Other Projects

Costume Making

The first project in this section is a half-scale recreation of an 1860s evening dress I created for my Final Major Project at Arts University Bournemouth. This costume was commissioned by the university and will be used as teaching material in the future. The focus of this project was to create an accurate historical silhouette in neutral colours to represent a specific decade in British costume history.

The second set of images show a costume design for a hypothetical performance of Tess of the d'Urbervilles created in half-scale. The dress is meant to be worn by Tess in the final scenes of the play. It has an 1890s silhouette with a pattern designed by me specifically for this dress. The pattern represents a cage or prison bars, and the red piping is inspired by ropes and bondage, both symbolising Tess being trapped and controlled by Alec d'Urberville.

The next project is a recreation of a 1598 pair of bodies based on the pattern from Stays & Corsets, Volume 2 by Mandy Barrington. The design is inspired by a modern day reimagining of Lady Macbeth. The corset is embroidered with silver thread and red string and features a back panel. It is constructed from three layers of fabric, so the boning channels don't show on the top layer.

I made a second version of the pair of bodies based on the same pattern. The second one only has two layers of fabric and doesn't hide the boning channels. The pattern has been adjusted to close in the front instead of the back.

The blouse is a made-to-measure recreation of a 1940s pattern. It has machine and hand sewn elements and combines multiple sewing techniques to create a finished 1940s women's blouse.

The final images show a costume I created for the performance of The Tempest Re-Rigged. AUB students would each create one costume for a community actor in the play. My group's costumes were inspired by the High Angle Batteries, one of the three locations the play was performed at. The apron I created was mainly inspired by graffiti and littering, the modern human marks left at the Batteries.

Photo of a half-scale recreation of an 1860s British evening dress. The dress is made of neutrally coloured fabrics.

Photo of a half scale recreation of a 1890s inspired costume design. The design consists of a patterned dress and a white jacket.

Side view of a half scale recreation of a 1890s inspired costume design. The design consists of a patterned dress and a white jacket.

Back view of a half scale recreation of a 1890s inspired costume design. The design consists of a patterned dress and a white jacket.

Close up of a half scale recreation of a 1890s inspired costume design. The close up shows the buttons and design on the chest.

Close up of a half scale recreation of a 1890s inspired costume design. The close up shows the hem of the dress.

Work in progress photo of the pattern making process for an 1890s dress.

Adobe Illustrator repeat pattern design.

Photo of a person wearing a 1598 Pair of Bodies. The corset has a top fabric layer made of a red base fabric and a black spider web lace that has been additionally hand-embroidered with silver metallic thread. Over top of it a silver chain and a small skull have been added as decoration.

Photo of a 1598 Pair of Bodies. The corset has a top fabric layer made of a red base fabric and a black spider web lace that has been additionally hand-embroidered with silver metallic thread.

Photo of the inside of a 1598 Pair of Bodies.

Phot o of a person wearing a 1598 Pair of Bodies. The corset is made from a light coloured patterned fabric and dark red bias tape.

Front view image of a 1940s women's blouse. Four buttons are visible and the neckline extends into a bow.

Side-front view image of a 1940s women's blouse. Four buttons are visible and the neckline extends into a bow.

Back view image of a 1940s women's blouse.

Close-up image of the neckline of a 1940s women's blouse. The neckline extends in order to be tied into a bow. There is a light pink button with a floral pattern on it below the necktie.

Close up image of the inside of a shoulder seam on a 1940s women's blouse.

Inside of the shoulder seam of a 1940s women's blouse.

Group photo of BA Performance Design and Film Costume wearing costumes made for "The Tempest" by SISATA

A person wearing an apron made of fabric scraps and holding a prop staff.

Costume Design for Film

Eight Spiders is a short film written and directed by Jack Steggles. The film follows a young woman called Ellie who goes to speak to a therapist to get help in coping with her father's death. There is no official release date for the film yet, but it will likely be released in 2025.

I was the costume designer, as well as the production designer for this film, creating vision boards for each of the three main costumes as well as the set design. The man character Ellie wears two costumes over the time of the film. Her main costume is the one the character wears during therapy after the death of her father. She wears a loose jumper and grey colours, signifying her loss of interest in regular life and her worsened mental state. Ellies other costume is one she wears in the hospital before her father died, where she is wearing a dark red colour more in line with what I imagined she would wear if she didn't lose her father and to symbolise a remaining hope that the will be alright. The therapist's costume looks professional, but tries to be warm and welcoming to patients with the addition of a cardigan.

I gave directions for the person sourcing the costumes and later I helped with dressing the actors and the set and helped fix any costume issues that arose during shooting.

Hair and Make-Up by Jessica Shalom.

Photos by Charlotte Riddette-Page.

Photo of a camera screen showing an actress playing her role. She is wearing a simple, plain costume.

Photo of a woman sitting at a desk. She wears a grey jumper and has a big puffy jacket hanging over her chair.

Photo of a woman sitting at a desk. She wears a grey jumper.

Photo of a woman sitting at a desk. She wears a grey jumper and has a big puffy jacket hanging over her chair. The location is a film set.

Photo of a woman sitting at a desk. She wears a blue blouse and white and black cardigan. The location is a film set.

Photo of a woman sitting at a desk. She wears a blue blouse and white and black cardigan.

Photo of a woman dressed in dark colours walking through a door.

Photo of a woman dressed on a dark coloured costume sitting on the floor by a wall.

Photo of a woman dressed on a dark coloured costume sitting on the floor by a wall. She seems to be crying.

Photo of a woman dressed on a dark coloured costume. She is wearing a medical face mask.

Photo of a woman dressed on a dark coloured costume. She is wearing a medical face mask that she pulled down to show her face.

Photo of a woman dressed on a dark coloured costume. She is getting her make-up done.

Photo of a tissue box and decorative rocks on a desk.

Photo of an office chair by a desk. There are writing utensils and a laptop on the desk and colourful sticky notes on the wall.

Close up photo of a laptop and a small potted plant on a desk.

Modelmaking and Puppetry

The first project in the images below shows the outcome of a puppetry project the students of Arts University Bournemouth created for the community play SALT, performed by the Angel Exit Theatre. It was a one week group project, where 3-4 students would create one section of a big cod fish puppet. I assisted with the creation of the tail.

The second project is called "Great Women of History - A Conversation" and shows Elizabeth Blackwell, the first modern female doctor to be allowed to practice medicine in the United Kingdom. The 1:25 scale model shows her and another person in a 4m by 4m section of a classroom from her time as a teacher. The second person in the image represents a modern student going back in time to have a conversation with her about her life and achievements.

"Shakespeare's Sisters" or "4-Sooth!" was a university project inspired by the success of SIX-The Musical. During the project I was tasked to design and make a 1:25 scale model of a stage for a girl group consisting of four women from Shakespeare's plays, in this case Lady Macbeth from Macbeth, Juliet from Romeo and Juliet, Titania from A Midsummer Night's Dream and Viola/Cesario from Twelfth Night. The model includes a concert stage in nature and four scale models of the main performers.

The next images show a paper costume on an artist mannequin. I made it during the design phase for the Shakespeare project in the images before. It is made of card paper, tissue paper and painter's tape.

The final images show a paper recreation of an 1870s costume from the book 19th-Century Fashion in Detail by Lucy Johnston.

People carrying a big, four-piece fish shaped puppet.

People working on the tail part of a big fish puppet.

Person holding up the tail part of a big fish puppet.

Small fish puppet made out of paper with details drawn on in marker.

1:25 scale model of a school classroom. There is a blackboard, a teacher's desk and chair and four student desks. There are two models of people in the classroom.

Close-up of the 1:25 scale model of a person sitting in a chair at a desk. There are books on the desk.

Close-up of the 1:25 scale model of a person standing and pointing to the blackboard.

Close-up of the 1:25 scale model of four school benches. Two of the benches have a book laying on the table.

Front view of a 1:25 scale model of a concert stage.

Top view of a 1:25 scale model of a concert stage.

Close up of a 1:25 scale model of stage lights.

Close up of a 1:25 scale model of a person sitting in a wheelchair.

Close up of a 1:25 scale model of a person.

Photo of an artist mannequin with a dress made of black card, tissue paper and painter's tape.

Photo of an artist mannequin with a 1870s dress made of paper and painter's tape.