Tuesday, February 07, 2006

Candide goes dumpster diving

It's been a while since I've posted any of my classwork. These two are from the first round of Candide sketches for David's class. All made from found objects and trash. The girl, Cunegonde, would be constructed out of wrapping paper, gift bows, etc. The gentleman, her brother Max, is made out of wallpaper and first place ribbons (as Candide gets the second best of everything, one assumes the best goes to Max). As part two of this project, I am building Max's costume. My wallpaper arrived on Friday, but before I was able to retrieve it from the main office, our secretary had left for the day. By the kindness of the props supervisor, I was able to get into the office this weekend and work on the cassock. Wallpaper's not as difficult to work with as you might think, except it rips as soon as you try to wear it.

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Blogger Laura said...

These are beautiful. It must such a pain to try and actually make them, though. It would be shame to actually stage this show with this concept and have to watch actors "trash" the found object costumes. Wallpaper; What a good idea!

February 8, 2006 at 9:10:00 AM CST  
Blogger Nicki said...

I like the wallpaper idea too, but I had to laugh: it looks great until you try and wear it. Silly actors. :) I hope you get that figured out, because these costumes are beautiful--and I like the idea of "first place ribbons." I'm a winner, I can do it! :)

February 8, 2006 at 11:44:00 AM CST  

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