FACEBOOK sightings !

Ok :) sometimes it's real work to get photos of the costumes i have designed .... But with a little hunting on facebook i found 2 from this season.. below are Aran Bell as Solar in La Bayadere, and Melody Herrera as a Sugar Plum Fairy.

By the Bay with the Beattles.

Below are a couple designs for the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago's school of dance. The first design is for the solo piece Baroque Beatles. It's inspired by Sgt. Peppers Band and will be a collage of different musical instruments, marching costumes, and Beatles imagery. The bottom design is for a piece called Bay Breeze, and there will be 16 girls in this. I will custom design the fabrics for each work. I will put photos up of the construction, and finished product.

Basque to Basics. Wonder Bread does it best.

Lately my projects have included, complicated pieces, tons of trim, and everything from cat toys to puffy paint. However today's was simple, classic and very refreshing. With assistance from Mio Gubeneric we created a fantastically fit , 11 layer, hooped rehearsal tutu for Joffrey ballet academy dancer Hilary Katzman. It was very enjoyable to create something simple with fantastic fit, and finely made. I made the top layer of tulle 1.75 times fuller then i normally do to give this simple skirt a richer, fuller look.

Walnuts, Pecans, Cashews, Filberts, any kind of NUT really.

I was recently commissioned by the Charleston Ballet Theatre to design and create a new Nutcracker Mask for there existing production. The turn around on this project was very brisk, under two weeks. Thankfully I recruited the help of two amazing friends, Miodrag Gubeneric (costume designer, and technician) and Lavinia Morozan (seamstress to the stars, and all around amazing lady).

The Materials list for the project was almost as fun as creating the mask with friends.

- Thermoplast plastic mesh to form the face

- Plastic flower pot to form face over

- Foam Pipe insulation for hair and hat bits

- Cat toys for feathers on top of hat

- Christmas Ornaments

- Shrinky Dink to create eyes and cheeks

- Velvet , Pleather, Lame'

- Rhinestones, Sequins, Paillettes, Puffy Paint, Heatbond

-Digitized computer embroidery for the teeth

Below are a few process shots, and the finished mask.

(Mio in Thermoplast Base / Applique' and puffy paint)

(me attaching banding to crown)



Finished Product.