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COSTUME CRAFTS

San Francisco Opera

Senior Crafts Artisan

Costume Shop 1998-2005

Credits within.

Tabard fabrication

Valkyrie Tabard fabrication

Brestplate and wrist cuff fabrication

Brestplate fabrication in-progress

Brestplate fabrication

Breastplate fabrication in-progress

Crown, Chains of Office & Belt fabrication

Chain of Office detail

"Breastplate of Judgement" fabrication

"Breastplate of Judgement" close-up

Parsifal's Wings fabrication

Parsifal's Wings close-up

Removable Corset & Belt avista

Soft Amor Fabrication

Armenian Armor & Helmets Fabrication (10 sets)

Armenian Armor & Helmets Fabrication (10 sets)

Helmet Sculpted from Clay

Helmets after being molded, cast and vacuum formed in two parts

Helmets painted, ready for skullcap installation and studded drape added

King's Crown Fabrication

WW1 era Helmets fabrication (10 total)

WW1 era Helmets fabrication (10 total)

WW1 era Helmets fabrication (10 total)

Leper Masks (88 units)

Leper Masks (88 units)

Popolo Masks (100 units, custom fit per singer)

Popolo Masks (100 units, custom fit per singer)

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New head finished, 2011

Old head

Pattern making

Ready to cut zone foam

Fabrication

Almost done.

"Skin Horse" Old Head

"Skin Horse" Old Head inside

"Skin Horse" New Head

"Skin Horse" New Head

"Crocodile" Old Head

"Crocodile" Old Head

"Crocodile" New Head

"Crocodile" New Head

"Narrator" phonograph build

"Narrator" phonograph build

"Narrator" phonograph headdress

"Narrator" phonograph headdress

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Oberlin Dance Co/ O.D.C.

Crafts Artisan

"The Velveteen Rabbit"

Crafts Rebuild

San Francisco, CA 2010-2016

Other Costume Crafts

Credits within.

The Spinning Disco Ball Hat, 2011

Forming the Veraform skullcap

Adhering the motor

Protecting the motor

Adding the lights and power supply

Testing the shaft-lock collar

Millinery wire frame being constructed

Millinery wire structure finished

Adding horse hair over wire

Spider hat finished

"Carmen Miranda" fruit hat

Chili pepper crown

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