rabbit costume the begging where it all started

this is the start of my rabbit outfit  skirt and half of a jacket i used the skirt  as the base for the three i finally made it was quiet a simple pattern and was quick to make the jacket was a little tricky as i was not entirely sure on how i wanted it to sit on top of my skirts and from this picture you see below it changed a few times as i modified the pattern to my original drawn pattern.

pic 1and 2  side veiws  of my skirt pattern pic 3 is flattened skirt and  half off pattern for jacket

gloves for final major project 2012

gloves for my final design one  pair was for the badger costume  i designed and the other pair was for the rabbit costume i  had took my idea from the claws that the animals have and as i was doing two female costumes for stage i was looking at how they would be able to easily wear them and the gloves suited that idea i added lace and ribbon also cogs and lace to the design

 close up off  the lace on the cuff which i added i used a variety to create a fuller look and also some to  look ragged like fur

 i also added cogs an wool to give a Gothic / steam punk style the wool was to look like if they had  dug their way out off a burrow in the ground

 painting the false  nails for the badger gloves i painted them black to match in with the design

 rabbit gloves  i did these in the same way  but added some brown fur as i thought they where to cream and needed some contrast   so i added the fur  and added some leather to  the  tips of the fingers to brake it up an look like rabbit paws

adding the  nails for the rabbit i painted them brown and used some  gold dust to the tips to look like dirt i think it  worked well and gave a good effect

costume designs for my final major project at university

the wind in the willows i decided to do this for my major project as i became inspired after some work experience i had done in oxford which gave  opportunity in my spare time to explore the city and i came across a little vintage shop selling books and i seen a second edition wind in the willows which i had to go back and buy as i was so inspired by it the detailing it  the cover and the illustrations throughout the book gave me so many wonder full ideas for my project on reading the book i decided to design two costume one for the main character badger and a minor role  rabbit as i explored the  wind in the willows theatre productions i found non  had a female badger role so i decide on upon doing two female costumes inspired by  steam punk and Gothic styles also with a vintage Victorian feel.

female badger costume design
raged skirt with detachable train on back also
 a corset and three quarter sleeved bolero jacket  

another rabbit design with a slimmer skirt 
and a less detailing on
the skirt but similar design also an alternative corset

female rabbit costume consisting of jacket
 corset and  big layered bustle skirt
i would make a cage crinoline for the underneath  



badger design for female costume  ragged skirt with detachable train at back  this has two corset designs  as i wanted to make a false front  to look like a waist coat  design also i have added a neck ruff and a  laced on shoulder sleeve to part of the design





distresing my minor project samples

 i used some simple distressing techniques at first  just using tea, coffee and some brown fabric paint which gave me this affect on my  discharge print of the writing i had chose

 i started to experiment more adding black fabric dye and really watering it down  also adding salt  and some bleach to take the colour out a bit

 closer shot  of distressing my fabric

this was a sample ruff for my minor project i used some more distressing techniques  such as a cheese grater sand paper and  some ageing spray paint  i loved the  overall effect and adding the bleach and salt aged the fabric more giving it a rotted feel to the garment

final peice from minor project 2011

 pieces from my final design  from my minor project

embellishment and ageing the fabric







 i am embellishing some lace for the top of my trousers










final ruff design for piece

minor project from final year at uni 2011

 these are some drawings from my minor project in final year at uni i have experimented with the straight jacket theme as my project was based around the marque De Sade an his life

3D max props second year of university

 i found working with 3d max easier to work with than photo shop and i loved creating my  little devil which you see below it was originally made  in my second year  for a props project that we had to do for an advertisement my devil was part of a  whole story bard for a sky  advertisement for a TV ad  i also made a flower but made this out off sculpy   and an entire wood land theme the original size of the creature would be about 5 to 6 inches tall

start of designs adding tail horns and legs i started of with two spheres and added the legs which where four pyramids joined  

adding the arms i changed the colour so i could see who it looked all together

i started to add textures and colours to change the whole appearance and bring it to life

final finished design well one of them i tried loads of different styles and textures till i was happy and till the devil fitted in with my entire background which took a few attempts  and different styles

costume from second year university final project

this design was for a chines inspired project, i chose the dragon kings daughter and you can see throughout my costume i have depicted elements from the story such as the blue and white colouring depicts the lake which is a key point from the story also i have done cloud detailing on the large cuffs and on the collar. i tried to stick to more of the authentic Japanese/ chines styling for my costume

front of design

back of design

view of obi and sash