Class projects: wire frame hats!
The most recent topic we covered in millinery class was hats and headdresses built on wire-frame foundations. The students could either choose to do a tiara or crown using a wire-frame foundation, or another style of hat that required a wire-frame structural element (such as a hat made from a transparent fabric).
left to right: autumn tiara by Randy Handley, wire-frame headdress based on a French hood
by Shanna Parks, teardrop tiara by Lisa Raymond
1930s tulle and horsehair bridesmaid hat on wire foundation by Candy McClernan
front view of same
1920s spiderweb showgirl cloche by Amy A. Page
fascinator covered in green silk velvet roses by Amy A. Page
We also had a special guest visitor in class today, Ling Zhang, who is a graduate professor in the Department of Art Design at the Communication University of China in Beijing! Her brother works in the Triangle area and she came to visit him, and to see our program and tell us about hers. She sat in on period pattern class, costume history class, and millinery class.
She also gave a lovely PowerPoint presentation about the Art Design department, where she teaches students majoring in what they call "Image Design," which combines hair, makeup, fashion, and costume design. Some of the pieces she showed were what I would think of as "traditional" costume or fashion design renderings and illustrations, but she also showed some images of wearable performative art, which transformed into different shapes through the movement and performance of the wearer. Very cool! I think my favorite was the photographs she shared of historical Chinese costume, makeup, and hair recreation from the Tang Dynasty. Beautiful! Xie xie, Ling!
Now i need to track down some sort of USA/China academic partnership research funding or travel grant so i can go visit Ling's department in Beijing. Perhaps we could work out some kind of program where our students could have a chance to go visit their program, and theirs could come see ours, perhaps in the summertime.
left to right: autumn tiara by Randy Handley, wire-frame headdress based on a French hood
by Shanna Parks, teardrop tiara by Lisa Raymond
1930s tulle and horsehair bridesmaid hat on wire foundation by Candy McClernan
front view of same
1920s spiderweb showgirl cloche by Amy A. Page
fascinator covered in green silk velvet roses by Amy A. Page
We also had a special guest visitor in class today, Ling Zhang, who is a graduate professor in the Department of Art Design at the Communication University of China in Beijing! Her brother works in the Triangle area and she came to visit him, and to see our program and tell us about hers. She sat in on period pattern class, costume history class, and millinery class.
She also gave a lovely PowerPoint presentation about the Art Design department, where she teaches students majoring in what they call "Image Design," which combines hair, makeup, fashion, and costume design. Some of the pieces she showed were what I would think of as "traditional" costume or fashion design renderings and illustrations, but she also showed some images of wearable performative art, which transformed into different shapes through the movement and performance of the wearer. Very cool! I think my favorite was the photographs she shared of historical Chinese costume, makeup, and hair recreation from the Tang Dynasty. Beautiful! Xie xie, Ling!
Now i need to track down some sort of USA/China academic partnership research funding or travel grant so i can go visit Ling's department in Beijing. Perhaps we could work out some kind of program where our students could have a chance to go visit their program, and theirs could come see ours, perhaps in the summertime.