[h-cost] the school of historical dress
I just had to share .. the school of historical dress http://theschoolofhistoricaldress.org.uk/ This new school has a curriculum that will cover all aspects of the designing and making of historical costume for theatre, cinema and the living history movement; its unique approach will focus on developing the skills and understanding needed to create new generations of historical tailors, seamstresses and other specialists. All teaching will be from practitioners who are actively working in various related areas of dress - cutters, tailors, sewers, designers and historians. Our aim is to promote the study of historical dress and textiles by the students, both of the Western World and of other cultures, and to base such study on primary evidence, in particular, by studying and understanding surviving clothing supported by written sources and visual (portraits, sculptures etc). The school will encourage new research into historical dress and introduce students to the tools needed for this, such as how to study an object, identify its materials, cut, construction and historical context, and then how to document the object by pattern taking, drawing and photography. Students will then be taught to make such garments themselves. The school will house the Janet Arnold Archive, including her unique and extensive colour slide collection of both surviving clothing and related images. The Hopkins Collection of surviving garments and textiles from c.1700 to 1950 will bring further riches. This large collection, gathered over forty years by Alan and Vanessa Hopkins, includes examples of the dress of men and women from all social classes. Together with other such resources, these collections will be actively used in the classroom. They will form the basis for projects and students will have the opportunity to handle objects as part of their studies. The school is based in London and will initially be offering several short courses in the autumn of 2011, including an introductory course and a study day. directors - jenny tiramani, santina m. levey, vanessa hopkins associate teachers - luca costigliolo, alan hopkins, claire thornton, harriet barsby to join their mailing list and receive updates on our events and courses please write to i...@theschoolofhistoricaldress.org.uk Franchesca ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] the school of historical dress
London! Aaugh! When I started reading, I was hoping it was in the US. Somebody needs to start a branch over here! Emily On 5/18/2011 10:11 AM, Franchesca wrote: I just had to share .. the school of historical dress http://theschoolofhistoricaldress.org.uk/ This new school has a curriculum that will cover all aspects of the designing and making of historical costume for theatre, cinema and the living history movement; its unique approach will focus on developing the skills and understanding needed to create new generations of historical tailors, seamstresses and other specialists. All teaching will be from practitioners who are actively working in various related areas of dress - cutters, tailors, sewers, designers and historians. Our aim is to promote the study of historical dress and textiles by the students, both of the Western World and of other cultures, and to base such study on primary evidence, in particular, by studying and understanding surviving clothing supported by written sources and visual (portraits, sculptures etc). The school will encourage new research into historical dress and introduce students to the tools needed for this, such as how to study an object, identify its materials, cut, construction and historical context, and then how to document the object by pattern taking, drawing and photography. Students will then be taught to make such garments themselves. The school will house the Janet Arnold Archive, including her unique and extensive colour slide collection of both surviving clothing and related images. The Hopkins Collection of surviving garments and textiles from c.1700 to 1950 will bring further riches. This large collection, gathered over forty years by Alan and Vanessa Hopkins, includes examples of the dress of men and women from all social classes. Together with other such resources, these collections will be actively used in the classroom. They will form the basis for projects and students will have the opportunity to handle objects as part of their studies. The school is based in London and will initially be offering several short courses in the autumn of 2011, including an introductory course and a study day. directors - jenny tiramani, santina m. levey, vanessa hopkins associate teachers - luca costigliolo, alan hopkins, claire thornton, harriet barsby to join their mailing list and receive updates on our events and courses please write to i...@theschoolofhistoricaldress.org.uk Franchesca ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] renaissance school projekt for the museum.
-Oprindelig meddelelse- From: Tania Gruning Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 9:43 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] renaissance school projekt for the museum. Hi Bjarne Do you need a model to wear the gown, I volunteer ;-p , I live in Farum. Tania I am making the costumes for those who are going to be teaching classes at Gammel Estrup, so i dont need any model Tania, but thanks for the offer.. Bjarne ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Fluting machine, anyone?
I bought a beautiful piece of fabric to make a kirtle to wear under a loose gown. The problem is the fabric has a latex backing on it. I tried looking up on the Internet on how to remove the backing. I tried a bit of nail polish remover on a corner of it and it looks like it might work but it's quite a lot of fabric to have to go over with the nail polish remover. I also thought of washing and drying it on a hot cycle but don't know how many times I'd have to do that and if it would ruin the fabric. Does anyone have any experience on removing this backing or know how I could do it? Chris Perri ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Latex backed fabric question
I'm sorry but I forgot to change the subject line. That's what happens when I try to do two things at once. Chris In a message dated 5/18/2011 7:30:12 P.M. Central Daylight Time, shashal...@aol.com writes: I bought a beautiful piece of fabric to make a kirtle to wear under a loose gown. The problem is the fabric has a latex backing on it. I tried looking up on the Internet on how to remove the backing. I tried a bit of nail polish remover on a corner of it and it looks like it might work but it's quite a lot of fabric to have to go over with the nail polish remover. I also thought of washing and drying it on a hot cycle but don't know how many times I'd have to do that and if it would ruin the fabric. Does anyone have any experience on removing this backing or know how I could do it? Chris Perri ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Latex backed fabric question
It's likely the acetone in the nail polish that's doing it. You can buy straight acetone at wig stores probably beauty supply places. It's still likely to be a PitA to wipe down that much fabric though, but at least you wouldn't be using a teensy brush. -Judy Mitchell On 05/18/2011 08:48 PM, shashal...@aol.com wrote: I bought a beautiful piece of fabric to make a kirtle to wear under a loose gown. The problem is the fabric has a latex backing on it. I tried looking up on the Internet on how to remove the backing. I tried a bit of nail polish remover on a corner of it and it looks like it might work but it's quite a lot of fabric to have to go over with the nail polish remover. I also thought of washing and drying it on a hot cycle but don't know how many times I'd have to do that and if it would ruin the fabric. Does anyone have any experience on removing this backing or know how I could do it? Chris Perri ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Latex backed fabric question
On 5/18/2011 9:55 PM, Judy Mitchell wrote: It's likely the acetone in the nail polish that's doing it. You can buy straight acetone at wig stores probably beauty supply places. It's still likely to be a PitA to wipe down that much fabric though, but at least you wouldn't be using a teensy brush. My experience with those fabrics, though, is that they don't hold up well after the backing is gone; they were never intended to be durable without the backing. --Robin ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
