Queenie is the highly unstable center of focus for Blackadder II and the characters’ scheming, playing them off one another in a way that suggests she’s not as stupid as she acts. Miran…
The tony elixir killed elites looking for youthful complexions.
Here it is! I did finish it last night, all according to plan! *pats self on shoulder* I'm not entirely happy with the construction, which I blame The Tudor Tailor for. If I were to make another one some day I would use round hoops instead of divided ones, to keep the farthingale from dipping at…
This gallery contains pictures of costume, textiles and reproductions pre-17th Century.
This gallery contains pictures of costume, textiles and reproductions pre-17th Century.
Which screen Queen Elizabeth I wore the best wired veil? Queen Elizabeth I movie costumes seem to require this piece of fabulosity!
This gallery contains pictures of costume, textiles and reproductions pre-17th Century.
The series covers Elizabeth’s life from the last few years of her sister Mary’s reign until Queen Elizabeth’s death, all in six 85-minute episodes. At least six of Glenda Jackson&…
The series covers Elizabeth’s life from the last few years of her sister Mary’s reign until Queen Elizabeth’s death, all in six 85-minute episodes. At least six of Glenda Jackson&…
This gallery contains pictures of costume, textiles and reproductions pre-17th Century.
Costume Showcase is over and it is less than 8 weeks till the course is over for me. It has been a bit of a roller coaster ride and it seems like I only started yesterday. We have 2 shows to complete costumes for in the next few weeks. They are 'The Putnam County Spelling Bee' and 'Love's Labours Lost' then it is all over and we all need to look for work. While working on the costume for Showcase I have become interested in lacemaking. I have been taking lessons with a local teacher and have completed several very very small and very simple samples of bobbin lace. Unfortunately I don't own any bobbins or a cushion so it makes it difficult to actually finish anything larger than a half a book mark but I am finally getting the hang of the basic stitches. I wonder if I could get a few people and make lace with rope and use people as the bobbins? Sounds like the perfect drama school collaborative project :-) Although I am learning bobbin lacemaking I keep finding photos of reticella lace which I really like. http://lace.lacefairy.com/Lace/ID/ReticellaID.html Reticella lace is made by stitching over linen threads. The Duchess of Dunfermline's ruff was probably made this way. In her Ballyhoo Blog, Carlyn Beccia gives a Adobe Illustrator tutorial on ruffs. Here Cal Lane shows his lace sculptures
Jenny Tiramani Came to do a project with our 1st Yr Interpreters and at a later date a talk & demonstration on starching ruffs, and a talk on her work at the Globe Theatre Past Visiting Lecturer Jenny Tiramani We had the rare privilege of Jenny doing an Elizabethan Project with the 1st Yr Interpreters in 2007 The students made two childs costumes all individual parts divided amongst them. Jenny Tiramani was the Director of Theatre Design at Shakespeare’s Globe, London until 2005. She received the 2003 Olivier Award for her costume designs of TWELFTH NIGHT there. From 1979 - 1997 she was Associate Designer at the Theatre Royal Stratford East, London. Jenny Tiramani's talk and demonstration on Starching Ruff's Jenny Tiramani's talk on her work at the Globe Theatre
Why is Elizabeth I always depicted as a grotesque, yet is one of the most powerful women in history? written for The Guardian, by Kate Maltby
Roland Emmerich’s film Anonymous presents a stylish vision of Tudor London where Shakespeare's plays were written by the Earl of Oxford.
