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Costume Design, Tutorials

Making the Golden Stag Mask for Head Over Heels (Diablo Valley College, 2021)

This explains how I made the Golden Stag mask for the finale of Head Over Heels, a film we were allowed to make for streaming (instead of the usual stage show) because of the Covid 19 Pandemic. (Last time to stream is 6/18/21-6/20/21!)

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Designs, How-To, Masks

Making Masks for the “Head Over Heels” Chorus

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Picture of a KN95 Mask covered with a smiling cloth cover
Picture of a KN95 Mask covered with a smiling cloth cover

The masks for the chorus of Head Over Heels (Film, 2021 Diablo Valley College) were made by sewing a cloth cover which had been drawn with sharpies to a KN95 mask. You can see the images below of the cloth covers before application to the masks. If you want to make a similar mask you can print out these pages and use them with a light box to see and draw out the images to replicate or adapt these designs.

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Costume History

1880 Dazian’s Catalog of Theatrical Goods, Costumer’s Supplies, Regalia, Church & Military Trimmings, Society Goods, Etc. W. Dazian

Cover of the catalog, a 1946 note to a customer sending the catalog, the business card of George Feinberg, President of Dazian's Inc. and a note by Tara Maginnis explaining why the catalog must have been printed between June and November of 1880.
Cover of the catalog, a 1946 note to a customer sending the catalog, the business card of George Feinberg, President of Dazian’s Inc. and a note by Tara Maginnis explaining why the catalog must have been printed between June and November of 1880.