Sleep - the reveal!

A few weeks ago I designed, made and altered the costumes for the graduate film 'Sleep', directed by Iona Smith, a short horror about a young woman suffering from insomnia. It has now been edited, and I am delighted to announce that the first version has just been released! They were a fantastic team to work with, both the crew and the performers.

 

PLEASE NOTE - THIS IS A SHORT HORROR FILM. IF YOU DO NOT LIKE HORROR FILMS, ARE EASILY SCARED OR ARE A SENSITIVE SOUL, PLEASE EITHER DO NOT WATCH OR NOTE THE ABOVE BEFORE YOU DO.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGQaHh9U8GI

Also I would like to throw a shout out of thanks out there and announce that astonishingly due to getting 157 page views in the space of two hours today - and 167 overall today - I have now well and truly passed 5000 page views, so thank you all to all the people out there viewing my blog! Its been a very eventful three years. Please feel free to comment and let me know what you think, and again, thank you.

The Finished Shirt!

In the last few posts, I have been rhinestoning a replacement shirt for Remix Gold's show 'Touched', and at last, as of Tuesday, it is finally finished! The change I have made this time is the placement of the rhinestones. As last time, I wanted to keep the rhinestone 'braces', as they were incredibly visually effective both up close and from a distance, but with the rigours of the show the rhinestones have an unfortunate habit of coming off and with two simple lines of rhinestones each side it was regrettably obvious when some were missing.

So, to counteract this I have found that doing three rows, one solid and two more staggered, if and when some of the rhinestones do inevitably come off, the staggered placement will make it far less obvious while still being just as visually effective!



Rhinestoning again!

Yes, it is back to rhinestoning! I'm redoing one of the shirts for Remix Gold, one of the boys that needs the rhinestone 'braces' on. The task of the next few days is to finish putting the rhinestone 'braces' on the shirt. I've found that one of the reasons that the rhinestones didn't stay on as well as they could is because there is a finish on the shirts when they arrive. After a first wash the finish comes off which helps the rhinestones find better purchase in fusing to the fabric.

So, rhinestoning away! I want to do something a little different with the braces this time, make sure that if and when a few of the rhinestones do come off in the general wear and tear during the performances its not as obvious, by staggering the placement of the rhinestones and putting more on.