Blue uniform: pattern drafting, period costume construction, distressing/dyeing
Leather leggings: pattern drafting, construction, distressing
Bodice and skirt: pattern drafting, period costume construction, dyeing/distressing
Pattern Drafting and Tailoring
Made for demonstrations while teaching Corset Construction at UC Davis.
Patterning and construction
Macbeth as King
Uniform jacket, drape and kilt
Patterning and construction
Macbeth as King
Side view drape and kilt
Nightblooming Neptune
Fabrication:
Vinyl flower petals on brazed wire frame
Basket base of woven mats on wire frame hung on suspenders
Sewn leaves and vine
Headdress of fake fur on Lycra base with wired antennae
Nigtblooming Neptune
Leaves closed detail
Pattern drafting and unconventional garment construction
Dress made from plastic sheeting
Umbrella Detail
Umbrella constructed from branches, twine, frabric scraps and momentos
Constructed for the Fresno Art Museum Fundraiser
Inspired by the art of Charles and Ray Eames
Pattern based on 1950s Coachman Coat
Fabricated from trash: magazine pages, upholstery samples, leather samples, various plastics from ground cloth, shower curtain, rain poncho, rubber screen edging, bubble wrap
On the work table
Lightbulbs, skewers, cork, cereal box, sprinkler spring, buttons, milk bottle lids, leather scraps
Hair extensions