An introduction to both traditional and new techniques of making Costume
props and accessories for Stage and Media use. COSTUME ACCESSORIES works
through a cross-section of practical projects, with Histories, making
instructions, and order-of-works, supported with photographs and
drawings throughout. Examples include canes and hats, crowns and
lorgnettes, and very much more - all with the object of exercising a
wide variety of techniques and approaches to the craft. Methods include:
Millinery; leather-work; glove making; metal-work; jewellery work;
bead-work; crochet; embroidery; 3D printing; CNC routing; chainmaille.
Much of the work may be familiar, such as leather-work - but the book
introduces techniques less often seen in theatre, which are now very
much more available and practical to use. The changing world of the
internet enables us to buy much more - but also the extraordinary
(affordable) technology of small CNC machines enables us to make things
in new, different ways as well.