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Projects: Crafts Responsibilities for Amadeus, PlayMakers Repertory Company

Apr 03, 2008 14:55

We're in previews and the press pix have gone out, so i can share some stage shots and do an overview post now for AmadeusI should clarify, too, that all of the images and information that i share in this blog is strictly by permission of the artists, artisans, designers, and companies that i work for. I have worked under non-disclosure contracts ( Read more... )

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trystbat April 3 2008, 21:08:07 UTC

Wonderful to see the finished products! Thanks.

just fabulous anonymous April 3 2008, 21:11:16 UTC

I really love the costumes, what a wonderful job, but it must be ever so time consuming.
I am rather curious what you use to keep the hats in place. I'm always curious what other people use, as I'm looking for just that right thing, since my hats are a bit nonsensical in size and nature.
Thanks Christa Z.
http://bonnieboheme.blogspot.com/index.html

Re: just fabulous labricoleuse April 4 2008, 02:40:40 UTC

I love the hats on your blog, the little tiny toppers, and you utilize such excellent garniture elements and color palettes! How fun ( ... )

Re: just fabulous anonymous April 4 2008, 23:37:31 UTC

Well thank you very much. I've been trying (not very hard) to come up with some innovative designs when it comes to mini millinery. The sketch book is filling faster than I can create.
I think I can imagine for the most part exactly what you're referring to. I have seen a few of those ideas, I believe, in From the Head Up (?? or neck...) book. I find that a few of my hats are heavy so a few of your methods may just come in handy. I currently use combs, but perhaps I need to get some bigger ones.
Thanks for the insight. I love reading what you're up to over there on the other side of the continent. Again another reason current technology is pretty rad.
Cheers,
Christa Z.

eggies_red_dres April 3 2008, 21:58:38 UTC

The behind the scenes shots during creating give a larger than life appeal to all the works you now put into context. They blend so seamlessly!

icprncs April 3 2008, 22:18:51 UTC

Forty-five dyeing projects? Wow.

Can you explain a bit about the "telescoping" of the hat? I think I can envision, but am not entirely sure what I'm thinking of is accurate.

Thank you so much for sharing all of this! It's wonderful to see how these things get created and what they look like in use.

labricoleuse April 4 2008, 02:31:30 UTC

With the hat, because the sideband of the crown slopes in at an angle, i couldn't drop it the full 2" at once. Cutting that much out would result in a big circumferential difference between the headsize opening and the new cut-down crown. Hatcrafters' hats aren't made of a top quality felt and i wasn't sure i'd be able to stretch the base of the crown enough to get it to fit smoothly into the brim without deforming the hat. So, i removed the crown from the brim and cut an inch off and set it back in. Then i cut the crown away again an inch up from that, removed another inch, and set it back in again--imagine a collapsible camping cup, how it's concentric rings of metal that telescope into a cup. That's sort of what the alterations look like. I did them both within the bottom 1.5" of the sideband of the hat, so that i could cover the seams with the wide grosgrain hatband. In this way i was able to slightly stretch the smaller crown edge each time to better fit into the seam. I wish i'd taken pictures to illustrate this, but time was ( ... )

icprncs April 4 2008, 02:46:09 UTC

It makes perfect sense. The cutting was the part where I was fuzzy. Thank you so much!

labricoleuse April 4 2008, 02:57:20 UTC

Also, yes, 45 dye projects. Considering we have a cast of i believe 22 actors, that's actually a much smaller figure than it might have been, but we rented a lot of the ensemble and lesser characters. Had we made all the costumes in-house, i'd guesstimate at least twice that, if not three times. Still, it was a lot of dyeing!

sageincave April 13 2008, 18:55:26 UTC

Hi! I am an amateur costumer, and I was wondering how you learned to custom-dye. I found you via a (not very helpful) google search.

BTW, Amadeus was my favorite movie for years, and this looks like a great, fun production (with gorgeous costumes, drool!)

dyeing for costumers labricoleuse April 14 2008, 15:59:00 UTC

Thank you for the compliment on the show!

I started out writing a response comment, but it got to be so long that i decided to just make another post and share the info with my readership-at-large:

http://labricoleuse.livejournal.com/58013.html

Good luck!