Costume Craftwork on a Budget: Clothing, 3-D Makeup, Wigs, Millinery & Accessories

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ISBN: 9780240808536 | 0240808533
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Copyright: 7/26/2007

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Part of your job as the costume designer is to be creative and use what materials are available to you to execute the design elements in a production. This book will show you how to use inexpensive materials to create durable products in a short amount of time that are practical and technical. It is written in an easy-to-follow manner and each step is shown with a wide array of illustrations and photographs. From creating armour out of laundry baskets, to detailed tricks to create a prosthetic nose for a witch, this book will show the techniques needed for you to produce end results that are beautiful, economical, and fast to make. *gorgeous full color illustrations *written by award winning costume designer and author *clear, illustrated step-by-step instructions

Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
3-D Makeup, Teeth, Wigs, and Beards	p. 1
3-D Makeup - Prosthetic Pieces	p. 1
Full-Head Life Casting and Hot Foam Mask	p. 1
Face Life Casting and Making a Cold Foam Prosthetic Piece	p. 26
Making Gel-Foam and Liquid Latex Prosthetic Pieces	p. 41
Teeth	p. 53
Creating Fangs for Vampires	p. 53
Making Crooked Teeth	p. 63
Wigs	p. 67
Adding a Natural Hairline to an Existing Wig	p. 67
Making a Half-Bald Wig	p. 71
Creating a Japanese Wig from Scratch	p. 74
Creating a Wig with Yak Hair	p. 79
Dyeing Wigs	p. 82
Creating Hair Extensions	p. 84
Beards	p. 97
Making a Goatee	p. 97
Making a Full Beard	p. 101
Making a Chinese Opera Beard	p. 104
Masks	p. 107
Rubber Masks	p. 108
Making Latex Masks with Closed Molds	p. 108
Making Rubber Masks with an Open Negative Mold	p. 112
Varaform and Wonderflex Masks	p. 118
Making a Varaform Mask with a Positive Mold	p. 118
Making Wonderflex Masks with a Positive Mold	p. 125
Mixed-Materials Masks	p. 129
Making a Buckram and Paper Mask from a Positive Mold	p. 129
Making a Mask from Instant Papier-Mache	p. 132
Making a Mask from Laminated Fabric	p. 134
Hats and Headdresses	p. 137
Variety Hats	p. 137
Making a Top Hat	p. 137
Making a Brimless Hat	p. 150
Making a Round Crown and Big-Brimmed Hat	p. 152
Altering an Existing Felt Hat to a 1920s Hat	p. 154
Blocking a Felt Hat	p. 155
Making a Wire-Framed Hat	p. 160
Straw and Horsehair Hats	p. 164
Making a Straw Bonnet	p. 164
Altering Horsehair Hats	p. 166
Crowns	p. 170
Making an Egyptian Crown	p. 170
Making Medieval European Crowns	p. 172
Turbans and Hoods	p. 175
Making a Round Turban	p. 175
Making a Wrapped Hard-body Turban	p. 179
Making a Soft-body Turban	p. 185
Making Medieval Chaperon Hoods	p. 188
Headdresses	p. 195
Making Exotic Headdresses	p. 195
Making a Horn Headdress	p. 205
Making a "Chrysler Building" Headdress	p. 207
Making a Peasant Headdress	p. 212
Making a Medieval Caul Headdress	p. 213
Making a Renaissance Roundelet Headdress	p. 216
Making a Roller Headdress	p. 221
Making a Carmen Miranda-Style Fruit Headdress	p. 223
Making a Chinese Opera Headdress	p. 225
Animal Headdresses and Nonhuman Costumes	p. 231
Rubber Outfit	p. 231
Making a Crocodile Costume	p. 231
Fabric Outfits	p. 240
Making a Swan Costume	p. 240
Making a Tree Costume	p. 242
Making a Fruit Costume	p. 248
Wired-framed Headdresses	p. 250
Foam Headdresses and Costumes	p. 258
Making Horse Headdresses	p. 258
Making Mole and Squirrel Headdresses	p. 263
Making Halloween Costumes	p. 273
Making a Snake Headdress/Costume	p. 276
Armor	p. 279
War Helmets from Household Items	p. 280
Making the Helmet Base	p. 280
Making the Four Helmet Styles	p. 280
Body Armor	p. 287
Making Armor from Household Items	p. 287
Altering and Decorating Existing Plastic Armor	p. 293
Leather Products	p. 297
Suede Leather Shoes and Boots	p. 298
Making Boots	p. 298
Leather Apron and Jacket	p. 305
Making a Leather Apron	p. 305
Making a Colorful Leather Jacket	p. 306
Accessories	p. 307
Jewelry and Mittens	p. 307
Making Cheap Jewelry	p. 307
Making Leather Mittens	p. 310
Changing Cheap Clothing into Elegant Garments	p. 313
Altering Women's Dresses	p. 314
Altering an Old-Fashioned Dress to a 1920s-30s Wedding Dress	p. 314
Altering a Used Dress to a 1920s-30s Evening Dress	p. 316
Altering and Dyeing a Modern Dress to a Renaissance Gown	p. 318
Altering Men's Jackets	p. 321
Altering a Modern Jacket to a Smoking Jacket	p. 321
Altering a Modern Jacket to a Late-Nineteenth to Early-Twentieth Century Jacket	p. 323
Making New Garments Old	p. 325
Aging and Distressing Costumes	p. 325
Ways to Age and Distress Costumes	p. 325
Examples of Aged/Distressed Costumes	p. 326
Sources and Safety	p. 329
Supply Sources and Safely Tips	p. 329
Supply Sources	p. 329
Safety Tips	p. 332
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Costume Craftwork on a Budget: Clothing, 3-D Makeup, Wigs, Millinery & Accessories

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