Category: Stitching and Crafts
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Costume Design/Build – “Period Costume”
This costume design and build was for a promotional event with The Welders in Washington, DC. The task given was to create a “period costume,” that incorporated some aspect of menstruation. I chose to base my idea around the ubiquitous giant grey sweatpants nearly every sufferer of heavy periods has had to wear at least…
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Build – Masks
All masks have removable/replaceable metal nose pieces and are 3 layers: a 100% cotton layer, a middle non-woven poly filter layer (oly*fun), and a poly/cotton fashion fabric layer. Masks can have over-ear elastic ($14) or straps ($20). Masks come in 4 sizes: L, M, Child, and Toddler, and are made to order. $6 shipping to…
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Build – Togas – “La Clemenza di Tito”
Characters: Various | At Aspen Opera Festival and School, Aspen, CO | Director: Ed Berkeley | Conductor: Jane Glover | Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Libretto: Caterino Mazzolà | Theater: Wheeler Opera House, Aspen Music Festival |Photography: Elle Logan (where noted) and Brittany Graham I built several togas for the opera “La Clemenza di Tito.”…
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Build – Corset – “The Beaux Stratagem”
Character: Cherry | At University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI | Director: Patricia Boyette | Playwright: George Farquhar | Costume Designer: Erin Levy | Scenic Designer: Joe Varga | Lighting Designer: Tom Littrell |Photography: Maureen Janson Heintz and Brittany Graham I patterned a new corset from an existing one in stock and re-made it with new…
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Costume Design – “Doubt, A Parable”
At 1st Stage, Tysons Corner, VA | Director: Michael Dove | Playwright: John Patrick Shanley | Scenic Designer: John Bowhers | Lighting Designer: Kyle Grant | Props Designers: Deb Crerie and Kay Rzasa | Photograpy: Teresa Castracane Photography Builds, for The Marilyn Johnson Sewing Design Studio: nun habits for the Sisters of Charity New York…
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Costume Consultation – “The Pirate Laureate and the King of the Sea”
Characters: Kalamara and Crystal | At Flying V Theatre, The Writers Center, Bethesda, MD | Director: Jason Schlafstein | Playwright: Zachary Fernebok | Costume Design: Zachary Fernebok | Photos: Wilder Photography and Brittany Graham World Premiere. For the world premiere of The Pirate Laureate and the King of the Sea, (sequel to Fernebok’s earlier The Pirate…
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Costume Design – “The Tempest”
Director: Krista Cowan | Playwright: William Shakespeare | Scenic Designer: Sasha Goldstein | Theater: The Madeira School | Photographer: C. Stanley Photography Design for The Madeira School, an all-girl private boarding and day school. Click to enlarge.
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Costume Design – “The Wiz”
At Sitar Arts Center, Washington, DC | Director: Lorraine Robinson | Photo Credit: Sitar Arts Center Costume design for Sitar Arts Center, which “provides a safe haven to more than 800 students a year, 80 percent of whom come from low-income households, teaching important life skills and fostering personal and artistic growth in D.C.’s youth”…
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Build – Jane Foster Cosplay
Photo Credit: Michelle Norris I draped and built the turquoise dress for this cosplay of Dr. Jane Foster from Thor: The Dark World (film costume designer Wendy Partridge)
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Build – Batgirl cosplay
I patterned and built the cape and belt for a Batgirl cosplay costume. Click to enlarge.
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