Carrying on with costumes.

As I think I have mentioned before, the costuming in Monster Burlesque is a huge part of the show.
We are extremely lucky to have Cathy Tree Harris as an essential part of the Monster Burlesque team, and she is amazing as my costume mentor.

A mock up of a werewolf muzzle in card... how long is too long?

With multiple furry monster costumes, werewolves,  giant roosters and dancing girls there's a heap to do.
We have a wonderful team of costume volunteers - and this weekend we will be stitching it up with the monster masks, penis pasties and werewolf muzzles.

Here are some pictures of our workroom... full of creativity and mess!
The werewolf masks are getting tested first, as we need to make sure the aerialist can work in them, and the dancers can see past their noses!

Making the monster suits are next up, and so we padded up a dress dummy to suitable cuddly proportions to measure and start creating the patterns. To keep myself entertained you can see I was watching House of Flying Daggers in the background...

I love the costuming in that film... such gorgeous patterns and textures.
It can be quite distracting though, to work with films on in the background, you can get sucked into the tense bits!


Here is a bit of a progression on the monster mask mockup...
I needed to create a monster mask that can be comfortable, light weight and easy for dancers to move in.
This is a front view, on a glass head. The brown felt is creating larger cheek and eyebrow forms. I have left the forehead and eye area clear, so that we can really go crazy on the eye makeup!
The nose looks a bit weird here as it is still fluffy - it gets covered with different fabric later.

 This is a side view with the eyebrows done in a contrasting fabric.
They can be different shapes to add different feels and looks to the characters.


Below is the hood, almost finished, with ears attached.
They are supposed to look quite ridiculous, and this one looks very "cutie cute" because the light blue fabric is so pretty. Once i get into the more interesting colours of fur, things will be a little more funky!

 And here I have attached a the horns.
Fun to make and fun to wear :)