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This page links to individual projects suitable for classes on costume design and construction.
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Research
- Research Heresy
- Primary and Secondary Research on an Historical Costume Topic
- Visual Historical Research for a Play
Costume Design
- Designing in Cooperation
- Focusing on the Actor: Rendering for “On The Harm of Tobacco” Costume Design Project
- Idea Stealing
- Ideas for Show Concepts
- No Color Designs
- Questions Costumers Should Ask
- Reading the Play
- 3 Renderings for The Marriage Proposal
- 6 Costume Renderings for “Patience”
- 6 Renderings for “The Contrast”
Generating Content For Others
- Making a Manifesto Page “How-To” or research page for other costume Geeks
- Making a Video “How-To” or research page for other Costume Geeks
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Analyzing Film Designs
- Film Costume Analysis Essay Project “High Concept” Designs
- Film Costume Analysis Essay Project “Realism” in Design
Costume Studio Equipment
- Basic Cutting Table
- Costume Studio Equipment Goodie Bag
- Garment Bags
- Homemade Dress Forms
Drawing
- Basic Proportion
- Character
- Copy Drawing
- Faces
- Feet
- Fur and Feathers
- Hands
- Rendering Ruffles & Pleats
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Suit Conversions
- Changing Suit Collars
- Suit Conversion with Applied Decoration
- Suit Conversions with Paint
- Surreal Pockets
Masks
- Carved Insulation Foam Mask or Foam Mold for Muslin and Glue Mask
- Golden Stag Mask for Head over Heels
- Muslin Mache Mask
- Foam and Airball on a Plastic Base
- Plaster Bandage and Foam Mask
- Wire Frame Mask
Sewing
- Cape
- Costume Accessory Bag
- Making a Stole (Academic or Clerical) for Graduation
- Renaissance Flat Cap
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Paperwork
- Building Your Portfolio
- Measurement Sheet
- Photographing your costumes for your portfolio onstage and in the studio
- Portfolios and Resumes
- Self-Measurement Sheet
- Shopping Handbook
- Making a Costume Origin Chart
- Costume Change Charts
- Check In Forms
- Cost Sheets
- Build Chart
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Millinery
- Amazing uses for a Baseball Hat D & C
- Buckram Bandeau Hat Base D & C
- Craft Felt Sculpture Hat D & C
- Dollar Store Witch Hat to Early Victorian Bonnet C
- Edwardian Hat D & C
- Hat Made Using Craft Felt D & C
- Non Toxic Metal Finishes for Armor C
- Place Mat Hats D & C
- Straw Braid Hat D & C
- Thermoplastic Helmet D & C
- Furry Winter Hat
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Wigs
- Beauty School Dropouts & Other Painted Wigs
- Chemotherapy Patient/Quick Change Hats
- Extensions & Hair Rolls
- Pool Noodle Wig
- Witch Wig into Samurai Lady
- 18th Century Men’s Wigs
- Buckram Sculpture Wigs
Shoes
- Make your own Geta (Japanese wooden shoes) Project
- Building a Rococo Heel over a Spike Heel
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Fabric Modification
- Fortuny Style Pleating
- Make a costume using the pleated fabric
- Fabric Swatching
- Spray Dyeing and Distressing
- Fabric Painting & Mosaic
Materials
- Leather
- Sewing Vinyl
- What Type of Adhesives to Use
Alterations and Mending
- Bridal Lehenga into a Court Mantua
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Pattern Drafting
- Measuring Yourself for Costume Construction
- Thompson’s Universal System – Pattern Drafting for Men’s, Women’s, and Children’s Clothing (1899)
- Flat Pattern Exercises
- Drafting “Biblical” and Folk Dress that fits
- Fitting a Basic Block Pattern
- Quick Pattern Method
- Duct Tape Patterns
Foam Crafts
- Airball Sculpture
- Animal/Bird Foot Shoe
- Complex Foam Headpiece
- Painting a Metallic Look on EVA Foam
- Simple Foam Headpiece
- “Armored” Gloves using Craft Foam Sheets
- Funnoodle Penis
- Complete Foam-Sculpture Costume
Decorations and Trimming
- Ribbonwork
- Gobs of Glitz
- Fake Feathers, shredded decorations and Fabric Boas
- Trimming garments with Kitsch Crochet household textiles
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Wings
- Fairy Wings
- “Angel” Wings
- Bat Wings
Body Modification
- Padding Existing Forms to Size
- Body Modification Big Breasts
- Pregnancy and Fat Pads
- Humps
- Period Body Padding
- Corsets
Naughty Bits
- Berlin Cabaret Sleaze
- Funnoodle Penis
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Other Crafts Projects
- Copying Period Fans
- Pencil and Paper Ballerina Dress
- Plaster Bandage Breastplate
- Sample Sheet of Antiqued Jewelry Finishes
- Making Display Mannequins of Found Materials
- Buckram Dress Form Clones
- Make a “Dancing Man”