Plastic+Costume+Design

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder...
Thanja has triggered her very own costume design Workshop. While the Allen Centre fabric collection was inspiring, a problem arises if a student can't access similar fabrics at home. This resulted in our experimentation with easily available plastic bags - turning them into a range of surprisingly beautiful motifs and textures - which captured Thanja's interest. Using only recycled plastic bags, a needle and thread and a few lengths of tying wire, she has created an emotive and stunning example of wearable art. Follow the photographs below to see her work unfold.... || ||  ||
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a no-name ballerina...
- Keith Bickerstaffe

|| ||  ||  Thanja's draft for Katniss from //The Hunger Games.// ||
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Fluorescent orange spray paint on red plastic - test sample...
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Cutting and pinning the flames...
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Shoulder feature...
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Painting red plastic strips with brown tempera for the braid...
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Thicker wire would be too heavy and difficult to attach....
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tingeing it with yellow plastic to suggest a metal finish.
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Bracing the wings...
|| The braid of plaited painted plastic... ||
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The two wing frames ready for covering...
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with a sideways stance. The hair has been completed.
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