Class Projects: Buckram foundations
Sep. 15th, 2012 08:56 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
labricoleuseThe topic of this semester's crafts class is millinery, and i have a wonderful group of students! Everyone's projects turned out fantastic for their first round, buckram foundations. Unfortunately, not all of my photos of them did.
The unit requires them to make a fascinator, a pillbox, and a more complex structure. By this means, they practice techniques like manipulating buckram shapes and wiring and mulling, on progressively complex forms. I have a massive class this time around--usually my enrollment is capped at six students but in this one i have eight: five graduates, two undergraduates, and our wardrobe supervisor. Everyone came to the class with a range of experience, from folks who had never made a hat before to those with previous millinery experience, and two who have already worked as my assistant milliner on mainstage shows.
Here are some photos that did turn out well of their projects.
Buckram hat with handmade cocarde, after a hat worn by Queen Elizabeth II at Ascot,
by first-year graduate student Colleen Dobson
Buckram foundation hat in blue shantung after a Philip Treacy design,
by second-year graduate student Kelly Renko
Buckram foundation plaid hat after a 1940s research image,
by PlayMakers Repertory Company Wardrobe Supervisor Whitney Vaughan
Buckram bonnet in gold velveteen after an existing bonnet,
by first-year graduate student Corinne Hodges
Buckram foundation fez in red velvet with silver vintage tassel,
by first-year graduate student Denise Dietrich
Clockwise from top: Fascinators by Colleen Dobson, Meghan Rutherford, and Corinne Hodges
Butterfly cloud fascinator after a Philip Treacy design,
by PlayMakers Repertory Company Wardrobe Supervisor Whitney Vaughan
(My main gripe with mobile device photography is that sometimes the photos look fine when you take them and when you put them on a normal sized screen, suddenly it becomes apparent they are blurry and useless. You will just have to trust me that everyone else's hats turned out fantastic, too, and maybe once tech is over i can take a few more images of the others.)
The unit requires them to make a fascinator, a pillbox, and a more complex structure. By this means, they practice techniques like manipulating buckram shapes and wiring and mulling, on progressively complex forms. I have a massive class this time around--usually my enrollment is capped at six students but in this one i have eight: five graduates, two undergraduates, and our wardrobe supervisor. Everyone came to the class with a range of experience, from folks who had never made a hat before to those with previous millinery experience, and two who have already worked as my assistant milliner on mainstage shows.
Here are some photos that did turn out well of their projects.
Buckram hat with handmade cocarde, after a hat worn by Queen Elizabeth II at Ascot,
by first-year graduate student Colleen Dobson
Buckram foundation hat in blue shantung after a Philip Treacy design,
by second-year graduate student Kelly Renko
Buckram foundation plaid hat after a 1940s research image,
by PlayMakers Repertory Company Wardrobe Supervisor Whitney Vaughan
Buckram bonnet in gold velveteen after an existing bonnet,
by first-year graduate student Corinne Hodges
Buckram foundation fez in red velvet with silver vintage tassel,
by first-year graduate student Denise Dietrich
Clockwise from top: Fascinators by Colleen Dobson, Meghan Rutherford, and Corinne Hodges
Butterfly cloud fascinator after a Philip Treacy design,
by PlayMakers Repertory Company Wardrobe Supervisor Whitney Vaughan
(My main gripe with mobile device photography is that sometimes the photos look fine when you take them and when you put them on a normal sized screen, suddenly it becomes apparent they are blurry and useless. You will just have to trust me that everyone else's hats turned out fantastic, too, and maybe once tech is over i can take a few more images of the others.)
