Crafts & Millinery
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Puppet foam sculpt process. The Body was based on a rag doll pattern. Backpack rig collaboration with props. Design by Beatrice Vena. “Go. Please. Go” Montana Repertory Theatre, 2019 
Front view of completed puppet backpack rig. Backpack a collaboration with props. Design by Beatrice Vena. “Go. Please. Go” Montana Repertory Theatre 2019 
Back view of completed puppet backpack rig. “Go. Please. Go” Montana Repertory Theatre, 2019 
Flexible fabric armor pieces for “The People’s Circus”, Univ. Minnesota 2015. 
Completed free-form wool hat. 
Process images of a free-form blocked wool hat. Millinery workshop with Karen Morris at the Textile Center of Minnesota. 
Completed straw hat with Fosshape base. 
Process images of a straw hat with a molded Fosshape base. Millinery workshop with Karen Morris at the Textile Center of Minnesota. 
Mrs. Who. Design by Mary C. Woll. Lyric Arts, 2018. Photo by Amy Maloney. 
Hat for Mrs. Who in “A Wrinkle in Time”. Buckram and Fosshape base with horsehair trim. 
Completed shoe modification. Photo by DJ Gramannn III 
Modification of a 1990s pump to a c. 1870s silk pump. Graduate project 2017 
Completed mask. 
Paper mache mask inspired by Commedia and plague masks. Graduate class project 2017. 
Completed foam head. Graduate project 2017. 
Foam fabrication class project. A mascot-style head of Cera, from “The Land Before Time”. UMN 2017 
Completed mouse ears. “Twas the Night Before Christmas” Lyric Arts of Anoka 2016 
Mouse ears build from Fosshape for “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” Lyric Arts 2016 
Completed breasplate with hammered metal paint. Straps secured with rivets. Threepenny Opera, UMN 2016 
Thermoplastic breastplate in progress; using a metal breastplate as a block. Threepenny Opera, UMN 2016 
Pattern for themoplastic breastplate. Threepenny Opera, UMN 2016 
Sweater-covered shoes for “Seven Dwarfs” at UMN. Crocs were used as the base. Spandex was used as a base for the added length. Design by Sarah Bahr. 
Sweater-covered shoes for “Seven Dwarfs” at UMN. Crocs were used as the base. Felt was used to stabilize the sweater material. Design by Sarah Bahr. 
Sweater-covered shoes for “Seven Dwarfs” at UMN. Crocs were used as the base. Design by Sarah Bahr. 
Sweater-covered shoes for “Seven Dwarfs” at UMN. Crocs were used as the base. Design by Sarah Bahr. 
Research image and completed blocked straw hat project; millinery class. 
Research image and completed bonnet; millinery class project. Patterned buckram covered in velvet. 
Front view of completed wool felt cloche with decorative hand stitching. 
Pattern pieces for art deco wool felt cloche. Millinery class project. 
Character sketch and completed wool felt cloche; millinery class project.
