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LEC #TOPICSKEY DATES
1First 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 sheet
2Lecture - Elements of Design and Psychology of Clothes
3Sewing Tutorial - Show all Machines

Drawing Lab - Play with Art Material
4Learning to use Machines, Shop Language, PatternsRendering for On the Harm of Tobacco due. Discuss, critique
5Watch Mel Gibson Hamlet Movie

Talk About "Concept"
6Guest Lecturer on Developing Concept
7Discuss Concept Ideas

Mask Lab
Mask rendering in color for one Hamlet Machine character due

Mask sketches due. Wear scruffy clothes
8Mask Lab (cont.)Three complete color costume renderings due two days after Lecture 8
9Begin Discussion of Final Project

Discuss Skirt/Trouser Project - Drafting, Manipulating Patterns, Fittings
Preliminary sketch due a day before Lecture 9

3 color renderings for Hamlet Machine due
10Begin Drafting Skirt/Trouser Sloper and Building MuslinSwatched skirt/trouser renderings due
11Skirt/Trouser Lab - Prof. Held Does Fittings on Students
12Fabric Character Analysis Exercise

Skirt/Trouser Lab - Once Skirt/Trousers Fit, How Do You Manipulate it to Make it the Right Design?
13Lecture - Research

Show and Tell About Your Final Projects, and Get Input on How to Make Them Happen
Final project sketches due
14Look 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
Augustus research due
15Discuss Garbage Project - Exploring Materials Creatively, Make a Piece of Clothing Out of Found ObjectsKiosk Man doodles due. Discuss

Hat and Skirt/Trouser projects due
16Open Shop for Final ProjectsKiosk drawings due
17Newspaper Day

Improvisational, Creative, Problem-solving

Make a Piece of Clothing Using a Pile of Newspaper, Scotch Tape and Scissors, in 20 Minutes
Color renderings for Augustus due
18Discuss Thrift Store Project - Budgeting Smash and Crash

Open Shop
Augustus renderings due

Materials due
19Thrift Store LabThrift store materials due
20Discuss garbage projectGarbage project due
21Open Shop (cont.)
22Open Shop (cont.)
23Open Shop (cont.)
24Final Project Presentation

 








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