Although last night I helped run a workshop in creating sections of weaving for the jesters garments, the costumes I will be working on is the Hunters. As with all designs the actors will be wearing painted base costumes but will have various cloak designs to distinguish them as hunter characters.
As there is a group of us constructing these cloaks we decided they should all look part of a collection but with our own takes on them. For this reason we chose to all create the same base shape following the pattern of a circular skirt as this shape would fit well around the neck, draping nicely down the body. The fullness from the skirt panels also means no movement would be restricted so wouldnt affect the arms when dancing.
With the base shape in place my next step is to begin researching into textiles techniques that can be applied to my two cloaks. The Hunters are characters from the land or sea so their costumes will take influence from this by including netting, barnacles, furs and objects that have attached over time. In some cases their cloaks may be longer so will have trailed along the ground collecting dirt so for this reason it could be interesting to experiment with spray dyes or dip dying a graduation of colour to reflect this. By experimenting with different fabrics and materials I hope to produce textured garments that will make an impact from a distance but also be interesting up close.
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