It's a fine line ..

It very often a fine line the divid between the different Applied arts  department . Today myself and Rose have been painting the costumes of the chorus.

It was nice to spend a few days out of the department as we worked upstairs. I had also never painted costumes before so this was a great opportunity to try something new as well as letting me make some pretty stencils.

I have never had any use for freezer paper before and really enjoyed using it. It was a great material for making stencils for fabric and if your careful there is no reason why you cant use it a few times It is also best to cut out a few stencils at the same time as it dosent take any more time and is nice to have
a spare.

You also had to be very careful the thickness of the paint you put on so it would not bleed.

I found this project to be beneficial to my learning as  i learned about new materials and practiced old techniques.  I find in a lot of things I do I need to take more care and as someone had painstaking made these costumes before i painted them it was nerve racking at points.

In the end I painted 4 costumes and I am please with the results

Always gonna be another mountain...

 Today really felt like panto was coming to an end only a few more things to paint and the satuarday call cancled bur no rest for the wicked as I appear to have been roped into helping with into the woods which is somthing im really happy about. Its easy and fun and looks like its gonna be a pretty show. Theres not much to be done but no ones allocted to it. Its nice to have a more involmnet with the mangment students again, so looks like i shall be in tomorrow with a few others to contiue the painting.
 I actually cant belive i never went to see dracula or Meda both shows looked fab but i just never really felt like I had the time to really enjoy watching them. I have studied both scripts and like each pices of text and have painted both shows  but have not seen either of them. Its safe to say i am kicking myslef now.
 As for placments and work i got a placment on a  tv show being filmed in Dumbarton  in Janaury. So hopefully the show i am managing next term wont interfeere with that buT we shall just hAve to see at the final design meeting on the 16th decmeber. Also got a job working for UKTS painting the panto next week so a nice 3-5 days away from Uni and getting paid so pretty happy about that. Money is always a plus on the leed up to Christmas.

I feel like the atmosphere in the Paint shop has been very stressful and alot of pressure has been put on people for what appears to have been no reason. People are getting tired anxious and annoyed but only a few days left and things will be on the up.

 The first production meeting for Tommy was fairly straightforward. The production is no Scenic heavy at all. Of course there will be things to do and possibly more to come  as the design develops but it gives me hope that i will be able to work on personal projects, shows and placments.

The bain of this show ...

Almost done