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millinery finals, part two: further explorations in esparterie

labricoleuse Dec 21, 2016 12:45

Many of you have contacted me with great feedback/interest/enthusiasm (here or on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram) about the research and exploration my students and I have been conducting with respect to the esparterie acquisition our graduate program and resident theatre lucked into. I'm so thrilled to report that three of my students this past ( Read more... )

millinery finals, part one: 1930s/40s inspired felt trim techniques

labricoleuse Dec 20, 2016 13:40

It's going to take me several posts to get through the final projects of this semester's millinery students. Today I'm just going to feature images from that of Kim Fraser, a local milliner and continuing education student who will be an artist in residence at Penland School of Craft in January where she will be working on a collection of hat ( Read more... )

Hair problems with millinery solutions

labricoleuse Dec 19, 2016 15:29

I really fell behind in terms of sharing the projects presented by my graduate level millinery students here in the MFA program at UNC. However, now that the semester has ended, i have time to catch up ( Read more... )

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10 Gift Ideas for Costumers

labricoleuse Dec 09, 2016 15:03

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wire-frame projects from millinery class!

labricoleuse Nov 29, 2016 17:08

I've fallen a bit behind on sharing my students' projects from this semester, but i'm slowly getting back on track! Here are some pix of their wire-frame projects, presented a while ago.

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Esparterie Workshop: freeform sculpting "in the hand"!

labricoleuse Oct 28, 2016 13:59

Recall, if you will, the incredible acquisition of a large quantity of vintage esparterie by our department, in what i refer to as the Madame Sheeta LegacyYesterday, I conducted the first workshop with Sheeta's esparterie, with our seven costume production graduate students, two continuing-education students enrolled in my millinery class, and two ( Read more... )