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First Day of Class. Who am I and Who are you?
Introductions
Discuss Supplies List
Discuss Play Project #1 - Single Rendering from On the Harm of Tobacco by Anton Chekhov
Discuss Hat Project
Remedial Figure Drawing - Paper Dolls and Stencils
Handouts - Paper Doll and Stencil Renderings; Costume Measurements |
 Baker, Georgia. "The Basic Figure and How Clothes Fit the Body." Chapter in A Handbook of Costume Drawing. Burlington, Mass.: Focal Press, 2000. ISBN: 9780240804033.
Read the monologue play On the Harm of Tobacco by Anton Chekhov (1886). (Download a version of this text online.) |
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Lecture - Elements of Design and Psychology of Clothes |
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Sewing Tutorial - Show all Machines
Drawing Lab - Play with Art Material |
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Learning to use Machines, Shop Language, Patterns |
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Watch Mel Gibson Hamlet Movie
Talk About "Concept" |
Potts, Nancy. "Costumes for a Repertory Theatre"; Campbell, Patton. "The True Vintage of 'La Traviata'"; and Russell, Douglas A. "Primeval Crystals for 'Prometheus Bound'." In The Theatre Crafts Book of Costumes. Edited with an introduction by C. Ray Smith. Emmaus, Pa.: Rodale Press, 1973, pp. 21-29, 133-141, 199-207. ISBN: 9780878570164.
Heiner Müller's Hamlet Machine (1979). (Download a version of this text online.) |
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Guest Lecturer on Developing Concept |
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Discuss Concept Ideas
Mask Lab |
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Mask Lab (cont.) |
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Begin Discussion of Final Project
Discuss Skirt/Trouser Project - Drafting, Manipulating Patterns, Fittings |
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Begin Drafting Skirt/Trouser Sloper |
Moore, Dorothy. "Lesson 1: Straight Skirt." In Pattern Drafting and Dressmaking. New York: Golden Press, 1977, 40-43. ISBN: 9780307033093. |
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Skirt/Trouser Lab - Prof. Held Does Fittings on Students |
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Fabric Character Analysis Exercise
Skirt/Trouser Lab - Once Skirt/Trousers Fit, How Do You Manipulate it to Make it the Right Design? |
Augustus Does His Bit by George Bernard Shaw. (Download a version of this text from Project Gutenberg.) |
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Lecture - Research
Show and Tell About Your Final Projects, and Get Input on How to Make Them Happen. |
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Look at Augustus Research
Discussion of Historical vs. Theatrical Demands, i.e., Differences Between Historical vs. Current Concepts of "Beauty," and How to be True to a Historical Period, But Also Make the Design Work
Impossible Clothing, and the Joys of Garbage - Finding Inspiration in Places Besides a Fabric Store
Open Shop to Finish Hat and Skirt/Trouser Projects |
Tara Maginnis's Kiosk Man (1994). (Read this script online.) |
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Discuss Garbage Project - Exploring Materials Creatively, Make a Piece of Clothing Out of Found Objects |
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Open Shop for Final Projects |
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Newspaper Day
Improvisational, Creative, Problem-solving
Make a Piece of Clothing Using a Pile of Newspaper, Scotch Tape and Scissors, in 20 Minutes |
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Discuss Thrift Store Project - Budgeting Smash and Crash
Open Shop |
Holkeboer, Katherine Strand. Patterns for Theatrical Costumes: Garments, Trims, and Accessories from Ancient Egypt to 1915. New York: Drama Publishers, 1993, p. 148. ISBN: 9780896761254. |
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Thrift Store Lab |
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Discuss garbage project |
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Open Shop (cont.) |
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Open Shop (cont.) |
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Open Shop (cont.) |
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Final Project Presentation |
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