Never-ending pleats
Today I became the bearer of bad news. It is a bit of a thrill actually. First the bomber that $&@*ing bomber jacket. It could be leather or it could be grey, but not both. That and the idea of grey scale to make a person appear to be part of a different world (or in this case a figment of the character's imagination--I don't know about anyone else, but my figments aren't grayscale--full blown color with detailed tattoos, thank you very much) doesn't work. And the budget restrictions of course. We're pushing a cushion of about $200 now. I need to save some for tech, and for dry cleaning.
The director was very accommodating in this situation.
Bad news #2: Promise me if you drape or build a garment you actually look at the rendering or ask what fabrics to use. Our top stitcher in the shop (also one of the best designers in the program at the moment) did her own thing and had to redo the waist on her dress. I thought she was going to kill me when I pointed that out.
Bad News #3: Pleats. Pleats gone haywire. The wedding dress is suppose to have a petticoat/ underskirt with three tiers of tightly pleated organza. Pleating that apparently cannot be done beautifully in our shop with our equipment. So bad news for me. With no budget left, we cannot send it into the city to be professionally pleated. With no budget left, we cannot buy new fabric. I could come up with an alternative petticoat. Or go over budget. Either way, the poor theater practice student (i.e. practicum) spent four hours pleating fabric that will have to be undone.
Bad News #4: Maybe there wasn't any more. I just felt like the dark storm cloud all day today.
On the bright side, I slept for ten hours last night and am second guessing my designs less.
The director was very accommodating in this situation.
Bad news #2: Promise me if you drape or build a garment you actually look at the rendering or ask what fabrics to use. Our top stitcher in the shop (also one of the best designers in the program at the moment) did her own thing and had to redo the waist on her dress. I thought she was going to kill me when I pointed that out.
Bad News #3: Pleats. Pleats gone haywire. The wedding dress is suppose to have a petticoat/ underskirt with three tiers of tightly pleated organza. Pleating that apparently cannot be done beautifully in our shop with our equipment. So bad news for me. With no budget left, we cannot send it into the city to be professionally pleated. With no budget left, we cannot buy new fabric. I could come up with an alternative petticoat. Or go over budget. Either way, the poor theater practice student (i.e. practicum) spent four hours pleating fabric that will have to be undone.
Bad News #4: Maybe there wasn't any more. I just felt like the dark storm cloud all day today.
On the bright side, I slept for ten hours last night and am second guessing my designs less.
posted by Unknown at
10:02 PM
5 Comments:
Glad to hear you got some sleep. Please stop second guessing your designs. I'm so interested in this show from all I've heard I can't wait to see pictures (and the script? or a video?).
the other thing I was going to say: professional pleating! That sounds funny. I really know nothing about fabric. It's a shame you can't do it beautifully with your equipment. I'm sure whatever you come up with to solve the problem will be beautiful too!
You know my solution to design problems: have the lighting designer figure it out. :)
Oh, and our lighting designer gets to fix the greyscale/figment problem.
I know first hand how hard it is to not second guess your designs, but I'm going to be the hiparcrit (so to speak) and say that you should continue to try and stop second guessing your designs.
Sometimes we just can't have nice things. P.s. you look great!
bUt pigtails aren't sexy!
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