A night at the Chinese Opera

I have recently been volunteering for the London Youth Opera, creating props and puppets for a production called 'A night at the Chinese Opera' by Judith Weir.

I constructed the kite photographed above and also created the moulds for the two puppets shown in the images below:

Olympic ceremonies 2012

So now that the excitement of the London 2012 Ceremonies are over I can finally reveal the photo's of the pieces that I worked on:

Head pieces for the Annie Lennox section in the closing ceremonies:

Above, the headpiece i designed and made being used in the closing ceremonies.

Below the gramaohone inspired headpiece that was also used in the show although a photograph of it being used in the actual ceremonies is not in existence. 

For the opening ceremonies I also worked on punk costumes and head-pieces featured below:

Me modelling a make-up design for the closing ceremonies...

Metropolis

Here are images of the last instalment of my second year at LCF. I have been working on a group collaboration on a hypothetical remake of the 1930's film Metropolis, within which I designed and produced the helmet featured below whilst Helena Tegeder did an excellent job on making the costume to complete the character of Joh Frederson.

Full Costume

Android Helmet

Using the head cast of Jonathan (photographed in previous post) I have now sculpted the futuristic Metropolis helmet with finishing touches to be added after I have moulded the sculpt and got the positive fibreglass piece out.

Head Cast

Full head cast of my model who I am using for my current Project- A hypothetical remake of the 1927 film Metropolis. I am designing and making a helmet for Joh Frederson, the ruler of Metropolis.

The head cast came out very well with the exception of some very small air bubbles.

Bompas and Parr- A space Odyssey. Oh the hours I whiled away creating roughly 300 giant ants for this art installation.

Rhea Thierstein

Got myself a little intern-ship working for the artistic director Rhea Thierstein - rheathierstein.com. We are currently working on an installation for Bompas and Parr- http://www.jellymongers.co.uk/ who are confectionery artists with a twist. Its hard work as deadlines are tight but there isn't a dull moment, hope to upload some photographs of the event soon.

Olympic 2012 ceremonies

After reaching the end of my work placement at 3 Mills Studios I have so much that I want to spill but I'm going to have to keep schtum till the 27th of July when you'll all be able to see the results of what's been going on. Over the last 6 weeks I have worked on some unique and bizarre costumes, accessories and props all of which I would have killed for a photo of! I also entered some new realms including modelling - well I say model, in actual fact I got dressed up and covered in body paint so that the artistic director Kim Gavin (known for his live event work with Take that and also the Diana Concert as well as work in television and theatre) could see what the ensemble looked like altogether.

I also got the rare opportunity to see inside the stadium before it is finished, this was to model an outfit for the closing ceremony after sunset so that the team could carry out a lighting test. Very exciting stuff but SO COLD! And as if all of that wasn't enough I also got to work with fashion designer Michael Shannon for whom I was working on a bespoke piece for the closing ceremony. This is about as much information as I can reveal for now, wish I could share more !

Olympic 2012 ceremonies

I have just started an intern-ship in the costume/fabrication department that are creating the pieces for the opening and closing ceremonies of both the Olympic and Paralympic games. This is all a very secret operation so I can't reveal what I have been working on, only that Danny Boyle is directing and be prepared for some amazing stuff! The studio's themselves are very picturesque and it is just fabulous working along side some truly talented makers, making dresses, prototypes props and all manor of bits and pieces all made that much more exciting by how secret squirrel we all have to be about it.
Keep you posted!

Animatronic Monkey

Below are photographs of the Golden Monkey model, I created this piece from my own design (please see design and  illustration folder). The Monkey had a fibre glass core and a foam latex skin giving it a life-like feel. The Monkey has a moving jaw as well as ears that twitch and changing expressions in the brow area (video to follow). I sculpted each individual gold tooth and hair replaced the fur as well as building a wooden stand on which the monkey sits.