| LEC # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | First Day of Class. Who am I and Who are you? Introductions Discuss Supplies List Discuss Play Project #1 - Single Rendering from On the Harm of Tobacco by Anton Chekhov Discuss Hat Project Remedial Figure Drawing - Paper Dolls and Stencils Handouts - Paper Doll and Stencil Renderings; Costume Measurements sheet | |
| 2 | Lecture - Elements of Design and Psychology of Clothes | |
| 3 | Sewing Tutorial - Show all Machines Drawing Lab - Play with Art Material | |
| 4 | Learning to use Machines, Shop Language, Patterns | Rendering for On the Harm of Tobacco due. Discuss, critique |
| 5 | Watch Mel Gibson Hamlet Movie Talk About "Concept" | |
| 6 | Guest Lecturer on Developing Concept | |
| 7 | Discuss Concept Ideas Mask Lab | Mask rendering in color for one Hamlet Machine character due Mask sketches due. Wear scruffy clothes |
| 8 | Mask Lab (cont.) | Three complete color costume renderings due two days after Lecture 8 |
| 9 | Begin Discussion of Final Project Discuss Skirt/Trouser Project - Drafting, Manipulating Patterns, Fittings | Preliminary sketch due a day before Lecture 9 3 color renderings for Hamlet Machine due |
| 10 | Begin Drafting Skirt/Trouser Sloper and Building Muslin | Swatched skirt/trouser renderings due |
| 11 | Skirt/Trouser Lab - Prof. Held Does Fittings on Students | |
| 12 | Fabric Character Analysis Exercise Skirt/Trouser Lab - Once Skirt/Trousers Fit, How Do You Manipulate it to Make it the Right Design? | |
| 13 | Lecture - Research Show and Tell About Your Final Projects, and Get Input on How to Make Them Happen | Final project sketches due |
| 14 | Look at Augustus Research Discussion of Historical vs. Theatrical Demands, i.e., Differences Between Historical vs. Current Concepts of "Beauty," and How to be True to a Historical Period, But Also Make the Design Work Impossible Clothing, and the Joys of Garbage - Finding Inspiration in Places Besides a Fabric Store Open Shop to Finish Hat and Skirt/Trouser Projects | Augustus research due |
| 15 | Discuss Garbage Project - Exploring Materials Creatively, Make a Piece of Clothing Out of Found Objects | Kiosk Man doodles due. Discuss Hat and Skirt/Trouser projects due |
| 16 | Open Shop for Final Projects | Kiosk drawings due |
| 17 | Newspaper Day Improvisational, Creative, Problem-solving Make a Piece of Clothing Using a Pile of Newspaper, Scotch Tape and Scissors, in 20 Minutes | Color renderings for Augustus due |
| 18 | Discuss Thrift Store Project - Budgeting Smash and Crash Open Shop | Augustus renderings due Materials due |
| 19 | Thrift Store Lab | Thrift store materials due |
| 20 | Discuss garbage project | Garbage project due |
| 21 | Open Shop (cont.) | |
| 22 | Open Shop (cont.) | |
| 23 | Open Shop (cont.) | |
| 24 | Final Project Presentation |