Commission for Digging Deep for the Reluctant Adventures of Sky
by Identity Detective
Creative Director: Nikky Norton Shafau
I responded to a shout-out for costume assistant that was part of Manchester Metropolitan University email-out while I was studying Creative Practice.
BRIEF
Design an eccentric hat for Mario, the Italian ice cream vendor outside the theatre doors.
The madder the better!
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| My initial starting point of inspiration for texture and colour |
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| The hat block |
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| Sinamay, layered in different to get that old waffle cone colour and appearance. The heat of the iron will ensure they stick together and can be moulded as one piece. |
The sinamay is blocked and left to rest so the glues applied dry and solidify
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| Can I get a perfect Whippy? |
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| The monkey's blood (well, 3D fabric paint) goes on! One chance only... |
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| The hat is retains its shape once removed from the block |
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| Lining for the pillbox crown...a mixture of quilted silk and neon synthetic |
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| It's all fitting in very nicely and the elastic is attached through eyelets |
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I appliqued decorated and stiffened letters.
Can you tell what it is yet?! |
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| Mario dons his Whippy 99! |
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| "You'a want'a choc ice'a, ah? You'va come'a to the wrong place!" |
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Special thanks to Chrissie King at Hat Therapy
and Thomas Graham at The Wasp Factory
