Millinery class continues apace

[labricoleuse]

We're almost done with the semester and my millinery graduate students have presented a few more of their projects, including two more drawn bonnets. Check out these cool hats!




Drawn bonnet by undergraduate Megan Rutherford (back view).


Drawn bonnet by undergraduate Megan Rutherford (front view).


Drawn bonnet by first year grad Colleen Dobson (side view).


Drawn bonnet by first year grad Colleen Dobson (back view).


Black lace fontage by second year grad Kelly Renko


Wig for "Chuckie" from Rugrats by second year grad Leah Pelz

This last one requires a bit of explanation. This year when Leah attended the USITT-Southeast conference in Orlando, one of the master classes she took involved a display of several Disney costumes, including a spiny wig for the character of "Dory" from Finding Nemo, which had been made from a combination of silicone/spandex spirals and zip ties. Leah wanted to explore a project with a similar structure, so she made this wig-hat using the same elements as the "Dory" wig.

Comments

[ladycelia.livejournal.com]

I've got to know more about the technique with the silicone/spandex/zip ties! That's an amazing use of materials.

[labricoleuse.livejournal.com]

Basically it is the same principle as the warty lizard skin samples i talked about in these two posts:

http://labricoleuse.livejournal.com/177237.html
http://labricoleuse.livejournal.com/177742.html

...except instead of doing blobs, you make "wefts" by running diagonal lines of the caulk across the spandex, then once it cures, cutting them apart. The zip ties provide a central shaft around which the siliconed spandex can spiral, kind of like those collapsible Christmas trees you can get.

[ladycelia.livejournal.com]

Okay, that makes all kinds of sense. Thanks!