University of the Arts London
MA Costume Design for Performance
This MA course has provided me with many new skills including pattern cutting, sculpting, corsetry, tailoring, and many more.
Rusalka
Rusalka was an 1901 opera by Antonín Dvořák. The Czech libretto was written by the poet Jaroslav Kvapil based on the fairy tales of Karel Jaromír Erben and Božena Němcová. A rusalka is a water sprite from Slavic mythology, usually inhabiting a lake or river.
My take on this project brought a grotesque, comical side to Rusalka. A side where she is trapped, one where she wanted to make herself look like the other girls in her world to be able to get the affections of the prince. This is until of course, it all ultimately goes sour.
Dr. Faustus
The practise of necromancy caught my attention when reading through Dr. Faustus. In order to obtain what he desires most in this world—power—Faust makes a deal with the devil and becomes entangled in dark magic. But does someone captured by this magic possess abilities comparable to those of God? Or is it simply a façade? Dark magic, in my opinion, is a distinct thing from power. The fate that awaits fools who think that they are the same thing is their own entirely. In my interpretation of Dr. Faustus, I aimed to capture this tragic fate which awaited the characters Valdes and Cornelius.
The Monster Project
This project has been an interesting exploration into the idea of monsters. With this being a very broad topic, I wanted to specifically look into how monsters develop and evolve as we grow up. This shift and change in physical characteristics and behaviour is something that I am fascinated in. This project has allowed me to gather a large amount of data in which I have uncovered the wide range of differences in experiences when it comes to monsters, wether that’s from your childhood or what you believe monsters of the future will look like. Representing something from childhood is where nostalgia played a large role in this project.
