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Here are the rest of my Masks and Armor class final presentations. Some amazing stuff in here, such a great group.

( deep sea divers, Klingons, and warrior women )

We're heading into finals in the academic end of things, and i have a couple of teaser photos to share before things really get cranking ( Read more... )

My Masks and Armor class presented simple armor projects today, and i have a few images to share.

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I may have said it before: the vacuform is one of the main reasons i became a member at TechShop RDU.

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I've been photographing elements of the armor we've got in the building right now, to discuss the pros and cons of various construction choices made. As i said yesterday, sometimes it's great to see how other artisans have made things, to see how they've already stood up to theatrical performance, and to think about what works when and why ( Read more... )

I've mentioned the HUGE number of armor pieces we've rented for our repertory shows, Henry IV and V by Shakespeare. They're plays about war, and armor abounds--much of my job has been fitting and repair, and reversible alterations like the one i described in an earlier postToday's post though is about a case where it was actually quicker and easier ( Read more... )

On deck at work, we are currently well into production on a pair of repertory shows, Shakespeare's Henry IV and V. The designs for this show are one of those non-era-eras that i like to describe as "postmodern collage"--a mixture of modern and historical styles all blended together to create intriguings looks not tied to any specific time, leather ( Read more... )

Here's the second half of the pile of pictures from the hall of arms and armor at the Metropolitan ( Read more... )

While in NYC a couple weeks ago, one of our grad students and i hit up the Metropolitan Museum for their Costume Collection exhibit, American Woman: Fashioning a National IdentityIt was a pretty good exhibit, though a bit less immersive than i'm used to seeing at the Met--the rooms weren't decorated with any of the usual striking set-dressing that ( Read more... )