Behind the scenes at Pericles!
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labricoleuseOkay, so this is really just a teaser post--we've got a ways til we open yet, so i don't have a whole lot that i can share, but i've got a couple photos of some things coming through my workspace....
oilcloth rain hats in progress
Do you know how many times in my career i've had to make rain hats from scratch? In fact, i had to make two of these out of black PVC the last time i worked on a production of Pericles!
Inevitably it proves difficult to find a rain slicker and a rain hats that actually match one another--the yellows are always off, or aren't the exact yellow the designer wants (or, in the case of the previous Pericles, the designer doesn't want yellow at all). So, what usually happens is, they buy the raincoats in the preferred fabric, and i ask for an extra one for every two hats i have to make. In the above case, you see a pair of nearly finished ones (lacking only edge binding, chinstraps, and ornamental buttons at the apex of the beanies), assembled by my intrepid crafts assistant, first year graduate student Lisa Raymond. You'll spot these on the Sailors when the show goes up!
Some day i'm going to make myself one out of some garish tablecloth vinyl.
This is a detail shot from a length of silk yardage i did some shibori on. It began its life white, but was folded, twisted, and placed into a steel bowl, into which i poured a concentrated dyebath. Then it sat for about 2 hours, and went through a wash and double rinse cycle. When it came out, this is the variegation that resulted!
Dye treatments like this one are always kind of a crapshoot--you never know really how it'll turn out. Usually though, it turns out pretty cool, as long as you don't have a preconceived notion about how it's "supposed" to turn out. I always feel like these kinds of dye projects are almost an act of faith (perhaps literally, if you are inclined to spend your wash cycles praying it doesn't suck). You'll see this fabric in costume form worn by the ruthless King Antiochus...
And, here's a conundrum for you: can you guess what this is going to be?
(I'll be posting this image again as part of a detailed project post once this [redacted] is finished!)
oilcloth rain hats in progress
Do you know how many times in my career i've had to make rain hats from scratch? In fact, i had to make two of these out of black PVC the last time i worked on a production of Pericles!
Inevitably it proves difficult to find a rain slicker and a rain hats that actually match one another--the yellows are always off, or aren't the exact yellow the designer wants (or, in the case of the previous Pericles, the designer doesn't want yellow at all). So, what usually happens is, they buy the raincoats in the preferred fabric, and i ask for an extra one for every two hats i have to make. In the above case, you see a pair of nearly finished ones (lacking only edge binding, chinstraps, and ornamental buttons at the apex of the beanies), assembled by my intrepid crafts assistant, first year graduate student Lisa Raymond. You'll spot these on the Sailors when the show goes up!
Some day i'm going to make myself one out of some garish tablecloth vinyl.
This is a detail shot from a length of silk yardage i did some shibori on. It began its life white, but was folded, twisted, and placed into a steel bowl, into which i poured a concentrated dyebath. Then it sat for about 2 hours, and went through a wash and double rinse cycle. When it came out, this is the variegation that resulted!
Dye treatments like this one are always kind of a crapshoot--you never know really how it'll turn out. Usually though, it turns out pretty cool, as long as you don't have a preconceived notion about how it's "supposed" to turn out. I always feel like these kinds of dye projects are almost an act of faith (perhaps literally, if you are inclined to spend your wash cycles praying it doesn't suck). You'll see this fabric in costume form worn by the ruthless King Antiochus...
And, here's a conundrum for you: can you guess what this is going to be?
(I'll be posting this image again as part of a detailed project post once this [redacted] is finished!)
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Date: 2008-09-09 02:42 am (UTC)And i would totally have to make the raincoat, too. I'm thinking maybe this fabric (http://www.fashionfabricsclub.com/catalog_itemdetail.aspx?ItmID=MM210) would be another hilarious option.
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Date: 2008-09-09 02:46 am (UTC)