“Make it a day you can be proud of”
Production Design · Prop House 42
Cosplay and Theater Arts
Wearable Art
Mera Rose Creations
The Steampunk Clockwork Gorget and matching earrings bring together hand-linked chain mail, layered gears, and clockwork details. Jewelry is another way to tell a story: wearable pieces made to carry personal meaning.
Chaos Fairies at MarsCon
Fairy wings, costume construction, and a shared moment on stage.
Coming soon
Hellboy and the Angel of Death
From component templates and sculpting to the Hellboy mask: a look inside the making process.
Coming soon
Heathers the Musical
Building a world for the stage, from framing and platforms to the finished scenic treatment.
Coming soon
Hot Couture Vol. II — The Art of Thermoplastic Cosplay and Props Revisited
An update to the original Thermoplastics guide published in 2002. This new volume revisits the art of thermoplastic cosplay and prop making, bringing years of hands-on building experience into a new edition.
Thermoplastics, fabrication, and the process of turning an idea into something you can wear, carry, or put on stage.
In development
Explore the writing projects →
Themed Interiors
Furniture and room details made for worlds beyond the everyday.
Coming soon
More albums coming soon
Nimh and Vexx of the Dark Forest
Coming soon
Firebird
Coming soon
Ariadhe, the Water Fairy
Coming soon
The My Little Pony Chaos Legion
Coming soon
Trenzgalore
Coming soon
The Steampunk Borg
Coming soon
Alice in Wonderland
Coming soon
Literally Literary Pirates
Coming soon
Page to Stage Costume Contest Archives
Coming soon
COSInternational
A website and app in development for the whole cosplay and costuming community. Create a profile, document builds from the first progress photos to the finished shoot, and connect through fandom and convention groups.
Planned tools will help organizers run costume contests and connect with sponsors and competitors.
Website & app coming soon
COSInternational.org →Access · Autonomy · Community
Advocacy
Education, School Access, and Anti-Bullying
I am a co-founder of the Virginia Anti-Bullying and Discrimination Action Network (VABADAN). We support families, connect parents with resources, and work toward solutions to the culture and systemic issues that allow bullying and discrimination to persist.
My work includes special-education access, IEP and 504 supports, school transportation, inclusion, and organizing with families to bring shared concerns to school boards. Children deserve the support to learn and participate safely.
Need an educational advocate? Reach out to me at info@merarose.live.
Recognition from the DPVA Disability Caucus
In July 2018, I was honored with an advocacy award from the Disability Caucus of the Democratic Party of Virginia. Having my family with me made that recognition especially meaningful.
Independent Living, Healthcare, and Continuity of Care
Disability supports should make it possible to live a life in the community, with autonomy, reliable care, and real choices. My advocacy brings together Medicaid and DD waiver access, personal-care services, accessible housing, supported decision-making, and recognition of paid family caregivers.
This includes calls to fund Virginia’s Priority One DD waiver waiting list, address attendant shortages, and reduce administrative barriers such as live-in Electronic Visit Verification requirements. Consumer input, workable correction processes, and timely payment are essential to continuity of care.
Autism Awareness, Acceptance, and Community Engagement
Over the years, I have spoken about autism awareness, acceptance, and community engagement with BRILC (Blue Ridge Independent Living Center), ADAPT, and ASAN (Autistic Self Advocacy Network). The focus is dignity, autonomy, listening to disabled people, and fuller participation in community life.
My work also includes Blue Love and Light It Up Blue activities, awareness jewelry through Mera Rose Creations, family resource sharing, and community education.
Accessible Costuming, HalloWheels, and Fundraising
The IronFoam Throne raised $5,000 for Special Olympics of Georgia at the Dragon Con Costuming Exhibit in 2017. Creative work can make room for participation and support causes that matter.
Iron Throne photo-op fundraising at Big Lick ComicCon also supported Children’s Assistive Technology Service and HalloWheels. Accessible Halloween experiences, mobility-aware costume design, and inclusion in convention spaces connect my creative work and advocacy.
Explore CasaPlay and Puzzle of Thrones →Legislative Advocacy and Equality
I submitted a proposal supporting transgender children to the DPVA at the CD6 convention. My advocacy includes protections for LGBTQIA+ young people, fair treatment in education, and bringing family and community experience into policy discussions.
Healthcare and education organizing, public comments, letters to representatives, voter participation, and the March for Equality and Capitol Pride are part of that work.
Virginia Continuity of Care Act — draft proposal
A proposal centered on consumer choice, public participation, independent review, and continuity before major program changes.
DOCTOR Act — draft proposal
Delivering Optimal Care Through Operational Responsibility: a developing federal healthcare proposal exploring universal access, public accountability, and cost-conscious administration.
These proposals are advocacy drafts, not enacted laws.
Community Networks and Public Action
Supporting disability-rights calls to action, sharing resources from The Arc of Virginia, and participating in community discussions through the Virginia Autism Project. My work includes town-hall talking points, correspondence, and public comments about care access and implementation barriers.
Coming Soon — ORACLES
Organization, Retention, Access, Continuity, Logistics, and Empowerment Systems
An app in development to help individuals and families organize documents, tasks, care coordination, personal history, and family knowledge in one accessible place. Designed to support everyday continuity and preserve the information that holds a life together.
Virginia HCBS Public Comment | General Notice 3470
I oppose all eight proposed changes to Virginia’s CL, FIS and CCC+ Medicaid waivers because of the risks to individualized care, consumer choice, family caregivers, community integration and continuity of delivered services. I also request a separate public-comment process for live-in EVV and at least six months for responsible implementation following that review.
Read the public comment summary →
Read the complete public comment (PDF) →
October 2026 · Virginia Regulatory Town Hall General Notice 3470
Games · Community · Worlds in development
Gaming
The Emerald Kingdom
Evony with Elphi is a fan site for Evony, with a companion app being developed to help people learn and play the game. Clearer information, practical tools, and accessibility are part of that work.
Explore Evony with Elphi
Legion of 7
Our family’s gaming group: a home for the games, events, and streams we share, and a place to connect with our gaming clan.
LegionOf7.com →
Apatite Games
Coming soon
Do you have an Apatite for world building, PvE, and PvP combat? A new world is on the horizon—built around competition, battlefields, and the freedom to create something tailored to your own style.
Apatite.games →Stories · Guides · Worlds in words
Writing
Hot Couture Vol. II — The Art of Thermoplastic Cosplay and Props Revisited
An update to the original Thermoplastics guide published in 2002. This new volume revisits the art of thermoplastic cosplay and prop making, bringing years of hands-on building experience into a new edition.
Thermoplastics, fabrication, and the process of turning an idea into something you can wear, carry, or put on stage.
In development
Rune of the Mill
Stories, games, and worlds. A home for the writing and creative projects taking shape along the way.
RuneOfTheMill.com →Not Another Autism Survival Story
A work in development drawing on lived experience, family life, and advocacy. Making space for the person, the relationships, and the everyday life beyond a diagnosis.
The Steampunk Alchemist Series
A fourteen-year-old engineering prodigy inherits her parents’ freighter after their deaths—and keeps their loss a secret while she fulfills their contracts. Pirates, science, alchemy, and steampunk technology collide in a post-apocalyptic space universe.
A planned twelve-book young-adult space epic, with an Alchemist’s Guide companion project in development.
Celekind
Science fiction · Work in progress
Earth is gone. The survivors live under the reach of the Fathmor, and the routes between worlds are watched. For a captured pilot fighting to hold onto her memories, escape means more than getting out—it means remaining herself.
Kelenoire Chronicles
Adult fantasy · Work in progress
A fantasy chronicle grown from a long-running role-playing world, with mature relationships and cultures whose customs follow their own rules.
The Calamaties and Consequences of the Western Wilds
By Coyote Kate Williams · Fiction · In development
The Wild West has its legends. Coyote Kate Williams has her own version—and she has the fangs to outlive anyone who disputes it. Set in the era of Billy the Kid, this collection of fictional short stories follows a vampire through a frontier where a quick draw is useful, a quick wit is essential, and surviving until morning is a matter of perspective.
Told in Kate’s own first-person voice, these tales invite you to pull up a chair and hear the Western Wilds from a woman with a long memory, a sharp tongue, and a distinctly unusual appetite.
Evony Guides
Gaming tutorials and writings on game theory, exploring the strategies, systems, and decisions behind playing Evony. The guides and related writings will all be available on Evony with Elphi.
Explore Evony with Elphi →Past Guest, Attending Professional, Guest Speaker, Panelist, or Presenter appearances
All Star Comic Con
2019
Big Lick Comic Con
2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Blue Love! Autism Awareness
2014
C2E2
2006–2023
CD 6 Convention
2017
ConCarolinas
2023
ConNooga
2018
Costume-Con
2017, 2019
DPVA
1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024
DPVA Disability Caucus
2018
Dragon Con
1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Emerald City Comic Con
2006–2023
Festival in the Park
1990s; 2013
Free Comic Book Day
2016
GenCon
2006–2023
Harry Potter Festival
2017
Light it Up Blue
2015, 2017
Marble City Comic Con
2018
March for Equality & Capitol Pride
2017
MarsCon
2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023, 2024
MerMagicCon
2020
Myrtle Beach Comic Con
2016
MystiCon
2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
NRVCon
2016
NYCC — New York Comic Con
2006–2023
OmegaCon
2013
Pride in the Park
2018
RavenCon
2013, 2015, 2016
ReGeneration Who
2017
Roanoke Valley Comic Con
2013
Salt Lake City Comic Con
2006–2023
SDCC — San Diego Comic-Con
2006–2023
SheVaCon
2011, 2013
St. Patrick’s Day Festival
2014
St. Patrick’s Day Parade
2013
Star City Anime
2015, 2016
Builds · Worlds · Experiences
Projects
CasaPlay: The Art of Accessible Halloween Experiences
CasaPlay turns Halloween into worlds people can experience together. We build immersive scenes, costumes, and interactive settings with access and participation in mind, so mobility needs can be part of the design from the beginning.
Gotham
Batman, the bat symbol, and a neighborhood transformed into Gotham for Halloween.
Coming soon
The Trenzgalore TARDIS Experience
A Doctor Who-inspired Halloween world, from the TARDIS framework to the finished blue police box.
Coming soon
The Nightmare before Christmas
The spiral hill, moon, and illuminated Halloween scene, with a look at how the structure came together.
Coming soon
Puzzle of Thrones — The Throne and Escape Room Experiences
Themed thrones, sets, and puzzle-driven experiences bring familiar fictional worlds into a space visitors can enter, explore, and share. The build archive follows the structures, scenic finishes, lighting, and completed displays.
Arkham Asylum — The Throne of Justice and Harley and Joker’s Funhouse Thrones
A Gotham-inspired exhibit bringing together the Throne of Justice, Arkham gates, and Harley and Joker’s Funhouse Thrones.
Coming soon
The IronFoam Throne
Sword-covered scenic work, faux-metal finishes, and a throne that became a convention display and fundraiser.
Coming soon
The Marvel TARDIS of Westeros
The TARDIS as part of the IronFoam and Mad Titan exhibit, with its windows still in progress in this archive view.
Coming soon
Thanos — Mad Titan’s Intergalactic Throne
A throne built through structural work, surface finishing, and integrated lighting.
Coming soon
PantheCon.org
An unconventional—and unofficial—archive of Dragon Con culture. PantheCon gathers the origins, stories, people, photographs, and artifacts behind the Cults of Dragon Con. Here, “cult” is short for culture: the shared jokes and traditions that become part of convention life.
I co-founded the Unified Church of the Dragons to help record those histories and promote unity. My participation also includes the Marriott Carpet Cheerleaders and Marriott Carpet Marching Band and Color Guard, along with speaking about Dragon Con’s community traditions.
Coming soon
Coming Soon — ORACLES
Organization, Retention, Access, Continuity, Logistics, and Empowerment Systems
An app in development to help individuals and families organize documents, tasks, care coordination, personal history, and family knowledge in one accessible place. Designed to support everyday continuity and preserve the information that holds a life together.
Hello, I’m Mera
Making things. Asking questions. Showing up.
Maker, advocate, and part of the convention community.
My creative work includes costumes, sets, and props through Prop House 42. My advocacy focuses on inclusion, anti-bullying, school access, and community participation.
They may look like different paths, but both ask a similar question: what can we make possible together?
Say helloGet in touch
Let’s make something—or work on something that matters.
Creative work & appearances
Tell me what you have in mind, where it will happen, and any dates you’re working toward.
Advocacy
Start with a brief description of the situation and what kind of help you’re looking for.
Build archive
Chaos Fairies at MarsCon
Fairy wings, costume construction, and a shared moment on stage.
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Build archive
Hellboy and the Angel of Death
From component templates and sculpting to the Hellboy mask: a look inside the making process.
← Back to Cosplay and Theater Arts
Build archive
Heathers the Musical
Building a world for the stage, from framing and platforms to the finished scenic treatment.
← Back to Cosplay and Theater Arts
Build archive
Themed Interiors
Furniture and room details made for worlds beyond the everyday.
← Back to Cosplay and Theater ArtsBuild archive
Gotham
Batman, the bat symbol, and a neighborhood transformed into Gotham for Halloween.
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Build archive
The Trenzgalore TARDIS Experience
A Doctor Who-inspired Halloween world, from the TARDIS framework to the finished blue police box.
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Build archive
The Nightmare before Christmas
The spiral hill, moon, and illuminated Halloween scene, with a look at how the structure came together.
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Build archive
Arkham Asylum — The Throne of Justice and Harley and Joker’s Funhouse Thrones
A Gotham-inspired exhibit bringing together the Throne of Justice, Arkham gates, and Harley and Joker’s Funhouse Thrones.
← Back to ProjectsGotham exhibit — Joker, Harley, Arkham gate and bat-themed throne
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Build archive
The IronFoam Throne
Sword-covered scenic work, faux-metal finishes, and a throne that became a convention display and fundraiser.
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Build archive
The Marvel TARDIS of Westeros
The TARDIS as part of the IronFoam and Mad Titan exhibit, with its windows still in progress in this archive view.
← Back to ProjectsIronFoam, TARDIS and Mad Titan exhibit — TARDIS windows in progress
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Thanos — Mad Titan’s Intergalactic Throne
A throne built through structural work, surface finishing, and integrated lighting.
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