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First Day of Class. Who am I and Who are you?
Introductions
Discuss Supplies List
Discuss Play Project #1 - Single Rendering from On the Harm of Tobacco by Anton Chekhov
Discuss Hat Project
Remedial Figure Drawing - Paper Dolls and Stencils
Handouts - Paper Doll and Stencil Renderings; Costume Measurements sheet |
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Lecture - Elements of Design and Psychology of Clothes |
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Sewing Tutorial - Show all Machines
Drawing Lab - Play with Art Material |
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Learning to use Machines, Shop Language, Patterns |
Rendering for On the Harm of Tobacco due. Discuss, critique |
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Watch Mel Gibson Hamlet Movie
Talk About "Concept" |
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Guest Lecturer on Developing Concept |
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Discuss Concept Ideas
Mask Lab |
Mask rendering in color for one Hamlet Machine character due
Mask sketches due. Wear scruffy clothes |
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Mask Lab (cont.) |
Three complete color costume renderings due two days after Lecture 8 |
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Begin Discussion of Final Project
Discuss Skirt/Trouser Project - Drafting, Manipulating Patterns, Fittings |
Preliminary sketch due a day before Lecture 9
3 color renderings for Hamlet Machine due |
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Begin Drafting Skirt/Trouser Sloper and Building Muslin |
Swatched skirt/trouser renderings due |
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Skirt/Trouser Lab - Prof. Held Does Fittings on Students |
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Fabric Character Analysis Exercise
Skirt/Trouser Lab - Once Skirt/Trousers Fit, How Do You Manipulate it to Make it the Right Design? |
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Lecture - Research
Show and Tell About Your Final Projects, and Get Input on How to Make Them Happen |
Final project sketches due |
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Look at Augustus Research
Discussion of Historical vs. Theatrical Demands, i.e., Differences Between Historical vs. Current Concepts of "Beauty," and How to be True to a Historical Period, But Also Make the Design Work
Impossible Clothing, and the Joys of Garbage - Finding Inspiration in Places Besides a Fabric Store
Open Shop to Finish Hat and Skirt/Trouser Projects |
Augustus research due |
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Discuss Garbage Project - Exploring Materials Creatively, Make a Piece of Clothing Out of Found Objects |
Kiosk Man doodles due. Discuss
Hat and Skirt/Trouser projects due |
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Open Shop for Final Projects |
Kiosk drawings due |
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Newspaper Day
Improvisational, Creative, Problem-solving
Make a Piece of Clothing Using a Pile of Newspaper, Scotch Tape and Scissors, in 20 Minutes |
Color renderings for Augustus due |
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Discuss Thrift Store Project - Budgeting Smash and Crash
Open Shop |
Augustus renderings due
Materials due |
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Thrift Store Lab |
Thrift store materials due |
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Discuss garbage project |
Garbage project due |
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Open Shop (cont.) |
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Open Shop (cont.) |
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Open Shop (cont.) |
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Final Project Presentation |
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