USITT 2010: Pix from the Poster Session
The Costume Design & Technology Commission sponsors a juried exhibition of poster presentations on new and innovative costume production topics at USITT each year. Exhibitors are chosen by a panel of five professionals based on submitted abstracts. This year, we had two entries, my own presentation on the parasols from The Little Prince, and 3rd year grad student Randy Handley's costume production paperwork tracking database program, CAPS.
I took some photos of the exhibits in the session, so you can see what other kinds of presentations were like! I'll be writing up the panel discussions and presentations i've been attending...probably once the conference is over, since i have so many more yet to attend today. But photos, those i can share quickly, so here they are. I don't have all the info on which ones belong to whom--i had to zoom through in a flash in order to get back to my station--so if you recognize something here and it's not credited, please comment and let me know so i can add the right attribution!
Design renderings for a production of The Elementals
The Elementals macropuppet
The Elementals macropuppet
Shadow puppet from The Elementals
Carved Last-a-Foam hatblocks by Michelle L. Hathaway of Louisiana State University
Michelle was right next to our station, so i talked to her quite a bit about her process--this is different from stacked blue foam blockmaking, not just in the foam used but because she utilized expandofoam to adhere layers together. I'm going to have to try this out!
Anne Porterfield of NC State's presentation on digital printing of textiles for ballet costumes
Fabric-explosion blood effects for Sweeney Todd
The handouts for this one were all gone, so i don't have proper credit. It was a great idea, with "blood" fabric streamers secreted in zipper pouches at the throats of characters' cravats!
Ivan Ingermann of University of Georgia presented means of utilizing various types of stilts in stagework.
Amy Best of DeSales University/Penn Shakes showed this dryad wig/headdress and "tree" costume.
Foam masks by Tan Huiaxiang of University of Central Florida
This is a different, faster process than the more structured covered foam mascotry methods i covered at the Symposium in August.
Alright, i'm off for the day's sessions. I've got a ton of great photos from the Stage Expo and Design Expo, and am collecting lots of notes for reporting on the sessions i'm attending. More soon!
I took some photos of the exhibits in the session, so you can see what other kinds of presentations were like! I'll be writing up the panel discussions and presentations i've been attending...probably once the conference is over, since i have so many more yet to attend today. But photos, those i can share quickly, so here they are. I don't have all the info on which ones belong to whom--i had to zoom through in a flash in order to get back to my station--so if you recognize something here and it's not credited, please comment and let me know so i can add the right attribution!
Design renderings for a production of The Elementals
The Elementals macropuppet
The Elementals macropuppet
Shadow puppet from The Elementals
Carved Last-a-Foam hatblocks by Michelle L. Hathaway of Louisiana State University
Michelle was right next to our station, so i talked to her quite a bit about her process--this is different from stacked blue foam blockmaking, not just in the foam used but because she utilized expandofoam to adhere layers together. I'm going to have to try this out!
Anne Porterfield of NC State's presentation on digital printing of textiles for ballet costumes
Fabric-explosion blood effects for Sweeney Todd
The handouts for this one were all gone, so i don't have proper credit. It was a great idea, with "blood" fabric streamers secreted in zipper pouches at the throats of characters' cravats!
Ivan Ingermann of University of Georgia presented means of utilizing various types of stilts in stagework.
Amy Best of DeSales University/Penn Shakes showed this dryad wig/headdress and "tree" costume.
Foam masks by Tan Huiaxiang of University of Central Florida
This is a different, faster process than the more structured covered foam mascotry methods i covered at the Symposium in August.
Alright, i'm off for the day's sessions. I've got a ton of great photos from the Stage Expo and Design Expo, and am collecting lots of notes for reporting on the sessions i'm attending. More soon!