Tartuffe - MFA Culminating Project - 18th Century Costumes
My MFA culminating project goal was as follows:
To design and build a suit for Tartuffe and a sacque-back gown for Elmire, as costumes for graduate actors to wear. Orgon and Madame Pernelle, the two characters Tartuffe puppeteered, would be designed as marionette puppets. Then, I would switch roles to Draper, and Puppet Fabricator to work from the rendered designs and research to create patterns, cut material, construct the costumes and puppets, and use finishing techniques to complete the pieces.
This page reflects the builds of Tartuffe and Elmire, there is a separate page on the marionettes.
This project was a culmination of every technique Iearned throughout my time in grad school. From dye techniques, to embroidery, textile painting, draping, drafting, wig styling, and tailoring.
