The Jester collars

Today we were given the designs that we will be working on for the Breathe dancers and discussed in our groups of our given designs how best to recreate each element of the design. I'm going to be apart of the 'The Jesters' team and will be responsible for making  the collars, a pair of short breeches and a Tudor style puff sleeve. In the Jester group there are a total of 8 Jesters all wearing similar costumes which link them as a group but also distinguish them slightly as individual performers.

I have been working on the collar which all the jesters wear, and came up with a simple method of making which effectively uses all the materials available to us to successfully replicate the collars in the designs. I'm really happy with how its turned out and am looking forward to running the workshop next week with the volunteers to make the remaining 7. 

This is the basic collar pattern a drafted which will be used for all The Jesters collars.

Very straight forward - i simply pinned onto the collar all the cuttings of fabrics and ribbon that are depicted in the design

I also added on a few more textual materials like plastic gauze and plastic bags to add volume and build the collar up. Once everything was in position i machined it all in place.
I think this is going to be a really fun part of the costume to make with the volunteers as it's straight forward and allows them to literally do as they please with the materials provided.