Adventure Time!

A friend asked if I could make the hat and backpack that Finn wears on the cartoon Adventure Time. 
I actually patterned both the hat and backpack from scratch.  Both came out fantastic but I especially like the hat.

And so does Aaron!

I put a spell on you.

 The bit of awesomeness you see here is a silver bat wing jacket, something I made for Tunde Olaniran (you'll be hearing that name a lot) a couple of years ago.  Its made of silver crinkle tissue lame with neon green piping.  

To me this jacket was a mash up of 1950s sci fi inspiration, a modern shape, and classic patterning techniques.  A couple of the details in this jacket include a zipper set to the left side of the jacket, as well as a series of darts that radiate from the neck to the elbow.


                Gaze upon its beauty.  I dare you. 

                              Tunde is clearly spellbound by the magnificence of his attire.

                                                     But then again, so am I.

Wig in a Box

Today I am featuring a wig that I made while in graduate school at Wayne state. It was a part of my advanced make up class, which included mustache and wig weaving.

I took inspiration from the Kabuki theatre's Lion Dance. The way these wigs move while the performer is dancing is fantastic. The fullness, shape, and weight captures the regal nature of a lion while still falling lightly when moving thru the air.


Below is a fantastic video of a Lion Dance being performed.



Now, the wig I made is a smaller, shorter version of this with a more rounded shape. It's amazing with a crochet hook, some sport jersey, and a ton of white and light blue fuzzy yarn can do.

Ta Da!!

Transgressor

Well, it's been a long while since last I wrote a blog.
For the past two weeks I've been intensely stitching costumes for Tunde Olaniran's The Five Transgressions, a sci fi/futuristic series of shorts. We began discussing his concept, sharing research, and began to shape up the design a couple of months ago.

Last weekend I was on set with Tunde Olaniran, Natasha Beste, Tim Jagielo, Adrienne Brown, & Saryn Byers-Johnson shooting The First Transgression. The team was wonderful to work with, creative & inspiration flowed between all of us thru the whole process. I can't wait to get started on the next installation.
Here are a few teaser shots from the film from Natasha.



Much more to come later!