"Picnic on the Battlefield" presented by Theatre Novi Most opens March 2nd at the Southern Theatre in Minneapolis. Video by Bill Prouty.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Friday, February 10, 2012
Bird masks in process
Mask making is one of my favorite crafty little things, and I'm lucky that working in a costume shop allows me to take on these sorts of projects from time to time. Right now we are working on a production of The Birds by Aristophanes and my task is to create fourteen lightweight bird masks out of wonderflex and varaform. The designer wanted to see a lot of the actor underneath and let the shape of the beak show most of the personality. For this reason she asked that the plastic be adhered to glasses. Here are a few teaser process shots.
In addition to the masks I am creating a splay of "feathers" for an actor to wear on his head like a mohawk. These feathers are created out of horsehair braid and rigilene mounted on fosshape. Here are what the feathers are looking like.
More process of the The Birds to come soon.
University of Minnesota Dept of Theatre
theatre.umn.edu
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| Owl Clay Mold |
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| Owl Unpainted Mask |
In addition to the masks I am creating a splay of "feathers" for an actor to wear on his head like a mohawk. These feathers are created out of horsehair braid and rigilene mounted on fosshape. Here are what the feathers are looking like.
More process of the The Birds to come soon.
University of Minnesota Dept of Theatre
theatre.umn.edu
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Work in Progress
My current project is a fun little satire inspired by Fernando Arrabal's Picnic on the Battlefield and Slawomir Mrozek's Enchanted Night. The production opening in March at the Southern will be a mashup of a WWI battlefield and a 1950's hotel room. Here are a couple of my renderings.
See more info about "Picnic on the Battlefield" at theatrenovimost.org
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