Projects: Crafts responsibilities for Pericles, PlayMakers Repertory Company
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
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Yep, we made that contraption in-house as well--the draper for the Bawd costume was my colleague and fellow professor, Jade Bettin (who teaches costume history and undergraduate costume design courses). The weird hip-cage/roll action is all her doing!
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Have you looked at the diagrams in the behind the scenes Lion King book? I know they have a rhinoceros schematic and an elephant schematic, so i think that would be where i'd start my brainstorming. Good luck with the show, it sounds like a crafts dream in terms of cool projects!
Also, thanks re the wig. I will ask about detail shots of the hipcage structure. I know the bumroll thing is a stuffed C-shape sausagey thing, and the cage is made from a combination of steel bones in channels and rigilene...
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