I've fallen a bit behind on sharing my students' projects from this semester, but i'm slowly getting back on track! Here are some pix of their wire-frame projects, presented a while ago.


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My millinery class presented their third round of projects today, of which i have three images to share: a Muppet wig, a steampunk-dreadlock creation, and a commodore dog hat. The premise of the project is to address a costume element which relates to hair, but which in theatre would not be solved by traditional wigmaking. Students use millinery ( Read more... )

Tonight is Opening Night for Pericles, so it's time for an overview post of the work that came through the Costume Crafts department on this show! This post doesn't include every single item we worked on, but it does cover quite a few ( Read more... )

mister_sable asks:

I was wondering if you had any info about how to construct a mascot head, Ms. Labricoleuse. It's not really for a mascot, but for building a minotaur for a film. I was wondering about the helmet/base in particular.Great question, and a timely one, too. There's an article in this month's edition of the ACTS FACTS safety newsletter which ( Read more... )

Friday afternoon, costume staff and students were granted the opportunity to observe the dressing process of the dancers of the Khmer Arts Academy's production of Pamina Devi: A Cambodian Magic Flute, currently touring the US. The performance appeared courtesy of the Carolina Performing Arts series. Theatre empresario Peter Sellers sponsored the ( Read more... )

One of our productions this season is Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, set in a "Turkish fantasy land," according to the costume designer, so the crafts include a lot of various shapes of turbans draped in bright fabrics.

Here's a series of photos illustrating how I took a turban from mockup to final headdress:

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