Table of Contents
Study Materials
Readings
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| LEC # | TOPICS | READINGS |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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 | Baker, Georgia. "The Basic Figure and How Clothes Fit the Body." Chapter in A Handbook of Costume Drawing. Burlington, Mass.: Focal Press, 2000. ISBN: 9780240804033. Read the monologue play On the Harm of Tobacco by Anton Chekhov (1886). (Download a version of this text online.) |
| 2 | Lecture - Elements of Design and Psychology of Clothes | |
| 3 | Sewing Tutorial - Show all Machines Drawing Lab - Play with Art Material | |
| 4 | Learning to use Machines, Shop Language, Patterns | |
| 5 | Watch Mel Gibson Hamlet Movie Talk About "Concept" | Potts, Nancy. "Costumes for a Repertory Theatre"; Campbell, Patton. "The True Vintage of 'La Traviata'"; and Russell, Douglas A. "Primeval Crystals for 'Prometheus Bound'." In The Theatre Crafts Book of Costumes. Edited with an introduction by C. Ray Smith. Emmaus, Pa.: Rodale Press, 1973, pp. 21-29, 133-141, 199-207. ISBN: 9780878570164. Heiner Müller's Hamlet Machine (1979). (Download a version of this text online.) |
| 6 | Guest Lecturer on Developing Concept | |
| 7 | Discuss Concept Ideas Mask Lab | |
| 8 | Mask Lab (cont.) | |
| 9 | Begin Discussion of Final Project Discuss Skirt/Trouser Project - Drafting, Manipulating Patterns, Fittings | |
| 10 | Begin Drafting Skirt/Trouser Sloper | Moore, Dorothy. "Lesson 1: Straight Skirt." In Pattern Drafting and Dressmaking. New York: Golden Press, 1977, 40-43. ISBN: 9780307033093. |
| 11 | Skirt/Trouser Lab - Prof. Held Does Fittings on Students | |
| 12 | Fabric Character Analysis Exercise Skirt/Trouser Lab - Once Skirt/Trousers Fit, How Do You Manipulate it to Make it the Right Design? | Augustus Does His Bit by George Bernard Shaw. (Download a version of this text from Project Gutenberg.) |
| 13 | Lecture - Research Show and Tell About Your Final Projects, and Get Input on How to Make Them Happen. | |
| 14 | 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 | Tara Maginnis's Kiosk Man (1994). (Read this script online.) |
| 15 | Discuss Garbage Project - Exploring Materials Creatively, Make a Piece of Clothing Out of Found Objects | |
| 16 | Open Shop for Final Projects | |
| 17 | Newspaper Day Improvisational, Creative, Problem-solving Make a Piece of Clothing Using a Pile of Newspaper, Scotch Tape and Scissors, in 20 Minutes | |
| 18 | Discuss Thrift Store Project - Budgeting Smash and Crash Open Shop | Holkeboer, Katherine Strand. Patterns for Theatrical Costumes: Garments, Trims, and Accessories from Ancient Egypt to 1915. New York: Drama Publishers, 1993, p. 148. ISBN: 9780896761254. |
| 19 | Thrift Store Lab | |
| 20 | Discuss garbage project | |
| 21 | Open Shop (cont.) | |
| 22 | Open Shop (cont.) | |
| 23 | Open Shop (cont.) | |
| 24 | Final Project Presentation |